Since Bus and Coach Buyer visited Bridgeton Bus Garage in 2014, the Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust has significantly increased the opportunities for the public to see the work of the trust and the vehicles that call the garage home. In 2015, there has been a special event to celebrate the garage’s golden jubilee followed by […]
Europe’s commercial vehicle press descended on a former brandy distillery in Paris earlier this month for the launch of three new digital applications from Michelin Tires. Representatives from Michelin, including Marketing Director for Truck and Bus Europe, Anne Dionisi-Fung and Serge Lafon, Executive Vice President Truck Product Line, gave an overview of a new digitised […]
During last week’s Busworld exhibition in Kortrijk, the focus of Van Hool’s stand was firmly on coach but away from the halls the company demonstrated its comprehensive commitment to the bus sector with a number of off site events. These involved vehicles at both ends of the size spectrum; electric midibuses in Bruges and double […]
One of the country’s longest established bus and coach companies, John Fishwick and Sons Limited of Leyland in Lancashire closed down at the end of service on 24th October. Established in 1907, the company was highly regarded by its customers and the industry in general, its green painted buses with gold fleetnames being a constant […]
Bus passengers in Sheffield will benefit from new and cheaper tickets across the city network from 1 November. The TravelMaster tickets have been developed by Sheffield Bus Partnership, the collaboration between Sheffield City Council, South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, First South Yorkshire, Stagecoach in Sheffield, Sheffield Community Transport and TM Travel. They will be introduced […]
Centro have extended ‘pay as you go’ on their Swift smartcard to the whole of the West Midlands with a formal launch in Birmingham’s Victoria Square. National Express West Midlands provided one of their recently delivered ADL Enviro400MMCs as a backdrop to the event supported by stakeholders including West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority (WMITA), Centro, […]
When I spoke to BYD Europe MD, Isbrand Ho, during the Busworld exhibition, it was clear that he saw more opportunities arising from the new relationship formed between his own company and Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL). It had already been announced that the two manufacturers are to collaborate on the construction of 51 single deck […]
trentbarton’s non-stop Red Arrow service between Derby and Nottingham is getting a £3m boost with nine new Plaxton Elites, the operator’s biggest ever per vehicle investment. Each have free 4G Wi-Fi and tables at every seat, as well as USB charging points, bike storage, extra wide reclining leather seats and additional leg room. The new […]