As Boris Johnson announced a green revolution in transport and energy during the recent Conservative Party conference, the bus sector has already taken steps towards a hydrogen-powered future. Birmingham City Council has purchased 20 new Wrightbus hydrogen double-deckers. The buses are the world’s first zero-emission hydrogen fuel-cell double-deckers, will be introduced with National Express West […]
Coach tour and day trip organisers really should be going the extra mile right now to get the best experience for their group, to help attractions and to make more profit. Reading my colleague’s coverage of the Coach Tourism Association webinar – and very good it was too – I see that one operator felt […]
Van Hool is believed to have set up an aftersales operation in the UK, utilising its Wellingborough service site previously run as a satellite maintenance facility by Arriva Bus and Coach. The future of the Arriva Bus and Coach dealership – which has Van Hool and Temsa as its two, core product ranges – is […]
This year’s Showbus took the form of a ‘fly-by’ parade along the old A40 between Beaconsfield and Oxford with a small outdoor trade area in High Wycombe’s historic market place. Bus and Coach Buyer’s David Cole attended the event. The parade presented the opportunity to view modern and heritage buses in a variety of scenic […]
The Honk 4 Hope hearse coach, which made its debut at the second London Honk for Hope rally, is heading out on tour. The vehicle features graphics outlining how a lack of funding could kill the coach industry. It will be out on the road on 7 October, travelling from Birmingham to Manchester and onto […]
Nottingham City Transport’s (NCT’s) Managing Director, Mark Fowles, is to retire in April 2021, after 27 years of service. Mark Fowles joined the bus industry in 1984, on the National Bus Company’s senior management training scheme where he held various management roles. He left in June 1994 to become deputy MD at NCT, appointed to […]
A report from the National Audit Office (NAO) finds that despite the DfT’s aim to increase bus use, passenger numbers have fallen. The NAO recommends that the DfT should set out a clear, consistent vision of the future of bus travel in its National Bus Strategy that encourages and supports local authorities to make long-term […]
Stagecoach has appointed Carla Stockton-Jones as its new UK Managing Director. Carla becomes the first woman to head a major private sector multi-modal public transport operation in the UK and will report directly to Stagecoach Chief Executive, Martin Griffiths. She succeeds Mark Threapleton, who retired this summer. Carla will be responsible for a business with […]