Scotland is to host the trial of the first autonomous full-sized passenger bus fleet. Innovate UK, the government’s research and innovation body, announced £4.35million of funding to support the autonomous bus trial. A successful bid for the money was made by Stagecoach along with partners Transport Scotland, Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL), Fusion Processing, mobility services […]
Ingleby’s Luxury Coaches of York is celebrating 50 years of business. The company, founded in May 1968 by Mr Chris Ingleby with a Ford Transit 12-seater minibus, was originally known as Ingleby’s Mini Coaches. Four years later, the first full-sized coach was purchased and the trading name changed to Ingleby’s Luxury Coaches. In 1977, the […]
Gleaming in the November afternoon light, the glassy façade of the Palestra building where TfL’s offices are housed is, fittingly, in the centre of London’s transport network. Entering the impressive site, going through the security gates and taking the lift up, Claire Mann was waiting in a board room, away from the bustle of the […]
GM Coachwork has launched a new front entrance minibus. The Devon-based vehicle converter launched the Ford Transit LWB-based Falcon in an attempt to provide operators a cost effective, modern solution to replace the discontinued LDV Convoy vehicle. The Ford Transit Falcon features 16 OEM seats in the rear cabin plus a driver’s seat, a three-step […]
RATP Dev’s Shepherd’s Bush garage in West London has morphed into an advanced, smart electric bus operating centre. The depot has been delivered 36 BYD ADL electric buses, one of the joint electric-bus manufacturing operation’s largest orders in London. The single-deckers are 10.8m BYD ADL Enviro200 EVs. The partners also secured an order for 37 […]
McGill’s of Greenock has confirmed an order for 26 ADL Enviro200s. Scheduled for delivery by the end of March 2019, the order includes 11 10.4m Enviro200s and 15 11.5m variants. The longer vehicles will have high-backed seats with the McGill’s logo embroidered into the headrests, in addition to USB charging ports. The buses are to […]
