South East Bus Festival is to return to Kent Showground near Maidstone on Saturday 5 April 2025. Now in its 13th year, the event will once again be part of Kent County Agricultural Society’s Heritage Transport Show which normally attracts more than 700 cars, commercials, military vehicles, motorbikes and tractors. The showground offers a vast […]
Irizar ie Tram buses are entering service in London from today (20 November 2024). The pantograph-powered buses will be introduced in phases to one of London’s longest bus routes, between Crystal Palace and Orpington. The pantograph technology on Go-Ahead London operated route 358 allows fast, high-power charging of the new buses at each end of […]
Trade union Unite is marking World Toilet Day today (19 November 2024) by telling bus companies that lack of decent toilet facilities will not be tolerated. The union’s warning comes at a time when it is increasingly making a lack of toilet dignity a key industrial issue, saying it has been a focus in a […]
Go-Ahead Group has appointed of Sharon Flood as an independent non-executive director, further strengthening its leadership team and enhancing governance. Sharon joined the Board in October as non-executive director and chair of the audit committee, bringing a wealth of expertise in finance, strategy, and consumer-focused businesses, alongside deep industry knowledge. Her skills and experience will […]
There’s a buzz of energy around Darren Roe, MD of Stagecoach East, which contrasts sharply with many of the more laconic bus company managers I’ve met. In fact ‘buzz’ may be an understatement; he’s quite exhausting to listen to, and I mean that as a compliment. It was evident when I heard him talk at […]
Membership organisation CILT (UK) is bringing back its BusMark scheme. Industry stalwart, Austin Birks, was on the membership organisation’s stand at Euro Bus Expo to tell people about the benchmarking scheme, which carries out an annual survey supplemented by seasonal snapshot questionnaires, that help establish the position of operators on a number of key themes […]
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, […]