Full range for the UK! Stuart Jones was in Brussels for the launch and brings readers a preview of the new incarnation of one of the UK’s best-selling coaches I can’t ever remember it happening before, indeed I don’t think it has, but this week’s unveiling of the new Mercedes-Benz Tourismo coach included a right-hand […]
The coach industry is being asked to help the victims, emergency services and volunteers of the Grenfell tower block fire with a special event. Bob Harrington, of Harrington’s Vintage Coaches, launched an appeal to offer the victims and others a free day trip in recognition of the ordeal they have been through. He has already […]
Mellor Coachcraft has launched a new website to promote and support the issue of using local buses. It is designed for the general public to go to as a source of reference and information. The site highlights and discusses issues that bus service cuts bring and the affect they have on society. These include topics […]
In the heritage Grand Central Hotel above Glasgow’s Central Station, transport professionals across all modes gathered for the first Transport Times summit to be held in Scotland for ten years. Some 150 delegates represented operators, local and national authorities, customer organisations, construction and the support services sector at the event sponsored by First, Optare, Cubic […]
Well, after 13 years in the freelance world, it definitely feels good to have my feet back under a desk in an office full of people. Working for yourself can be a lonely place. The compensation is being able to choose, to some extent, when you work and for whom. But for me, joining Bus […]
Bridgestone is celebrating the largest commercial fleet contract win in its history, having secured a $110m, five year deal with FirstGroup. The contract will see the tyre manufacturer supply tyres to over 60,000 of the operator’s buses and coaches in the USA, Canada and the UK. As part of the agreement,º Bridgestone will provide tyres […]
National Express is now in its 45th year of existence. To celebrate, the company has lifted the lid on its archives with the release of rare and unseen archive material from as far back as 1966. It traces its origins to 1972, when scheduled coach services run by the National Bus Company were united under […]
VDL Bus & Coach has expanded the Futura range in Europe with a new length version, the FHD2-135. The advantage of the 13.5m Futura is the huge luggage space of over 12m3 and the maximum seating arrangement of 63+1+1. This seating arrangement is unique on two axles. Besides the FHD2-135, VDL also offers the FMD2 […]