The first of 30 Van Hool Exqui.City buses for the Belfast BRT system have been handed over at Busworld, in Kortrijk, Belgium. The new BRT system, which will be operation in Autumn 2018, will operate under the moniker ‘Glider.’ It will link east and west Belfast across the city centre and take in the Titanic […]
Technology and equipment 21st Century Technology With its usual display of transport equipment was 21st Century Technology, and perhaps one of the most exciting devices on its stand was Smart-Vision, a rear-view camera monitoring system. The technology replaces the rear-view mirrors with a camera and interior display. The system is intended to avoid the sun […]
Traffic Commissioner takes coach fire operator off the road Somerset based Avalon Coaches has had its licence curtailed to 12 vehicles with effect from 31 October 2017 and is revoked with effect from 11.59pm, 31 December 2017. The Public Hearing, in front of Traffic Commissioner for the west of England, Kevin Rooney, was called for […]
David Shipp has been appointed MD of the EYMS Group subsidiary, East Yorkshire Motor Services. One of Group Chairman Peter Shipp’s sons, David has been with the company for over 27 years, most recently as its Performance and Business Development Manager after returning from two years as General Manager of the Whittles subsidiary at Kidderminster […]
Companies from the coach and bus industry have shown support for families affected by June’s Grenfell Tower fire. Cornwall Hugs Grenfell has organised group holidays for these people in Porthtowan near St Agnes, Cornwall in November. Transport to and from London and during the week is being offered by Stagecoach-owned intercity operator, megabus.com. First Kernow, […]
Twenty years ago, in 1997, more than 165,000 coaches boarded ferries out of Dover laden with people keen to see ‘The Continent.’ By last year, that total had halved, to just 87,000 coaches. That picture may be explained in part by the advent of Le Shuttle, which definitely ate into the short-sea ferries’ share of […]
You’d be forgiven for thinking the ‘Bus’ part of the show logo had fallen off, Conservative Conference style, when this year’s big exhibition opened. Bus builders were notable by their absence, but the outcome was a focus on coaches and some of the most interesting products in years. Nor did this seem to the detriment […]
In this review, we’ve cherry-picked the highlights of the event. Continued from part 1. EVM’s lowfloors hit the mainstream EVM have had a bumper year with increased UK and Irish sales, higher production and a growing export business. Of particular success have been the Community and CityLine products which offer direct wheelchair access. Increasingly sales […]