Women in Bus and Coach (WiBC) has been awarded the Viva Shield 2024, the premier honour of the Worshipful Company of Carmen. The organisation took the accolade at the Company’s Mansion House Awards Banquet. The ceremony took place at Mansion House, the official residence of the Lord Mayor of the City of London and brought […]
Fleet electrification and battery storage specialist, Zenobē, has supported National Express West Midland’s recent electric roll-out. Zenobē supported the operator’s introduction of 170 electric Alexander Dennis Enviro400s, representing a continuation of the operator and the company’s long-standing collaboration. The new buses come as part of a £95m investment. Zenobē is supporting the transition to electric […]
Transport for Wales is launching a new fflecsi app, designed to give passengers a seamless and convenient way to pay for their journeys. Passengers using Wales’ fflecsi bus services will now benefit from a simpler and more consistent fare system. As part of a recent update, fares have been aligned across the majority of fflecsi […]
Staff at the Oxford Bus Group have been recognised at the company’s ‘Really Amazing Awards’. Members of the teams at Oxford Bus Company, Thames Travel, Carousel Buses, City Sightseeing Oxford and Pulhams gathered to mark the successes of colleagues. The highlight of the evening held at the Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford, was […]
Repowered buses converted from diesel to battery-electric by NewPower have achieved a range of more than 230 miles, according to recently collected figures. The Wrightbus-owned NewPower bus conversion operation has collated the statistics from the first 35,000 miles in service of its fleet of more than 20 repowered buses in operation across the UK. The […]
McGill’s Group is now running The Aberdeen Adventurer, a new open-top sightseeing tour. Developed in partnership with Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce, VisitAberdeenshire and Aberdeen Inspired, The Aberdeen Adventurer features ten hop-on, hop-off stops across the city and a full 75-minute loop accompanied by audio commentary. The new tour marks another key milestone […]
To mark World Earth Day, Oxford Bus Company and City Sightseeing Oxford have calculated the combined carbon emissions their fleet of 104 electric buses would emit if powered using diesel fuel instead of electricity. Combined, they are saving enough CO2 emissions to fill the University of Oxford’s Radcliffe Camera each day, equating to 227,518 cubic […]
A new UK-engineered electric motor has achieved 2.5million miles in commercial transport operations. The achievement was recorded across fleets of urban buses and light rail trains operated by a major transportation authority in Asia. The fleet of HDRM300 motors, designed and engineered in the UK by Advanced Electric Machines, were initially deployed in 2022. Since […]