A factory packed with green buses in various states of construction is considered a good sign at Optare. The Sherburn-in-Elmet plant is currently manufacturing £21m-worth of Solos for its 114-bus order from Tranzit Group, one of New Zealand’s largest public transport operators, which is part of the company’s focus on better expanding itself in the […]
I’m familiar with this issue; although our brilliant heating/cooling experts such as Eberspacher and Webasto have developed ingenious electric heating units, the fact is, providing heat is a pretty linear equation. No matter which way you cut it, if you need a defined amount of heat to fill a defined space, and have done all […]
Stagecoach-owned megabus.com is to launch what it describes as London’s first low-cost sightseeing tour. Tickets for the capital’s new megasightseeing.com service are now on sale, with services beginning on St. Georges Day (23 April). The service is scheduled to take two hours to travel non-stop to around 50 tourist sights. Tickets are available from only […]
TfL is exploring the potential of using a new ‘demand responsive’ TfL bus service to enhance London’s public transport network. TfL is approaching a range of businesses, including traditional bus operators and tech companies, to see if ride-booking technology can be used to create a new TfL bus service that complements the capital’s existing bus […]
Coventry’s final bendy bus has come out of service. National Express Coventry acquired its fleet of Mercedes-Benz Citaro articulated buses in 2003. They have now come to the end of their natural life as working vehicles. As the final one returned to the depot on the final day of service, all the staff from National […]
I work alongside a journalist who edits magazines for Audi and Volkswagen enthusiasts, and gets a steady stream of high-end road test vehicles. When they arrive, I get the chance to take a look at VW and Audi’s parent VAG group’s take on what makes an interior modern. Those cars are in my mind now, […]
As dusk fell on 20 March, many staff and enthusiasts watched on as the sole remaining Mercedes-Benz Citaro articulated bus in the National Express Coventry fleet returned to the depot for the last time, says David Cole. Its final day’s duty on service 4 brought an end to nearly 15 years of bendy bus operation […]
I see The Times appears to have fallen into the trap of inventing its own reasons for statistics, in this case the rise in NOx in central London. The Times has an understandable political zeal to bad-mouth Labour mayors. One of them introduced the Congestion Charge and Mayor Khan will be (eventually) charging extra for the […]