Barnetts Coaches of Kings Langley took the Premier Operator award at last weekend’s Showbus. The operator displayed its 90-seat Caetano Levante. Held at Donington Park, the event also saw National Express reveal its latest heritage liveried vehicle in the colours of Wolverhampton Corporation Transport, which was absorbed into the company’s predecessor, WMPTE, almost 50 years […]
Sparkling in the sunlight in Westbus’s Hayes-based yard was one of two Sunsundegui SC5 bodied Volvo B8Rs the operator has recently received. Tim Miles, MD of Westbus, was suitably pleased with the new additions to his fleet. “They are the smaller 38-seat coach, a little unusual maybe for us. But they have been made to […]
David Fishwick has become the first supplier in the UK to take delivery of Iveco’s Daily START, the newest addition to the manufacturer’s minibus range. The Lancashire-based minibus and minicoach supplier has taken on one demonstrator vehicle. The 6m-long Daily START is the new entry-level model in the range, which includes the Daily Line and […]
It was inevitable that, at the start of the autumn term, horror stories about home-to-school services would surface. One popped up on my screen this morning; parents of special educational needs children in Suffolk baffled by endless, late changes of vehicle, driver and operator, whether taxis or minibuses. Their comments cast doubt on the efficiency […]
Back in 2012, organiser Wieland Stumpf staged the first-ever European tram driver championship (TRAM EM) to mark the 140-year anniversary celebrations of Dresden Transport. The concept proved so popular that it was subsequently staged annually in cities across Europe – and paved the way for a similar competition for bus drivers. The first-ever BUS EM […]
Alexander Dennis has opened a new service facility in Singapore to support its continued growth across the Asia Pacific region. The new site includes a parts distribution and training centre, for the wider South East Asian region, as well as offices for the local team working with customers and stakeholders in Singapore. Alexander Dennis, the […]
Portsmouth City Coaches, headed by Mike Elkin, has started services. Mike is running the operation using staff, vehicles and the site of Emsworth and District Bus and Coach Services. Mike took over this operation on 1 August 2018 after the operator had its licence revoked and Transport Manager resign. Mike previously worked for Moseley in the […]
A high level of road safety topped drivers’ list of the most important things about their job, according to research by Volvo. Volvo Buses carried out a survey of 1,000 coach and long-distance bus drivers from 34 European countries about their work in spring this year. The majority of answers came from drivers in Finland, […]