The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has confirmed plans for the first of a series of ‘Low Emission Bus Zones’ in the worst air quality hotspots outside central London. These zones prioritise the greenest buses on the worst polluted routes and they are part of his plans to clean up the capital’s ‘toxic air’. From […]
After recently having her term as Senior Traffic Commissioner (STC) for Great Britain extended for a year, Beverley Bell has announced that she will step down from the post on completion of her term in Spring 2017. Until then, she will continue to perform the role of STC alongside the post of Traffic Commissioner for […]
Stagecoach has launched a new bus livery depicting some of the most iconic and picturesque locations along its route 60. The service runs through the South Downs, serving Chichester, West Dean, Singleton and Midhurst. The new look was designed by Best Impressions. Stagecoach and the South Downs National Park Authority launched two of the new […]
Electrification of urban bus services has been an objective of Wrightbus for nearly 20 years, company founder Dr William Wright CBE’s being recorded as expressing a view in 1998 that they were ‘likely to become the mainstream buses of the future’. Now in his late 80s, William is still passionately leading the company’s development work […]
Stagecoach has invested over £750,000 in a purpose built depot in Portree, Isle of Skye. The site houses 15 buses, which operate throughout the island. Situated on Broom Place, it has on site engineering and maintenance equipment, as well as parking and washing facilities for the vehicles. These improvements will allow all maintenance work to […]
Transdev’s newly formed Keighley Bus Company has been officially launched in the town’s bus station by the Mayor of Keighley, Cllr Shabir Ahmed. The launch saw £2m worth of new Optare Solos and Versas featuring passenger Wi-Fi and USB power points enter service. As well as the rebranding of the vehicles, local routes in and […]
Scania’s sales ‘reached an all time high’ at SEK50.1bn/£4.42bn, according to an interim report covering the period between January 2016 to June 2016. Operating profit amounted to SEK1,348m/£118.99m, which has been negatively impacted by a provision of SEK3.8bn/£0.34m related to the European Commission’s competition investigation. Operating profit excluding items affecting comparability rose by 9% to […]
Wrightbus has announced changes to its senior management team structure. The move is in response to ‘vehicle population increase and the expansion and evolution of the business’. Damian McGarry, who most recently has led Wrightbus International, will take over the helm of the Customcare after sales division. Ian Downie will consequently relinquish responsibility for Customcare […]