Greater Manchester’s Bee Network is set to introduce its first new bus route later this month. From 27 October, a new 615 service will connect Wigan with Middlebrook retail park. The hourly service restores a link to the popular retail park that was lost four years ago. In addition, there will be twice as many […]
McGill’s Buses has welcomed Jim Fairlie MSP, Scottish Government Minister for Connectivity, to its Johnstone depot. The politician took a tour of the operator’s facilities and discussed the company’s ambitious journey towards a zero-emission future. The visit coincides with McGill’s celebrating a significant milestone: having covered 12 million electric miles with its growing fleet of […]
Alexander Dennis has today (11 October 2024) announced that Zemo Partnership testing has confirmed a 97% charging efficiency for its next-generation electric buses. This should deliver further financial benefits for customers by reducing total cost of ownership, the manufacturer emphasises. Alexander Dennis says this charging efficiency has been achieved by careful system integration and optimisation, […]
ShuttleID, the school bus ticketing platform, has launched a new style of digital bus ticket for use with ‘brick’ phones. The new ‘Brickets’ development is designed to support an emerging trend of brick phone adoption by parents of school children. ShuttleID’s new brick phone ticket technology is driven by a QR code that displays on […]
Alexander Dennis says it is benefitting from a healthy market position. However, its leadership blames government policies for creating an ‘unfair playing field’ in the zero-emission bus market. Paul Davies, President and Managing Director at Alexander Dennis, is ‘very pleased to report a very good market share’ in terms of bodywork manufacturing, taking a 47% […]
Alexander Dennis has revealed more details of its next addition to its new generation of buses, the Enviro200EV electric single-decker. The vehicle is due to hit the roads in 2025, with launch customers already identified. Described as an all-rounder, the bus fits between the smaller Enviro100EV and double-deck Enviro400EV. Chris Gall, Group Engineering Director at […]
Another step towards a franchised bus system in South Yorkshire has been taken. At a recent South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) board meeting, South Yorkshire’s Mayor, Oliver Coppard, and the county’s leaders considered the independent review of the Bus Franchising Assessment and agreed to progress to a 12-week public consultation on the proposed franchising […]
Industry figures supporting and inspiring women in the PCV sector have been celebrated at the Women in Bus and Coach (WiBC) Summit in Manchester. The event brought together industry leaders, stakeholders, frontline operators and advocates to celebrate the remarkable contributions of women in all roles across the bus, coach and community transport sector. B&CB has […]