Bristol Community Transport (BCT), part of the HCT Group, has been unveiled as the operator of Metrobus’s longest route. The operator is to run the m1 Metrobus route under contract to First West of England. It is to invest £7m in a fleet of 21 ADL bodied Scania biogas double-deckers running on gas generated from […]
Manchester’s Congestion Deal has been deemed “counter-productive”, according to Bus Users UK. Alarming the industry watchdog are plans in the Deal to allow car-sharers to use bus lanes. The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, launched the £240m Congestion Deal in an effort to tackle congestion across Greater Manchester. It is intended to enable public […]
The event will take place on Monday 16 April at 19:30 at the Hilton Garden Inn, Eastern Perimeter Road, Hatton Cross, London TW6 2SQ. Guests include Wrightsure, the main sponsor of the LTCOA, together with Yutong, the coach brand which is growing fast in the UK. Royale European Coaches of Hounslow, who are sponsoring the […]
This could have been anticipated but CTOs are in the care sector, not the transport sector, and should have been better advised by their supporting organisations. Instead, they were advised to do nothing, first of all on the basis that the DfT was prompted to act because of an ongoing DVSA action (which was not […]
We hear of various milestone years in business here at Bus and Coach Buyer; 25, 50 or for some, even 75. But Seaview Services’ 100 years is perhaps one of the rarest landmarks we have reported on, making it even more commendable. Such an occasion prompted Chris Peat to cross the rain-swept Solent to visit […]
Transport Minister, Nusrat Ghani, has announced the new Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme, which provides a £48m funding pot for green buses. The programme will see local authorities and operators in England and Wales bid for a share of the money, which they can use to buy hundreds of new ultra-low emission buses as well as […]
Ian Hall is to retire as one of the founding directors of Irizar UK at the end of May 2018. Besides the day-to-day running of the business in Worksop, Ian also handles coach sales in Scotland. He joined Steve O’Neill as sales director of the fledgling Irizar UK in 2011, having moved from finance into […]
BMW Group and Daimler AG are joining forces to offer customers a single source for sustainable urban mobility services. The two companies have signed an agreement to merge their mobility services business units. Subject to examination and approval by the responsible competition authorities, the BMW Group and Daimler AG plan to combine and strategically expand […]