MD of Stagecoach North East, Phil Medlicott, has decided to leave Stagecoach Group after a total of 16 years with the business. Phil (53), was appointed to his current role in June 2012 following the retirement of John Conroy. He originally joined the Group in 2000 as Operations Director for Stagecoach South and has since […]
Further legal clarification on rules surrounding wheelchair space priority on buses is expected when details of the FirstGroup/Paulley case judgement is published. The outcome of the hearing is not expected until the autumn when the Supreme Court will make a judgement on the case. Doug Paulley, a wheelchair user, successfully sued FirstGroup for unlawful discrimination […]
Sharpes of Nottingham has taken the first Van Hool EX in the UK. The 13.39m coach is powered by a Paccar MX11.320 Euro6 engine matched to a ZF EcoLife transmission. It has 57 Kiel Avance 2010 seats, an ISRI driver’s seat, a Bosh Professional Line 3 entertainment package, white LED light strips along overhead roof […]
First Bus’s efforts to ensure that the vehicles it purchases deliver the best efficiency it can buy have seen the company carry out regular detailed tests on a full range of bus products at Millbrook over a number of years. Successive tests have been honed to relate them as closely as possible to the conditions […]
Fifteen ADL Enviro 400 hybrid double decker electric-diesel buses, belonging to Lothian Buses, are to get a mini refurbishment, inside and out, which will see then transformed into the company’s traditional madder and white livery. The buses were introduced into the fleet in September 2011 and the first of the refurbished vehicles is already in […]
Students have been given an opportunity to develop their talents through a new partnership between Reading Buses and Reading College with the target of attracting more under 19’s to use the bus now and in the future. After three years of operating the Solo scheme for under 19s bus travel, Reading Buses is seeking the […]
West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) is to drive forward over £4bn of transport infrastructure investmnet over the coming decade. Working through its new transport arm, Transport for West Midlands (TfWM), the authority, which comes into being later this month, will prioritise the building of tram extensions, new suburban rail lines, cycle routes and better motorways. […]
A new initiative to help make bus travel easier for visually impaired people across Greater Manchester has been launched. Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has teamed up with the charity Henshaws, which supports people with sight loss to design new, free products for registered blind or partially sighted people, including a fluorescent orange pass wallet […]