Beverley Bell Consulting & Training is to sponsor the ‘Road Transport Engineer of the Year’ Category at the SOE Safety and Resilience in Engineering Awards 2024. The ‘Road Transport Engineer of the Year’ award will celebrate an individual who has demonstrated exceptional skill, innovation and commitment to advancing road transport engineering. It highlights professionals who […]
David Astill, Managing Director of Nottingham City Transport (NCT), has been awarded the Bus Centre of Excellence Lifetime Achievement Award. The award recognises David’s exceptional contribution to the bus sector in England over a number of years. It was presented by Leon Daniels OBE, the President of Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport. David’s interest […]
Industry leaders, council officials, stakeholders and climate experts have been in Bradford to discuss how the city’s landmark hydrogen project can be central to the region’s low-carbon future. With figures showing the state-of-the-art hydrogen production facility on the old Birkshall Gas works could generate £120 million to the Bradford economy and create up to 125 […]
Former Van Hool and Volvo salesman, David Porter, has been appointed Head of Coach Sales at Wrightbus. The new addition to the manufacturer’s roster comes as it develops a long-range hydrogen coach. David, who has over three decades of experience in the coach industry, joined Wrightbus earlier this month. David said: “I’m excited to join […]
Scania aims to cut the emissions it produces in vehicle production by utilising remanufactured parts on its main assembly line in Sweden. In what the manufacturer says is a world first for heavy vehicle OEMs, the iReGear research project saw a new gearbox built on the production line using remanufactured parts. The test saw 50% […]
Stagecoach East is continuing its ‘Behind the Buses’ campaign by giving members of the local business community a tour of its depot. The event, run by Stagecoach East in association with Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce, was aimed at giving a better understanding of not only the role that public transport plays within our community, but […]
As Manchester’s franchised bus network reaches its first anniversary, Greater Manchester’s Bee Network Committee has signed off several millions of pounds worth of investment in transport infrastructure across its region. The funding is drawn down from the £1.07bn of City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement awarded in 2022 and the wider Greater Manchester Transport Capital Programme. […]
Stagecoach is now rolling out its latest batch of electric buses. The introduction of the 715 buses will increase the percentage of its fleet powered by electric to 15%. As well as the vehicles themselves, Stagecoach is also investing in depot and infrastructure upgrades across the country. This includes EV charging, battery storage and the […]