Transport Scotland has announced the new Transport (Scotland) Bill. Designed to improve bus services, the country’s transport authority describes it as the most radical measures since devolution to make Scotland’s transportation network cleaner, smarter and more accessible. Proposed measures in the Bill include: Providing local authorities and Regional Transport Partnerships (RTPs) with the flexibility to […]
Financial resources testing for holders of restricted operator licences could change, depending on the outcome of a consultation. The Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain are launching a consultation on whether a change in this needs to be enacted. The current rates (£3,100 for the first vehicle and £1,700 for each additional vehicle) have not been […]
Norfolk’s oldest established coach operator is to call it a day after 108 years following illness. Reynolds Coaches of Caister-on-Sea is to close from 31 July. Charles Reynolds, the operation’s Director, was diagnosed with lung cancer in the latter part of 2017. He was given two years to live. Between November of 2017 and April 2018, […]
VDL has announced a major upgrade of the Futura 2 family with a new driveline, reduced weight and the promise of a reduced total cost of ownership (TCO). Launched in 2010 in left-hand drive, and in early 2012 in right-hand drive, the Futura 2 family had a hard act to follow – few coach designs […]
Wigton-based Reays Coaches has returned to the Temsa brand, adding ten Temsa Safari HD12s to its fleet. Chris Reay, Managing Director of Reays Coaches, said: “I bought two Temsa MD9s in 2016 with 34 seats and a toilet and thought they were fantastic with comfortable seats and luggage space. I bought two more at the […]
The Mayor of London confirmed his plans to strengthen the standards of the existing London-wide Low Emission Zone (LEZ) from 26 October 2020, affecting coaches as well as heavy goods vehicles and buses. In addition, he will expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) to the North and South Circular boundary for cars, vans and […]
ADL has introduced not one but two completely new models for specific niches within the overall coach market. The Panorama double-deck coach revives an old name last attached to a coach in 1975, while the second new vehicle is an additional variant of the Panther coach with a low floor ahead of the rear axles. […]
‘Eight inches of rain in five minutes’ does not dampen operator’s spirits Marshalls of Sutton-on-Trent reports not suffering any disruption to its services despite flooding having hit one of its depots. The operator’s secondary yard by the A1 was flooded on Saturday 2 June. One of the company’s directors, Sally Sloan, said the site saw […]