National Express has honoured a retired driver on his 84th birthday for his bravery on the night of the Birmingham pub bombings on 21 November 1974. Anthony (Tony) Gaynor worked as a bus driver for over 20 years out of the garage in Hockley. On the night of the bombings, he drove his bus past […]
VDL Bus & Coach has declared itself the first European bus and coach manufacturer to introduce a 13.5m coach on two axles. The Futura FMD2-135 is the latest variant in the Futura range and features up to ten cubic metres of luggage space together with 63 seats or extra leg room with fewer seats if […]
Sittingbourne based Chalkwell is celebrating its 85th year in business with discounts to half and full day coach trips for schools in Kent and central London. Commercial Director of Chalkwell, Roland Eglinton, said, ‘We have worked closely with schools and colleges for many years and thought it appropriate that in our 85th anniversary year we […]
Omio.co.uk, a search engine for comparing and booking coach, rail and flight travel across Europe, has announced the launch of its full product offering in France after signing a new partnership with SNCF. Users can now plan trips to more than 30,000 destinations all over France and across Europe. They can compare rail, coach and […]
DVSA’s online services will be unavailable from 18.00 on 5 February to 07.00 on 9 February 2016. This outage is due to a system upgrade. Lorry, bus and trailer test bookings and payments will be affected (driving tests will be unaffected). Also affected will be DVSA Pre-Funded Account transactions, including top-ups and balance checks; lorry, […]
A consultation paper on the Protection of Vulnerable Group (Scotland) Act 2007: Section 35 (2) and (3) has been published by the Scottish Government. The consultation concerns retrospective checking of employees to check their suitability to work with protected and vulnerable groups. Currently an employer has only committed an offence if: an employee is carrying […]
BUSK, the school transport safety organisation, will again be running a three day safety conference from 16 -18 March at Lydiard House, Swindon. The conference, sponsored by Alcolock, is for anyone that makes transport arrangements for others, including schools, local authorities that procure transport and the bus and coach industry. Day one will focus on […]
Edwards Coaches’ new flagship store in Cardiff city centre achieved its first £1m of sales in its first month. The family run business is now in its fifth generation of ownership and 91st year of operation. It has over 80,000 holiday passengers travelling annually, transporting 7,149 students daily and covering 11m miles per year.