Go North East has invested over £500,000 in five new Optare Solos for its rural services in Hexham and West Northumberland. The buses feature 29 leather seats with seatbelts and offer free Wi-Fi. They will be used six days a week from early morning until early evening on the operator’s Tynedale Links services. Working in […]
100 years of service of the East Kent Road Car Company was marked at the annual South East Bus Festival and heritage transport show held at the Kent Showground at Detling. The sixth annual event attracted over 5,000 visitors. To mark the occasion, MD of East Kent’s successor company, Stagecoach South East, Philip Norwell, unveiled […]
Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) has said it has over 40 orders in the pipeline for its recently launched 12.8m Plaxton Panther Volvo B8R Exec. One of the first off the production line has joined the fleet of Birmingham based Aziz Coach Service Ltd. It has a DVD player, monitor systems, gangway lighting and 59 Brusa […]
Eastern Transport Holdings Ltd (ETH) intends to acquire the business operations of The Galloway Travel Group (GTG) on 30 November 2016. ETH shares common ownership with Stephensons of Essex Ltd. This recent announcement follows a period of close communication and discussion with the directors of ETH, as the retiring directors of GTG are keen to […]
Graham Belgum has been appointed President of Optare Group, taking on the strategic and operational leadership role at the company and reporting to the Head of Global Bus at Ashok Leyland. He joined Optare on 2 March 2015 as Business Process Excellence and Aftermarket Director. Since then, he has been instrumental in delivering a series of […]
The bus industry is being asked to demonstrate how it is rising to the challenges of the modern technology-driven consumer society in the 2016 UK Bus Awards. Nominations are now open for the Awards which have undergone a number of changes including the replacement of the Innovation Award with a new category, New Horizons. Making […]
Manchester’s guided busway is now open for business. With the vast majority of the construction programme complete, services on the route began operating last Sunday (3 April). Prior to the first day of operation, a launch event was held which Chris Peat attended. The project is designed to enable people to enjoy faster, more punctual […]
Travelling to the recent Transport Focus event in Manchester, leaving the car near the M60 and catching Metrolink looked a good option online. The new P+R site at Sale Water Park has plenty of space, good lighting and security fencing, yet I didn’t see a sign to it until I was on the adjacent M60 […]