Work to expand Liverpool Coach Park is getting underway. Situated on Riverside Drive two miles south of the city centre, the facility currently hosts a maximum of ten coaches. By next April it should be able to accommodate 30. The new facility is part of a £45m highways programme to improve the city centre’s environment […]
Sevenoaks-based Go-Coach made the decision to cut short one of its routes following attacks on its buses. The company is no longer serving the West Kingsdown area after 4.30pm. The operator has suffered three incidents in West Kingsdown on buses serving its route 429 Dartford to West Kingsdown. One of its buses was attacked by […]
First Bus is working with Yutong and Zenobe in an electric bus partnership. In May 2020, the partnership plans to roll out nine new Yutong E10 10.8m electric single-deckers in Leeds, which will be provided by Pelican Bus and Coach. Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme (ULEB) funding is being used to pay for the vehicles. Charging […]
Having experienced success with its Belfast to Glasgow express service, Hannon Coach was looking forward to rolling out a similar route between Derry-Londonderry and Belfast. However, service permit difficulties have soured the experience for the Craigavon-based operator. Owen McLaughlin, Hannon Coach Marketing Manager, believes the state operator, Translink, has a monopoly over Northern Ireland’s bus […]
It has been a big few days for Plaxton’s Panorama double-deck coach, with the vehicles launched on two high-profile services. Panoramas for busiest megabus service Megabus has launched six new Plaxton Panoramas on one of its busiest UK services. The M11 route stretches from Aberdeen to London stopping at six cities, including Glasgow, Dundee, Birmingham […]
The operation is also to move to a new depot in preparation for the growth. The Hull-based firm converts and operates its own Van Hool sleeper coaches for touring music artists, their crew and music industry professionals. MM is to continue to use Van Hools. General Manager, Ian McCoid, said: “We are now the largest […]
The Bus Emission Abatement Retrofit Fund (BEAR) is making £8.85 million available in 2019/20. The money is to support the Scottish Government’s commitment to introduce Low Emission Zones into Scotland’s four biggest cities by 2020. The money is to be used to upgrade vehicles to Euro VI. Transport Scotland will be monitoring air quality performance […]
Trade union Unite has called for a minute’s silence following a bus crash in Orpington, which left one person dead and 15 others injured on the evening of 31 October. The silence is to be held at 11am on Monday 4 November. It is in remembrance of bus driver Kenneth Matcham, who lost his life […]