Nu-Track’s Pulse wheelchair accessible bus has clocked up 100 sales since its unveiling in Antrim in June 2014. Wrightbus owned Nu-Track and MAN Truck & Bus UK collaborated to bring the model straight to Euro6 on a 10 tonne TGL chassis with a four-cylinder 4.6-litre D0834 fitted as standard. The vehicle’s front aspect retains the […]
Wrightbus Streetdecks have been rolled out on First West of England’s service 90 in Bristol. These buses are part of the operator’s £15m investment in 59 new buses across the West of England. The investment in 59 new buses for Bristol forms part of an overall order by FirstGroup’s UK bus division of 385 new […]
Volvo has finalised an agreement to supply eight integral Volvo B11R 9700 Euro6 coaches to GoBus.ie in a deal secured at Coach and Bus Live. These latest additions to the fleet will include the new Volvo Driver Support System (DSS) fitted as standard. The DSS includes AEBS (forward collision warning and advanced emergency braking systems), […]
The CEO of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Matthias Müller, and the Chairman of the Group Works Council of Volkswagen AG, Bernd Osterloh, have agreed on the further procedure for investment and capacity planning. A series of talks between the Board of Management and the employee representative body have been set to take place in order to find […]
Neatly timed to coincide with the announcement of the QCS Board findings, the latest meeting of the Young Bus Managers Network (YBMN) was held last week at The County Hotel, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Supported by the Chris Moyes Scholarship Trust, the organisation is a not-for-profit organisation helping the industry breed and encourage the next generation of managers. […]
Henrik Henriksson has become the new President and CEO of Scania AB. He is due to take up the new position on 1 January 2016, succeeding Per Hallberg. Henrik will, from the same date, become a member of the Volkswagen Truck & Bus Management Board (Truck Board). He has been a member of Scania’s Executive […]
As part of a three year project with Nottingham City Council, Nottingham City Transport (NCT) has applied for a £6.5m grant from the OLEV (Office for Low Emission Vehicles) Low Emission Bus Scheme. The money would complement a £19m investment being made by NCT to introduce 82 bio-gas double deckers to the fleet over three […]
As part of a wider restructuring in Arriva, Mark Bowd has become Arriva Midlands’ new MD following the departure of former MD, Alex Perry. Although Mark has not held the Arriva Midlands MD role before, he is familiar with the area, having been MD of Arriva Fox County. This latter operation has since merged into […]