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 […]
During the first half of 2016, MAN Group’s order intake in the first six months of 2016 was €7.4bn/£6.26bn, with sales revenue at €6.4bn/£5.42bn. In the first half of 2016, the manufacturer’s operating return on sales increased to 3.7%, after 0.2% in the prior year period. Its operating profit amounted to €236m/£199.76m in the first […]
National Express has made ‘strong progress’ in the first half of the year, with results in line with its expectations. Group revenue amounted to £1.10bn, up from the £0.96bn achieved in the same period last year. Group operating profit rose to £96.2m (H1 2015: £89.6m). Growth in revenue, profit and margins was recorded in both […]
East Coast Buses Ltd has announced timetable and fare information as part of its package to rescue key services in East Lothian. Branded as EastCoastbuses, the wholly owned subsidiary and part of Lothian Buses, the operator is set to introduce new routes in addition to the continuation of existing commercial and school provisions. The company […]