Bill, Managing Director of Stephensons of Essex, promised a stronger voice for ALBUM: “Now, more than ever, the non-aligned bus sector needs to have a strong voice with central and local government, suppliers, the Traffic Commissioners and other stakeholders. “Not only is the detailed guidance to the Bus Services Act still being formulated, but we […]

Obituary Adrian Wickens, latterly Bus Planning Manager at Volvo Buses, has died suddenly while on a walking holiday in France Adrian, who retired in 2015, was a Volvo Bus stalwart, having worked at the company for 42 years. He was also chairman of the SMMT Bus & Coach section for ten years and was heavily […]

Registrations decline in first quarter. Double-digit drop for double- and single-deckers, but minibuses bounce back. New bus and coach registrations fell 4.5% in the first quarter of 2018, according to Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) figures. There were 1,793 PCVs hitting the UK’s roads in the period. This is the fifth consecutive quarter […]

After European success, German coach distruptor aims for over 1,000 daily connections for the States European intercity coach operator, FlixBus, is bringing its business model to the United States. Five years after its first European routes, FlixBus is to run services between US cities including LA, San Diego, Las Vegas, Phoenix and Tucson on 31 […]

With a recent delivery of 16 ADL Enviro400H double-deckers for Abellio London, the alliance between the operator and the manufacturer has strengthened. The new hybrids will boost the Abellio London fleet towards the 800 mark, with a staggering 85% of those being made by ADL. Business between the two companies now totals over £100m since […]

In the latest stage of a diversification strategy it started in 2009, Irizar has officially opened the new plant at Aduna in northern Spain. The site is home to Irizar e-Mobility, the seventh business within the Group. Here it is building its growing range of electric vehicles, employing a very high degree of in-house developed […]

That does rather depend on whether the Grim Reaper spares me for another decade or so, but despite all the advances in emissions control for diesels (and bus and coach engines are, beyond doubt, very clean) two spectres hover over them. The first is the problem of fossil fuels. While it’s possible to run compression-ignition […]