Coach trade body RHA is supporting moves to reopen a parking area for coaches in Matlock Baths. The facility in the Derbyshire village is currently in use by travellers and not available to coach operators. It has been closed for nearly two years. Derbyshire Dales District Council has consulted on plans to earmark other locations […]
Oxford Bus Company has completed its roll out of electric buses in Oxford. The Go-Ahead-owned operator has now rolled out 104 electric vehicles onto the road as part of its commitment to sustainability and its efforts to reduce its carbon footprint in Oxford. The vehicles are used on its city fleets, BROOKESbus service and City […]
Stertil Koni has launched a fully hydraulic, heavy-duty wheel dolly, designed for simplified, safe, and efficient wheel maintenance on buses and coaches. Oxford Bus is an early adopter of the new WD-5P Wheel Dolly, and has already seen the benefits firsthand: “Our engineers have found the wheel dolly to be extremely effective,” said a spokesperson […]
Beverley Bell Consulting & Training is to sponsor the ‘Road Transport Engineer of the Year’ Category at the SOE Safety and Resilience in Engineering Awards 2024. The ‘Road Transport Engineer of the Year’ award will celebrate an individual who has demonstrated exceptional skill, innovation and commitment to advancing road transport engineering. It highlights professionals who […]
David Astill, Managing Director of Nottingham City Transport (NCT), has been awarded the Bus Centre of Excellence Lifetime Achievement Award. The award recognises David’s exceptional contribution to the bus sector in England over a number of years. It was presented by Leon Daniels OBE, the President of Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport. David’s interest […]
Industry leaders, council officials, stakeholders and climate experts have been in Bradford to discuss how the city’s landmark hydrogen project can be central to the region’s low-carbon future. With figures showing the state-of-the-art hydrogen production facility on the old Birkshall Gas works could generate £120 million to the Bradford economy and create up to 125 […]
Former Van Hool and Volvo salesman, David Porter, has been appointed Head of Coach Sales at Wrightbus. The new addition to the manufacturer’s roster comes as it develops a long-range hydrogen coach. David, who has over three decades of experience in the coach industry, joined Wrightbus earlier this month. David said: “I’m excited to join […]
Scania aims to cut the emissions it produces in vehicle production by utilising remanufactured parts on its main assembly line in Sweden. In what the manufacturer says is a world first for heavy vehicle OEMs, the iReGear research project saw a new gearbox built on the production line using remanufactured parts. The test saw 50% […]