The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter will be the basis for the new 22 passenger low floor bus from Mellor Coachcraft. The coach-built bus, aimed at the mainstream bus market, is unique in that it has space for two wheelchairs in the low floor area, thanks to an extended width on the base model. The Strata, as the […]
Multi award winning operator, Prentice Coaches of Haddington, has recently celebrated 25 years in the industry with a shortlist for another award. Don Prentice started the business in 1991 with just one coach and the company now has a fleet of 20 buses and coaches ranging from 24 to 70 seats. The fleet also includes […]
After two weeks of trials on exclusive new coach parking for CPT members in London, the organisation is asking operators to use the facility if the six week trial is to be extended. The parking offers 30 spaces from 09.00 – 17.00, Monday to Friday until 24 June, across the Go Ahead garages at Camberwell […]
The very first registered service to be operated using EVM Cabrio open topped minicoaches was launched in Edinburgh on June 1 by established Scottish tour operator Rabbie’s Trail Burners. Called the Edinburgh City Tour, the new service also represents Rabbie’s first regular service, hitherto all their services have been private tours. I met up with […]
Plans for bus priority measures have been announced for the A40 between Witney and Oxford. The move, made by Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet, is aimed at solving transport problems by providing bus priority lanes and a new dual carriageway. Council transport planners will now draw up more detailed plans which, it is hoped, will help […]
A quick thinking bus driver may have prevented a serious accident when he noticed a bridge which he was driving a minibus of school children onto, start to collapse. 62 year old Derek Trow was taking pupils home from Lindridge St Lawrence CE Primary School in Tenbury Wells, when the incident happened. Whilst crossing the […]
Go-Ahead Group has released a statement that says it supports the emphasis in the recently announced Bus Services Bill on the partnership model. Working in partnership at a local level can bring about better outcomes for both bus passengers and taxpayers, it claimed. Its devolved structure facilitates local management accountability, it believes, as well as […]
Bus and Train Week is to be held in Northern Ireland from 6 to 12 June 2016. The event is a new initiative intended to encourage more people to give these modes of transport a try and to emphasise the importance of public transport to the economy and wider society. The week is based around […]