Having been associated with the Marcopolo, Beulas and Tata-Hispano brands until relatively recently, BASE Coach Sales, the dealership subsidiary of Holmeswood Coaches, has in the last 12 months effectively started again with the range of products it offers to operators. With the demise of Tata-Hispano at the end of 2013 and Beulas’s decision last year […]
Safety and security are major issues in the industry. There is a lot to protect, from passengers and staff to expensive assets. To get an insight into some of the latest equipment available to help, Chris Peat visited the IFSEC (International Fire and Security) exhibition at the ExCel Centre in London, a get together of […]
Mike Beagrie is a well known face in the bus and coach industry, from his 12 years at Evobus UK. He was responsible for the coach business up to 2013, before running both the coach and bus divisions until later that same year, when he assumed responsibility for the business as MD and Interim CEO. […]
For a relatively small coachbuilder by modern day standards, producing around 300 bodies annually, the Spanish Beulas concern offers an amazing variety of products ranging from the diminutive Gianino midicoach up to the double deck Jewel. The company first came to the UK in the 1990s in conjunction with Iveco and Coach Europe, offering the […]
FirstGroup’s Balfron Depot in Stirlingshire has been named the company’s best depot in Scotland at an internal awards ceremony. The services provided by Balfron and its 40 employees allow customers in isolated villages to access local shopping, education and leisure facilities, as well as providing commuter links to Stirling and Glasgow. Other Midland Bluebird winners […]
Welsh Minister for Economy, Science and Transport, Edwina Hart, has announced the National Transport Finance Plan 2015 for Wales. She claims the proposals strike ‘a good balance between major road investments, improvements to the public transport system and encouraging sustainable travel’. She said the Cardiff Capital Region Metro project will introduce a ‘step change in […]
A public vote has been held over designs for a new Preston bus station. Five anonymous entries were chosen recently by a judging panel and each design proposal has been worked on in more detail based on feedback. The architectural competition is being run by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) on behalf of […]
Arriva North East has launched its new ‘Frequenta’ branding, which promotes its high frequency network of services in and out of Darlington. These routes were revamped in May, providing new cross-town links. To officially launch the services, local students from Mount Pleasant Primary School took part in an oversized board game. Frequenta has seen the […]