Arriva has completed its first year operating ArrivaClick, its demand-responsive public transport service. The service was piloted in and around Kent Science Park and Sittingbourne using EVM converted Mercedes-Benz Sprinters. Customers pre-book using a smartphone app, reserve a seat and get a guaranteed fare and an estimated arrival time at a chosen pick-up point. Their […]
Independent watchdog, Transport Focus, has launched its eighth annual Bus Passenger Survey. Highlighting the report’s most salient finding, Director, David Sidebottom, said: “Despite all the great technical innovation out there, passengers are telling us that it’s still the bus driver that can make or break their journey experience.” The survey identifies factors that help deliver […]
Pelican Engineering Group, owner of Pelican Bus & Coach, has recently won two accolades. Pelican DAF was named DAF Service Dealer of the Year at an event in Manchester, while sister company Pelican Engineering MAN was awarded the Dealer of the Year prize by MAN in the Large Dealer category. Pelican Group after sales manager, […]
That must have been a tonic for the soul, because I perked up straight after my visit to Trafford Park, taking a two-hour ride while ‘Coach Stig’ toured the north-west’s motorways and A roads chipping in with his comments for the benefit of the review. Our driver is hugely experienced, not just driving the average […]
I had a wander into town the evening before meeting up with Lucketts, and joked afterwards that I went to Fareham but it was closed; Tuesday nights in any small town are short on thrills, but from what I could see with empty sleeping bags in shop doorways, even the homeless people were out. It’s […]
Tourmaster Coaches of Crowland, near Peterborough, has added a 12.8m Plaxton Leopard to its fleet. Based on the Volvo B8R, it has 70 seats and is powered by a D8K 7.7 litre, 350bhp Euro VI, six-cylinder engine with a Volvo I-Shift automated transmission. It has full air suspension, I-start duel battery system, air conditioning throughout […]
After purchasing one in 2016, Greenline Coaches has added a Mercedes-Benz Tourismo Touring+. The 12m coach will join its current vehicles in providing services such as coach holidays, weekend breaks, day trips and private hire. It has 49 Luxline seats. The new Tourismo was supplied by EvoBus (UK) Ltd.
Brighton based operator, The Big Lemon, is issuing bonds to the public to fund the purchase of solar-powered buses. The deal would offer a 5% return on a five-year investment. The operator won contracts in 2017 to operate six routes in Brighton and aims to be the first bus company in the UK to run […]