No sooner had the last coaches departed Blackpool following the UK Coach Rally than the delegates, exhibitors and speakers started arriving in the town for this year’s ALBUM Conference, held at the Hilton Hotel overlooking the sea. The theme chosen was ‘Driving the customer experience’ and this was reflected throughout the speaker’s presentations. There have […]
Launched into the world in 1967, the first Neoplan Skyliner was the brainchild of Konrad Auwärter. Deemed unimaginable at the time as a double deck touring coach was thought to tip over on motorways, Konrad drove the 12m coach from Stuttgart to Brussels to prove its worth. To date, almost 5,000 Neoplan Skyliners have been […]
North American bus manufacturer, New Flyer Industries Inc and Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) have amicably agreed to end their joint venture. The businesses are to move the manufacture of their medium duty MiDi bus from New Flyer’s St. Cloud, Minnesota plant to Alexander Dennis’s new facility in Nappanee, Indiana in the fourth quarter of 2017. […]
trentbarton is to spend £5m in 2017 on 28 new buses and on upgrades. This is the operator’s biggest ever investment in a single year. It is adding 25 ADL Enviro200s to its fleet, featuring glazed skylights, LED lighting, visual and audio next stop announcements, free superfast Wi-Fi and USB chargers. ADL is building the […]
Stagecoach Midlands has moved into a new depot at Trident Park, Warwick, replacing the site on Station Approach in Leamington which has been vacated to make way for housing developments. The new building, built by Deeley Construction, results from partnership working between Warwick District Council, AC Lloyd, Waterloo Housing and Stagecoach Midlands. It has capacity […]
For the first time since 2010, a new name will be added to the UK Coach Rally – Coach of the Year Trophy as the MAN based Beulas Mythos entered by Blakes Coaches of Tiverton took the top Concours d’Elegance award. The Devon based company has been a regular participant in the rally since its […]
