Stagecoach owned megabus.com is to start coach services in new locations in Germany as the company continues its European expansion. The operator already operates services between Brussels and Cologne. It is to launch an extension to the route on 16 December, which will link Brussels with Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Munich. Fares on the route […]
First Kernow is to further expand its bus network. From February 2015, First will begin operating new services which will link St Columb Major and St Agnes with both Truro and Newquay. This latest announcement follows previous news of new routes in the St Austell area adding to the company’s extensive network. From the 5 […]
Heat Shot, the heated fluid windscreen clearing system, has been approved by Daimler. Approval has been given for them to be installed at factory level in Mannheim or as a customer aftermarket specification in the UK on all Euro6 Mercedes-Benz Citaros. One of the first to have this equipment installed on its Citaros is the […]
DfT has announced £15bn of investment to increase the capacity and condition of the country’s roads. The government is investing in over 100 new road schemes over this parliament and next, 84 of which are brand new. More than 1,300 new lane miles will be added by schemes being delivered over the next parliament on […]
TfL and the Mayor of London has set out plans for a major new investment in bus services to help meet the rising demand of the city’s rapidly growing population. To respond to this growing demand, funding for over 500 extra buses is planned over the course of the business plan, which is expected to […]
Birmingham’s International Conference Centre was the venue for the recent Passenger Focus afternoon conference, Longer distance journeys: Are we well connected? Kirsty Flatt attended to find out more about the work that they do in the bus and coach industry. Proceedings began with a welcome from long serving Passenger Focus Chairman Colin Foxall who has […]
The ROSCO award for safe driving was presented before lunch by Chairman of EYMS and ROSCO, Peter Shipp, to John Noble of Ipswich Buses who, out of 42 years driving experience with the company, has achieved 35 years of continuous safe driving. Arriva claimed the top three places in the Young Manager of the Year […]
Regardless of what you have in your fleet, brand new, second hand or vintage, they all have windscreens. If you think they are just glass, then you’re not quite right, there is a lot more to them than that. Here, General Manager of Esprit, the windscreen crack and chip repair kit specialist, Neil Skidmore, has […]