First Solent has unveiled a £2.75m fleet of 17 new WrightBus StreetLite Max Micro-Hybrids for its two Solent Ranger X4 and X5 routes. The services connect Fareham, Gosport and Portsmouth with Southampton at a half-hourly frequency. Each bus has leather seats, CCTV and Wi-Fi, as well as next stop displays and audio announcements. In addition, […]
The Scottish Government has in recent years demonstrated a robust commitment to community transport in Scotland, believing that CT is essential to prevent social exclusion in areas where the lack of population and rural nature mean that conventional bus services cannot be viable. As a result their funding to local authorities for use on community […]
Proposals to optimise Doncaster’s bus network will go to public consultation this week, as authorities look to progress the public transport aims proposed in Sheffield City Region’s (SCR) Devolution Deal. Feedback from this exercise is to be used to inform decision making on the proposed bus service changes, which are expected to be implemented in […]
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. […]