Recent years have brought mixed fortunes for Ayats in the UK but a revival of the brand is now underway with the establishment of Ayats UK Coach Sales Ltd. The driving force behind the new organisation is Dave Nickson, owner of the Elite Group and former manager of the Ayats brand at Anglo-American, the successful […]
Eight Scottish operators have signed up to the RNIB’s bus charter. They include Stagecoach, Citylink, McGill’s, First, Lothian Buses, Xplore Dundee, Prentice Coaches and Whitelaws. The charter itself lists a series of pledges for bus operators, such as ensuring buses approach stops slowly enough for anyone to make out the route number, reviewing timetable and […]
Mellor Coachcraft ‘saved the day’ at the recent Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) Conference in Aviemore. The shuttle allocated to pick up delegates and exhibitors to their hotel for the event broke down, but a Strata High Floor (HF) vehicle from the manufacturer was made available to take over the service. National Sales Manager […]
Bus & Coach Buyer is now a member of the industry’s trade association CPT. It joins in a week where companies in both the operational and supply side of the industry also signed up, emphasising the breadth of the organisations membership. Bus and Coach Buyer has long recognised the important role that CPT plays in […]
Spain’s major bus and coach show highlights the latest developments from the country’s manufacturers as well as those from the rest of Europe and beyond and this year’s event reflected the increasing optimism within a Spanish market that was hard hit by the recession, especially in terms of the public transport market. There are less […]
Switzerland’s PostBus operation is to place 19 ADL Enviro500s in service by the end of 2018. They are the first vehicles for PostBus to have been produced in the UK and the first British double deckers in Switzerland. They will be used in Eastern Switzerland, which the company says has become its ‘hub’ for double […]
Bath Bus Company is celebrating 20 years of serving the Bath area. To mark the occasion, it has painted a bus in the company’s original livery of 1997, comprised of bright cream and red. It also carries a number of the brand names, which have applied over the past two decades. Formed by four former […]
TfL is taking part in the Joint Initiative for Hydrogen Vehicles across Europe (JIVE) project. JIVE is aimed at paving the way towards the commercialisation of hydrogen fuel cell (FC) vehicles, which includes: addressing the high ownership costs relative to conventional buses, ensuring the FC buses can meet the high availability levels demanded by public […]