The government has sent a strong signal to the industry that it supports the rapid growth of electric vehicles and that it will “rapidly adjust to this pace of change.” That is the message from MP George Freeman – in the newly-created post of Minister for the Future of Transport – when he launched the […]
With the first Innovation & Technology in Transport Hub (ITT Hub) event scheduled to take place at the Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre on 13 and 14 May 2020, the organisers have already announced the dates for a further event next year. This will be staged on Wednesday 12 and Thursday 13 May 2021 […]
Go-Ahead-owned Oxford Bus Company has run the final trip on its X90 service. After over 90 years providing a service between London and Oxford and more than four decades of operating the X90 express service, a combination of competition from enhanced rail services and congestion that has worsened by 50% in two years, has forced […]
Wrightbus is to make its public debut under its new ownership, the firm has confirmed. It has reaffirmed its commitment to the UK market, by continuing with plans made under Wrightbus’ former owners to exhibit at ITT Hub, Farnborough, on May 13-14. It means it will be the first time that Wrightbus has exhibited since […]
When the Mk8 Ford Transit minibus was introduced in 2014 it set new standards in what could be expected from a factory-built product; but the introduction of an all-new model, assembled at a new plant in Turkey for the global market with Euro VI compliant engines, greater levels of standard specification and a vastly more […]
MAN Truck & Bus handed over the first two MAN Lion’s City E vehicles to the transport operators Hamburger Hochbahn AG and Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein GmbH (VHH). They are now running the electric buses as part of its day-to-day operations. The two real-life MAN Lion’s City E vehicles will in future bring passengers in Hamburg to […]
Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) is to build wheelchair-accessible Plaxton Leopards complying with PSVAR requirements as stock. This is in addition to PSVAR-compliant versions of all Plaxton coach models when built to order, including a new side-lift option on the Plaxton Panther. The Leopard is now to be built with side-mounted lifts in an effort to […]
Go-Ahead-owned Go Cornwall Bus has won a series of service contracts in its home county. From April 2020, a new package of supported services is introduced with improved frequencies and routes, with Go Cornwall Bus awarded the new eight-year contract. The new package is expected to deliver reduced fares for passengers, better links with rail, […]