Scania’s new state-of-the-art commercial vehicle service centre has been officially opened by Sweden’s Ambassador to the UK, Her Excellency Nicola Clase. She was joined at the ceremony by approximately 100 transport operators together with senior Scania executives and representatives from Gallagher Group, the owners and developers of the site. The £6m, 2.5-acre, flagship site, which […]

There have been quite a number of conferences in recent months and all have touched on the apparently linked topics of devolution and re-regulation to various degrees. CPT’s triennial Northern Bus Summit held at the Manchester Conference Centre, took as its title ‘A Smart Road to Devolution’ -The Role of the Bus, and attempted to […]

Scotland’s Forth Road Bridge (FRB) is to shut until the New Year for repairs following the discovery of defective steelwork. The closure caused 11 mile queues at the Kincardine Bridge, the nearest alternative crossing, on Friday 4 December and six mile tailbacks at the Clackmannanshire Bridge. The decision to close it was taken following inspections […]

Nottingham based Hino Travel has acquired Biddulph, Stoke on Trent based Bakers Travel. The new owners provide ‘high-standard and leisure travel’ services to Chinese students, scholars and business travellers in the UK. They have already started to implement growth strategies at Bakers, with Debbie Windle being named Public Relations Officer. The company is starting to […]

Bus and coach registrations in November rose 8.4% from the same month last year to 681 units, the month’s highest total since 2007. This lead to a rolling year total of 8,874, up 18%. SMMT Chief Executive, Mike Hawes, said, ‘Although November saw more moderate growth than in previous months, the UK bus and coach […]

First Scotland East is introducing five new Wrightbus StreetLites for its services in Livingston. They form part of a total order of 31 new vehicles which is being introduced across the east of Scotland after the operator announced it was investing £6m in upgrading its fleet earlier this year. The new single deckers have leather […]

First Glasgow has purchased 32 Euro6 ADL Enviro200s for its services in Lanarkshire. They form part of a total order of 75 new vehicles, which are being introduced across Greater Glasgow after the operator announced it was investing £14m in upgrading its fleet earlier this year. The new vehicles have leather seats, CCTV, Wi-Fi and […]

M&H Coaches has added a 7.9m Optare Slim Line Solo to its fleet. Fitted with a Euro5 engine, the bus seats up to 23 and is finished to a high specification. It will serve the Conwy County Council route across Abergele, Pensarn and Llanfair Talhaiarn. Owner at M&H Coaches, Margaret Owen, said, ‘We have operated […]