…and what have you done? Quite a bit actually, looking back over the year. Our Rob Orchard has recently cast his eye over the past 12 months to put together our usual annual review. To see what stood out the most for Rob in 2014 check out your latest issue of B&CB (issue 1308, 26 […]
Belle Vue from Manchester has invested £1.25m in five Mercedes-Benz Tourismos. Powered by the Euro6 Mercedes-Benz OM 470 engine coupled to eight-speed Powershift automatic transmission, the coaches have 49 seats with Luxline upholstery, 19inch monitors and wi-fi provision. Drivers will benefit from a BOSCH sat-nav and rear-mounted parking camera with dash-integrated display screen. Safety equipment […]
Johnson Transport has taken delivery of a new Euro6 Avantgarde Sprinter. Based on the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 516 Cdi chassis, it is powered by a 163bhp Euro6 Common Rail Direct Injection diesel engine coupled to a seven-speed G-Tronic gearbox. Features include 19 Brusa Crete 100 seats finished in Epengle moquette with leather head rests, a Mercedes-Benz […]
Tally Ho Coaches from South Devon has taken delivery of its first Volvo B9R with Jonckheere bodywork. Featuring a striking new livery, the operator’s first brand new Volvo is specified with a rear mounted, six-cylinder, nine-litre 380hp Euro5 diesel engine and is fitted with a Volvo I-Shift 12-speed fully automated mechanical gearbox along with the […]
Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has opened what has been described as the biggest bus depot in the UK. First Glasgow has relocated operations to the newly constructed £20m site in Cathcart Road in the south side of the city. The bespoke facility houses 300 buses and 800 employees, although it has space for up […]
Two Optare MetroCity buses are now in service on route 312 in London. They are Croydon’s first pure electric buses. The service is operated by Arriva and runs between South Croydon and Norwood Junction carrying around 4,700 passengers a day. TfL’s Director of Buses, Mike Weston, said, ‘We now have a total of eight pure […]
‘Robust’ was how Go-Ahead described its trading in a pre-close trading update for the six months ending 27 December 2014. Overall revenue growth in the company’s regional bus business for the period was described as ‘good’, largely driven by increased contract revenue, where associated journeys are not recorded. Its commercial and concessionary passenger numbers have […]
Ipswich Buses has stepped in to serve some areas that had lost a bus service following the withdrawal of a First route in the area. The move followed First’s decision to withdraw service 55 from Bixley Farm to Central Ipswich via Foxhall Road. With funding from Suffolk County Council, the municipal operator is to serve […]