BYD, the world’s leading electric bus manufacturer, has entered the Finnish bus and coach market for the first time after securing major orders with Nobina, one of Finland’s and Scandinavia’s largest Public Transport Operators (PTOs). A total of 106 various BYD models will comprise 64 units for Nobina services in Helsinki and 42 units for […]
National Express UK Coach celebrated the hard work of its partner operators last week with a virtual awards ceremony in which Gloucestershire-based Bennett’s Coaches was crowned Overall Operator of the Year, as well as picking up awards for Sustained High Achievement, Best Fleet and Operator of the Year for 6 to 10 vehicles. Chris Lucassi, […]
New coach operation Ember has worked with Triodos Bank UK to secure new lending as part of the government’s Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). A £490,000 loan has helped the company purchase two electric Yutong TCe12 coaches for its first route between Dundee and Edinburgh. The finance from Triodos Bank UK is allowing the […]
Temporal Travel is expanding with a move into premises at Larkfield Industrial Estate in Greenock. The growing family-owned operator from Port Glasgow had been searching for a base for its office and fleet to enable it to continue with its current growth strategy. It has signed a five-year lease for a 5,000 square foot unit […]
Conservative MP, Robert Goodwill, has asked government what steps it is taking to aid bus manufacturing in Scarborough and more widely across England. Plaxton has a factory in Goodwill’s constituency of Scarborough and Whitby and could see up to 90 job cuts as part of cost-cutting measures to be made by its parent company, Alexander […]
Irizar e-mobility, the Spanish manufacturer’s electric bus brand, has had a third order from Madrid. Municipal Transport Company of Madrid (EMT Madrid) has ordered 20 electric 12 metre Irizar ie buses. The contract also includes the supply of 20 interoperable chargers, developed and manufactured by the Irizar Group. The chosen model will be the new […]
RMT General Secretary, Mick Cash, has said the union will be stepping-up campaigning across the transport sector. The announcement is made as the union believes COVID-19 threatens to drive a ‘cuts whirlwind’ through the country’s remaining industrial base. Mick Cash is moving the union onto what it described as a ‘war footing’ with the priorities […]
An Environmental Audit Committee meeting has showed the government is predisposed to seeing further use of hydrogen. Alok Sharma, Secretary of State at Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, told the meeting that the Government aims to publish a hydrogen strategy. Transport, in particular heavy vehicles, may play a part in this. Also speaking […]