Around 70 coach operators were affected by the last-minute decision to cancel the final day of Lincoln Christmas Market because of forecast snow. The council called time on the last day of the market – which had already attracted 160,000 visitors – just 14 hours ahead of the Sunday morning, leaving some coach operators scrabbling […]
Funding for Lincoln’s Walk & Ride service operated by PC Coaches is due to be ploughed into the city’s Park and Ride operation. The £20,000 funding is set to be removed from Walk & Ride in January 2018. Launched in 2001, the service carries 60,000 passenger each year, offering what PC Coaches describes as a […]
The first of Mellor’s electric Orion E 16-seat minibuses in left-hand drive are now on their way to Europe as the Rochdale-based company hails 2017 as an important year. The year saw Mellor announce expansion plans for its Rochdale plant, launched new products including Orion E and begin a foray into European sales, while parent […]
Oxford Bus Company has purchased Tom Tappin, the company which operates the Guide Friday and City Sightseeing Oxford city bus tours. Tom Tappin will join the Go-Ahead Group owned Oxford Bus Company family of businesses, which also includes Thames Travel and Carousel Buses. The City Sightseeing Oxford operation will continue to be run as a […]
Four years ago, EVM made its debut in the lowfloor accessible market with a lowfloor Sprinter minibus conversion. Having earned renown in the executive minicoach sector, the business has now experienced considerable success with this newest concept, most notably with one of EVM’s largest ever orders to a school service provider (more on this later). […]
Cummins has announced a fully certified repower option for buses, which could potentially take Euro IV vehicles to Euro VI and extend their operating life in Low Emission Zones. The option involves replacing the existing engine with a Cummins 4.5-litre or 6.7-litre together with associated DPF, SCR and stop-start technologies, and to illustrate an extreme […]
Some buses in London are now being powered by fuel derived from waste coffee grounds. Shell and clean technology company, bio-bean, are working together to power the capital’s buses using biofuel made from waste coffee grounds. The B20 biofuel used contains a 20% bio-component which contains part coffee oil. The substance is being added to the […]
Symphony Chauffeurs Ltd, Eastern Business Park, Ely Road, Hounslow, was fined £18,000 by Ealing Magistrates’ Court on 4 December 2017. The Court ordered the firm to pay £12,113.62 in costs and a victim surcharge of £170. The company was charged with two counts of allowing poisonous, noxious or polluting matter into the River Crane, between […]