Essex operator, Amber Coaches Ltd, is to be placed into liquidation on 19 April 2017. The company ceased trading on 4 April 2017, following which all the staff were made redundant. The company served its customers across the county for over 20 years. Darren Wilson of DKF Insolvency Ltd has been instructed by the Director […]
Nexus has resumed direct operation of services on the Tyne and Wear Metro. The operator DB Regio, part of the Arriva Group, which had run services on behalf of Nexus since April 2010, came to the end of its operating contract at 02.00 on 1 April 2017. Nexus, the public body which delivers transport services […]
First Essex has launched route ‘57’ from the new housing development of Beaulieu into Chelmsford. The direct service is intended to provide residents with a fast journey time of less than 20 minutes into Chelmsford city centre. Its arrival times have been coordinated with rail departures, which should allow commuters to travel to Liverpool Street […]
Like for like passenger journeys on Stagecoach’s UK regional bus network fell by 1.7%, according to the Group’s recent trading update in respect of its financial year ending 29 April 2017. According to the operator, this decrease was largely as a result of weak underlying local economic conditions in some parts of the UK and […]
Stagecoach Manchester has invested £4.6m in 22 new ADL Enviro400 MMCs for services 112, 114 and 118, to replace the existing single decker fleet in Middleton. The new buses are intended to provide increased levels of safety and comfort for passengers. They are fitted with USB charging points, on board Wi-Fi and the latest Euro6 […]
BYD has opened the first of its own bus plants in Europe in the northern Hungarian town of Komarom, an investment that will total some €20m (£17.1m) in the three years to 2018. Currently, there are 32 employees of whom 68% are factory workers in the 66,000 square metre complex. Eventually it will employ some […]
Mellor Coachcraft is to showcase the Orion E, a fully electric 16 seat bus, at the Commercial Vehicles Show at the NEC between 25 and 27 April. Having taken two years to develop, the manufacturer says the vehicle is unique as it has single step entry and a completely flat, low floor saloon. It offers […]
RATP Dev UK is to rename its Epsom Coaches business to Quality Line, previously the trading name of the bus division of Epsom Coaches. From 25 June 2017, it will be brought under direct management of RATP Dev London. With this change, all of RATP Dev UK’s London bus operations (through its three subsidiaries London […]