Go-Ahead owned Bluestar has hosted a ‘try-it-and-see’ bus driving event at the Ageas Bowl. It saw experienced instructors and managers who were once drivers give potential new drivers the chance to get behind the wheel of one of the Southampton based company’s training buses. Bluestar Operations Manager, Paul Coyne, said, ‘Our instructors from the Bluestar […]
M & J Travel of Shropshire has taken delivery of an 8.6m Mercedes-Benz 1023L Indcar Next L8. The midicoach has an automatic gearbox, rear air suspension, 33 Kiel Avance 2050 seats, an audio system, a touchscreen monitor to control all vehicle functions, a reversing camera and air conditioning. Moseley (PCV) Ltd supplied the vehicle.
National Express has honoured a retired driver on his 84th birthday for his bravery on the night of the Birmingham pub bombings on 21 November 1974. Anthony (Tony) Gaynor worked as a bus driver for over 20 years out of the garage in Hockley. On the night of the bombings, he drove his bus past […]
VDL Bus & Coach has declared itself the first European bus and coach manufacturer to introduce a 13.5m coach on two axles. The Futura FMD2-135 is the latest variant in the Futura range and features up to ten cubic metres of luggage space together with 63 seats or extra leg room with fewer seats if […]
Sittingbourne based Chalkwell is celebrating its 85th year in business with discounts to half and full day coach trips for schools in Kent and central London. Commercial Director of Chalkwell, Roland Eglinton, said, ‘We have worked closely with schools and colleges for many years and thought it appropriate that in our 85th anniversary year we […]
Omio.co.uk, a search engine for comparing and booking coach, rail and flight travel across Europe, has announced the launch of its full product offering in France after signing a new partnership with SNCF. Users can now plan trips to more than 30,000 destinations all over France and across Europe. They can compare rail, coach and […]
DVSA’s online services will be unavailable from 18.00 on 5 February to 07.00 on 9 February 2016. This outage is due to a system upgrade. Lorry, bus and trailer test bookings and payments will be affected (driving tests will be unaffected). Also affected will be DVSA Pre-Funded Account transactions, including top-ups and balance checks; lorry, […]
A consultation paper on the Protection of Vulnerable Group (Scotland) Act 2007: Section 35 (2) and (3) has been published by the Scottish Government. The consultation concerns retrospective checking of employees to check their suitability to work with protected and vulnerable groups. Currently an employer has only committed an offence if: an employee is carrying […]