FirstGroup’s three year charity partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support has been nominated for Third Sector magazine’s Business Charity Awards 2015. The operator’s association with the cause drew to a close on 31 March. It was nominated in the Award’s charity partnership category, along with entries from Boeing, E.On, Keyline and Slimming World. The awards ceremony […]
A 1971 AEC Reliance Plaxton Elite sold for £9,500 at last week’s auction of part of Go Goodwin’s vintage coach collection. It was one of four AECs going under the hammer at the event held on 25 April, as advertised in last week’s B&CB (B&CB 1324, page 50). A Plaxton Supreme bodied Seddon Pennine VII […]
Charlie Irons Coaches Ltd (Edinburgh) has added to its fleet the 200th Unvi Touring to be built. The Touring GT is built on a Mercedes-Benz Atego 1524 Euro6 chassis with full air suspension. It is specified with Powershift 3 transmission and has 37 Politecnica GTV passenger seats, a courier seat, a rear floor mounted toilet, […]
Ellesmere Port based Carvers Coaches has taken delivery of a new Scania Irizar i-Skool 70-seater coach. It is based on the Scania K 320 IB4x2 chassis with a 320hp Euro5 engine and fully automated Opticruise gear selection system. It is specified with all age three point seatbelts, an air conditioning system and extra tinted side […]
Wigan based Olympia Travel UK has added a 12.9m Irizar i6 Integral to its fleet. In Grand UK livery, the coach follows a similar i6 Integral delivered last year. This latest vehicle has 53 seats, a toilet, a DVD player, a reversing camera, a reversing alarm, a drinks machine and an air conditioning system. It […]
A new ADL Enviro200 on Stagecoach’s 30/31 route in Hayling has been named Peter Chilvers, after the inventor of windsurfing. The operator ran a competition to name the bus, one of five new vehicles, which was won by Gil Carter. Peter Chilvers is a former Hayling Island resident who was an inventor, engineer and promoter […]
Over 120 staff and their families enjoyed Epsom Coaches’ Ride and Drive day, the first in a series of events to celebrate the firm’s 95th anniversary. It was held at Kempton Park racecourse and saw a range of vehicles laid on for the participants, including a 1950 RT Double Decker, a 1953 Guy, a 1965 […]
City Sightseeing Liverpool has been rebranded to ‘Sightseeing Liverpool‘. The Liverpool operator has left the City Sightseeing franchise. City Sightseeing (worldwide) no longer sell tickets on their behalf and the operator does not accept their tickets. Run by City Xplora, the hop-on hop-off bus tour operation has been re-launched in time for the tourist season. […]