Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) has purchased a further five 7.9m Slimline Optare Solos. The buses are to be used on various subsidised local bus services across the area, including the demand responsive MyBus service. The move follows an investment in 23 of these midibuses in 2015. The Euro5 vehicles are all fitted with E-leather seats, with […]
Edwards Coaches is this month taking delivery of 19 new vehicles, totalling £5m. They include 13 tri-axle Volvo B11RTs with Caetano Levante bodies for National Express service. Three VDL Futura 2s are entering service on its coach holiday tours. Three more local buses have been acquired too, replacing MCV bodied VDLs. In addition to this investment in […]
Coventry’s high profile 360 City Circle service is to be restructured as a result of insufficient passenger numbers. Operated by Travel De Courcey, it loops around the city and links some of its showpiece locations on one route, including University Hospital, Jaguar Land Rover and the University of Warwick. Following a patronage review by Centro […]
Arriva is to increase the frequency on its Luton-Dunstable Busway Routes A and Z to five buses per hour (from four per hour) with an improved evening and Sunday frequency from 1 May. Furthermore, Arriva’s new A-Z ticket, which will be valid on the entire length of both routes, is designed to make travelling on […]
A ‘satisfactory performance overall’ was reported in Go-Ahead’s third quarter trading statement covering the period from 27 December 2015 to 20 April 2016. In its regional bus division, revenue and passenger journey growth followed similar trends to the first half of the financial year. Benefiting from higher contract income, revenue grew 2.5%, whilst passenger journeys […]
MAN Truck & Bus UK says it is looking forward to a ‘strong year ahead’ based on results for the first quarter of 2016. During the period, the manufacturer reported 74% growth and its market share rose to 10.4% compared to just over 7% this time last year. It took orders for 1,800 units over […]
Coach operators, suppliers and representatives of the coaching industry gathered to celebrate the best in the business at the prestigious industry awards, once again beautifully compared by BBC ‘Weathergirl’, Carol Kirkwood and ably assisted by Ian Luckett, chair of the CPT Coach Commission, who presented the awards. The evening began with an introduction from Allan […]
It is only a little over a year since Iveco launched the third generation of the Daily which was a ground up development of the rear wheel drive, separate chassis, front independent suspension, wide range concept that had first been introduced in 1978. This was superseded in 1999 by models that were the first commercials […]