Chapman Seating gained much attention at Euro Bus Expo for its next generation of drivers seats: the All-Ride. The new seats have been created with the company’s existing design focuses in mind (comfort, failsafe and maintainable), as well as with the additions of inclusivity and sustainability. They feature no foam, instead using spring mattresses from […]
Romanian-built Cento is now to be sold in the UK through a partnership between John Hill Coach Sales and Williams Coaches of Brecon. Although it has been in the UK for over a decade – imported as one-offs – Cento comes from former a operator turned manufacturer One of a number of accomplished Romanian converters, […]
Transdev has launched the first of 20 Mercedes-Benz eCitaro electric single-deckers into service. The first vehicles from the incoming new fleet, resplendent in the bright red livery of Transdev subsidiary, are now in service on The Harrogate Bus Company’s route 1 linking Harrogate and Knaresborough up to every eight minutes. And more new buses to […]
BYD has unveiled an all-new single-deck electric bus and a production version of the BD11 ‘decker it revealed in prototype at the London Bus Museum at Brooklands. The 12-metre B12 single-deck uses the same chassis-integrated LFP Blade battery and twin ‘hairpin’ hub motors as the BD11 to achieve a range of as much as 310 […]
Campaign for Better Transport is calling on the government to introduce a Bus Service Guarantee as part of its promised ‘bus revolution’. The Guarantee would ensure all communities have at least a minimum, reasonable level of bus service. “If the government really wants to bring about ‘London-style’ services across the country, it should define the […]
trentbarton has signed a new five-year deal with Michelin. The Effitires contract will see Michelin’s Connected Solutions division supply and manage the tyres on more than 400 buses servicing routes across Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire for trentbarton, as well as the Wellglade Group’s other businesses Notts + Derby, TM Travel and Kinchbus. The new agreement […]
Fresh from celebrating delivery of the 1,000th Brian Noone vehicle at the Dublin show, Noone and its UK distributor Jones Coach and Bus Sales were showing off a range of models at Euro Bus Expo. Fielding most of the range on its stand, the pairing had examples of the 900s which will be available with […]
Alex Hornby is switching from a career in the bus industry to trains. Rail operator Northern has appointed Alex as its new commercial and customer director. From today (18 November 2024), Alex will lead the train operator’s sales, marketing, commercial development and customer experience functions. He left his role as Group Managing Director at McGill’s […]