A record six entrants participated in the fourth International Minibus Eurotest in Madrid; an event held to enable the International Bus & Coach of the Year Jury to determine the winner of the International Minibus of the Year 2025 title. Staged over three full days prior to the FIAA’s International Bus and Coach trade fair […]
Scottish Citylink-owned Megabus is to pull out of internal services in England and Wales. The network cull takes effect on 4 December, but the following services will continue all services within Scotland (under the Scottish Citylink and Megabus brands) all cross-border services between Scotland and England and Wales all Falcon services in the Southwest of […]
Alfa Travel has won the Silver Standout for Solos award at the Silver Travel Advisor Silver Travel Awards. It has also been highly commended as Best UK Breaks Operator in the Awards. Silver Travel Advisor, who have unrivalled experience in providing holidays for the over 50s, revealed the winners of their consumer voted Silver Travel […]
Media reports that the £2 fare cap could be cut in Wednesday’s Budget have been defused by the Prime Minister’s announcement today that the fare cap will rise 50%, to £3. Costing £200m, the fare cap has seen passenger journey rise almost 20% between March 2022 and March ’23, delivering between 70p and 91p in […]
Eastern Transport Holdings Ltd, the parent company of bus operators Stephensons of Essex and NIBS Buses, operating across Essex, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, has been sold by its sole shareholder, Bill Hiron, to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT). The business operates around 140 buses on an extensive network of services covering much of East Anglia, stretching […]
FirstGroup has acquired Shropshire-based Lakeside Group comprising Lakeside Coaches, Merediths Coaches and A. T. Brown Coaches. Lakeside operates a fleet of around 145 buses and coaches of various sizes primarily from a central, owned depot in Ellesmere, Shropshire and from five smaller depots – one owned in Shrewsbury and the others leased – in Shropshire, […]
Horsham-based EVM has signed a distribution agreement with Karsan for the e-Jest and e-Atak for UK and Ireland markets. The growing stable of products at EVM, which now includes Evener, Altas, Isuzu, Ferqui, Mercedes-Benz and other coachbuilts and van conversions, will be joined by the e-Jest, which will be exhibited at this year’s Euro Bus […]
Announced at the International Bus and Coach Fair (FIAA) in Madrid, the Tremonia City 75 Electric was named International Minibus of the Year 2025. The 2024 edition of the competition had six competitors for the title: Romanian Aveuro based on the new Mercedes-Benz eSprinter; the 6m electric minibus by the French company Bluebus; the eUrban […]