Rotherham Bus Partnership has invested £7m in 32 new buses for the town’s network. The vehicles will be used on routes to Barnsley, Doncaster and Sheffield. Stagecoach has introduced ten new Euro6 ADL Enviro200 MMC single deckers, operating on its 22X route between Barnsley, Wombwell, Wath, Manvers, Parkgate and Rotherham. First South Yorkshire has put […]
CPT has opposed Edinburgh Airport’s proposal of a £200 per coach charge to utilise the site’s coach parking area during the weekend 12 to 14 March 2016 when Scotland play France in the Rugby Six Nations Tournament. The airport’s justification for the charge was to balance the ‘loss of revenue’ associated with securing additional coach […]
Arriva Yorkshire launched a competition with De Lacy Primary School in Pontefract to design a bus exterior for the improved 410/411 service which links Leeds City Centre to the Chequerfield estate. Five finalists have been announced, with the winner decided by the public vote. The bus will then be wrapped in the winning design and […]
The Seven Kings High School, in Ilford was the setting for this annual compliance event, now in its sixth year. Chris Ruane, Public Authority Development Officer of CILT welcomed delegates and introduced the first presentation, a ten minute video on ‘Improving road safety for vulnerable road users.’ The morning’s proceedings were then chaired by Austin […]
Editor in Chief, Stuart Jones, is taking one step back from his traditional role at Bus & Coach Buyer, which he founded with business partner Steve Cole in 1988. He will retain his current title but in future work only three days a week, sharing the Editorship with David Cole (no relation), who has been […]
Go-Ahead’s overall revenue has risen 6.8% to £1,665m (H1 2015: £1,558.7m), according to its half yearly results for the period to 26 December 2015. This was in line with management’s expectations and delivered an adjusted operating profit of £80.7m (H1 2015: £67.4m). The operator’s bus division contributed a total adjusted operating profit of £47.8m (H1 […]
Finesse, the limited edition Scania OmniExpress coach for 2016, has sold all 25 examples already. These vehicles feature lateral displacement to all passenger seats, a Webasto pre-heater, GPS navigation system and BiXenon headlights in addition to the model’s usual high specification including half-leather seating with three-point seatbelts, full executive amenities and Durabright aluminium wheel rims. […]
A new report by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers is calling for urgent Government and industry action to encourage the greater use of autonomous and driverless vehicles. The ‘Autonomous and Driverless cars’ report makes three key recommendations: that the Transport Systems Catapult conducts a public consultation, bringing together a working group that includes industry, legislators, […]