UPDATED: See DVSA statement below The DVLA has declared a three-week amnesty on tachograph offences on new coaches after calibration engineers were issued with faulty equipment. The calibration issue surfaced this week as dealerships sought to deliver new vehicles. According to one source, the calibration cards issued to testers will only calibrate new ‘smart’ […]
Coach drivers below the age of 40 are a rarity, it would seem. But there are exceptions, like Dale Worsfold from Shaws of Whitley, who is in his 20s and loving coach driving (see B&CB 1518, 22 February 2019). When we published the article featuring Dale, Johnsons Coaches of Hibalstow, a village near Gainsborough, Lincolnshire […]
Cambridgeshire-based community transport organisation, Fenland Association for Community Transport (FACT) and allied CTOs ESACT and HACT, are to no longer run PSV operator services. FACT’s former manager, Jo Philpott, is the subject of a police investigation which has seen emails seized from computers. The organisation issued a statement concerning the inquiry: “Fenland community transport provider […]
Coach operators could be among those who benefit from an increase in visitors to UK tourist attractions. In its latest figures, the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) announced an average increase of 8.68% on 2017 visits to UK attractions. Attractions in Scotland saw the biggest increase of 19.07%. Overall, 138m visits were made to […]
Arriva’s demand responsive ride-sharing minibus service, ArrivaClick, is to come to Leicester. Following a partnership with landowner, the Drummond Estate, Arriva is set to introduce ArrivaClick to the residents of New Lubbesthorpe on the outskirts of Leicester from 29 April 2019. This is thought to be the first time in the UK that funding from […]
Wrights Group Ltd has today announced the retirement of their Chairman and CEO, Mark Nodder OBE, with effect from 31 March 2019. On making the announcement, Sir William Wright CBE stated: “The board of Wrights Group will always be grateful to Mark for his long and dedicated service to Wrights Group. The regard in which […]
Part one of six is on BBC2, 10pm, Tuesday 9 April Toby Jones has followed the lead of his Detectorists co-star Mackenzie Crook and penned his own TV comedy series, BBC2’s darkly funny Don’t Forget The Driver, Radio Times says. Co-written with playwright Tim Crouch, the series is set in Bognor Regis, and follows Peter […]
Optare is to supply 21 electric-powered Metrodeckers to York. York will soon be home to one of the biggest fleets of double deck electric buses outside of London, thanks to a significant investment by First York and funding secured by City of York Council from the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV). To be operated […]