Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) has reported strong results for the year ended 31 December 2015. It registered 1,228 new buses in the UK during the 12 months, which is up 12% on 2014. Sales figures of £602m were reported, up 20% on the previous year. Profit before tax amounted to £23m, up from the £13m […]
Irizar has announced the sale of the first 100 of its new i8 coaches. Amongst the customers who have bought the flagship vehicle are: Student Agency and Lux Express from the Czech Republic and Estonia respectively, Arotrans or Oscar from Poland, Stewarts, Clarkes, Ellisons, Guideline from the UK, Faure and Thermevasion from France, De Wilge […]
Over the past weeks, Volvo has held two round table discussion events on the subject of sustainable transport. The first was staged in the committee room of Manchester’s imposing Central Library on 10 May and the second at the RICS Centre in London on 10 June. At both a small group of key players from […]
Stagecoach is to close its Dundee depot, with bus operations from the site to be relocated. The decision follows local consultations with staff on a number of options for the site. The operator has written to all staff at its depot in the city to confirm the facility will cease operations on 14 August and […]
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 […]