The winners of the IRTE Skills Challenge were crowned in a ceremony at the Williams F1 conference centre in Oxfordshire on July 13. The awards ceremony was the conclusion of a competition involving twenty-five teams designed to find the best bus and coach technicians in the UK. A total of 28 awards were given out […]
With the Busworld exhibition at Kortrijk in Belgium in October fast approaching, MAN staged its preview last week in the Polish capital, Warsaw. In a packed programme, the press also took the opportunity to include a visit to their bus production facility at Starachowice and a ride & drive experience in a fleet of Neoplan […]
From Monday 17 July 2017, Borders Buses and Perryman’s Buses are to merge as one brand, to be known as Borders Buses. Borders Buses is a wholly owned subsidiary of West Coast Motors, a privately owned transport company. The joining of the two brands will expand Borders Buses operating network to include the Scottish Borders, […]
Family run Midway Motors is now in its 60th year of business and in celebration has added a Mercedes-Benz Tourismo M to its fleet. Located in Crymych, Wales, amongst the Preseli Hills, the operator provides a range of day excursions, continental tours and public services on board luxury vehicles. It is now operated by the […]
Local roads are set to benefit from a share in a multi-billion pound improvement fund as part of an investment strategy unveiled by Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling. The Transport investment strategy sets out a new long-term approach for government infrastructure spending, meaning cash will be targeted at projects that help rebalance the economy. It features […]
ADL’s twice annual press briefing moved to their Scarborough plant for Summer 2017 in recognition of two significant anniversaries there – 110 years of Plaxton coachbuilding and ten years of the Plaxton business joining with ADL. The event also marked ten years at the helm for CEO, Colin Robertson. Colin set the scene with an […]
If Sadiq Khan gets his way, as it seems he will, the Ultra Low Emission Zone will force thousands of coach tourists and visitors out of London in 2019. It’s quite simple; if you don’t have a Euro 6 coach, you’ll pay £100 or perhaps £200 a time to the Mayor to get into the […]
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced a new £86.1m retrofit project on London buses. It will see around 5,000 buses upgraded to Euro 6 emissions standard. It is expected to mean that by September 2020 the entire bus fleet will be at least Euro 6 standard. TfL is to work with bus operators and […]