In past years MAN’s bus division has usually held its Bus Days, a chance to meet up with operators and members of the press and display its wares, at the Bus Forum at its headquarters in Munich. This year, despite the logistical challenge it represented, it chose to stage the event in the Turkish capital […]
Leicestershire operator, Roberts Coaches, has received two Mercedes-Benz Tourismo Ms. Their power is provided by Mercedes-Benz OM 470 Euro6 engines paired with six-speed ZF Ecolife automatic transmissions. They are to Touring Plus specification, with 49 seats in Luxline upholstery, a toilet, rear mounted reversing cameras, a Boon kitchen and overhead passenger controls with reading lamps, […]
Plain clothes police from the West Midlands Safer Travel team will be targeting pickpockets and their potential victims across the local public transport network this spring. A key target for the officers will be those passengers who leave themselves vulnerable to becoming a victim. After identifying themselves to the passenger, officers will explain why they […]
Shearings Group carried a record 1.1m (+2%) passengers last year, which it attributed to continuing demand from its over 50s market. Total revenues increased 3%, breaking through the £200m mark for the first time in its 100 year history (2014: £200.8m; 2013: £195m). Improved trading, together with margin improvements, operating cost reductions and a restructuring […]
RATP Group owned Yellow Buses of Bournemouth has invested £1.6m in eight new Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini 3 double deckers based on the Volvo B5TL chassis. The operator is thought to be the first bus company in England to acquire the B5TL vehicles. The new buses can carry up to 98 passengers (75 seated and 23 […]
Speed limits for lorries over 7.5 tonnes have risen from 40mph to 50mph on single carriageways and from 50mph to 60mph on dual carriageways. The change is intended to modernise an antiquated restriction, according to DfT. The department claims the previous speed limit did not work, saying that it is broken by about three quarters […]
Oxford Bus Company has invested £2.5m in a fleet of eight Euro6 Volvo B11R 6×2 based Plaxton Elitei coaches to add capacity and further reduce the environmental footprint of the X90 service to central London. The new vehicles were formally launched at Oxfordshire County Council’s Thornhill Park and Ride, one of the service’s en route […]
TfL is to increase the frequency of route 308, operated by Tower Transit, to meet increased passenger demand. The service runs between Wanstead and Clapton (Lea Bridge Road) via Forest Gate and Stratford. The route was greatly enhanced as recently as January 2014. As part of the package of bus improvements to serve the Olympic […]