Wrightbus International, the international arm of Wrights Group, has appointed John McLeister as its MD. John has been with the company since 1990, holding various positions throughout the organisation including Production Manager, General Manager of Metallix and most latterly, New Product Development Director for Wrights Group. John commenced his new role when the previous holder […]
Transdev has launched The Blackburn Bus Company with a fleet of new 11.7m Optare Versas featuring six-litre Cummins iSBe Euro6 engines into service in Blackburn and Accrington. The vehicles were presented at a weekend preview event before they entered service on the circular 6 and 7 routes, serving Blackburn, Rishton, Great Harwood, Clayton-le-Moors, Accrington, Oswaldtwistle […]
Rotala has acquired Wigan Coachways from Rojay Services Ltd. The deal includes the entire business, brand and eight strong vehicle fleet for a cash consideration of £213,000. The company estimates that the Wigan Coachways business has annual revenues of approximately £500,000 and that its vehicle fleet has a fair value of approximately £58,000. Rotala will not assume any other […]
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has confirmed plans for the first of a series of ‘Low Emission Bus Zones’ in the worst air quality hotspots outside central London. These zones prioritise the greenest buses on the worst polluted routes and they are part of his plans to clean up the capital’s ‘toxic air’. From […]
After recently having her term as Senior Traffic Commissioner (STC) for Great Britain extended for a year, Beverley Bell has announced that she will step down from the post on completion of her term in Spring 2017. Until then, she will continue to perform the role of STC alongside the post of Traffic Commissioner for […]
Stagecoach has launched a new bus livery depicting some of the most iconic and picturesque locations along its route 60. The service runs through the South Downs, serving Chichester, West Dean, Singleton and Midhurst. The new look was designed by Best Impressions. Stagecoach and the South Downs National Park Authority launched two of the new […]
Electrification of urban bus services has been an objective of Wrightbus for nearly 20 years, company founder Dr William Wright CBE’s being recorded as expressing a view in 1998 that they were ‘likely to become the mainstream buses of the future’. Now in his late 80s, William is still passionately leading the company’s development work […]
Stagecoach has invested over £750,000 in a purpose built depot in Portree, Isle of Skye. The site houses 15 buses, which operate throughout the island. Situated on Broom Place, it has on site engineering and maintenance equipment, as well as parking and washing facilities for the vehicles. These improvements will allow all maintenance work to […]