Till Oberwörder has been named as the new Head of Daimler Buses and Chief Executive of EvoBus GmbH as of 1 April 2018. He succeeds Hartmut Schick, who will take over responsibility for Daimler Trucks Asia on the same date. Till has been Head of Marketing, Sales and Services Mercedes‑Benz Trucks since 1 July 2015. […]
Go-Ahead Group owned Damory Coaches has responded to the financial pressures facing schools in Dorset by introducing significantly larger vehicles to its fleet. The company has upseated six Caetano-bodied Volvo B9R coaches, which had been used on National Express services by fellow-subsidiary Excelsior Coaches. Damory launched its new vehicles last week with teachers and pupils […]
Boulder Bridge Lane near Barnsley is the stuff of legend; the place where buses and coaches meet their maker. On the face of it, breaking up PSVs may seem a simple act of destruction but, as we discovered, it’s actually a complex and risky business, paying ahead for raw materials which may fall in value […]
In this week’s issue, B&CB visits the community of bus dismantlers and recyclers just outside of Barnsley. It was, above all else, humbling. Carving buses apart with a cutting torch is a hard business. Even in snow, the work goes on; tough men working in the grime of smoke, grease, oil and mud to reduce […]
ComfortDelGro Corporation has acquired south Wales based New Adventure Travel (NAT Group) for £13.4m. The acquisition is significant, as it is ComfortDelGro’s first acquisition of its bus operations outside of London. In the capital, its wholly-owned subsidiary, Metroline Ltd, is the second largest public scheduled bus operator, with a fleet of 1,700 vehicles. The Singapore […]
The UK’s new bus and coach market fell in every quarter of 2017, according to figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Following a period of strong growth in 2015 and 2016, last year saw registrations decline by 12.7% to 7,666. Double-deck demand saw the biggest fall across the year, […]
The Department for Transport has begun its consultation over Section 19 permits – but has raised hackles of PSV operating licence holders The promised consultation on Section 19 and 22 has begun but has already come under fire from the Bus and Coach Association’s Martin Allen. The DfT promised a consultation process shortly after issuing […]
The UK’s new Clean Air Zones could be the biggest boost to buses for decades… or another example of politics which ignores the evidence. Delegates at the UK Bus Summit heard the arguments from both sides but everyone including new Transport Minister for buses, Nusrat Ghani MP, was in broad agreement that buses are the […]