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 […]
With headquarters in the trendy, graffiti-art bedecked Floodgates Street in the centre of Birmingham, Big Green Coach is perhaps a far cry from the traditional, often family-run businesses which provide its transport services. However, the company links such operators to work they may not usually get. Many reading this may have even partnered with them. Danny […]
Skinners of Oxted is to cease operating on 31 December 2019 as its owners retire. The husband and wife team of Deborah and Stephen Skinner are to retire at the end of the year. On why the pair have taken that decision, Stephen said: “It’s been fuelled by a number of different things, one of […]
The first vehicle built to the longer length will arrive into the UK early January and has been purchased by Dudley-based Dunwood Travel. Director, Phil Westwood, said: “We currently operate a 100% Scania fleet, of which all but one vehicle is the Scania Irizar combination. We approached Scania to see if they could build a […]