‘Please keep your feet off the seats, they are for people to sit on. What would your mum say?’ This is an example of a series of light hearted announcements being launched on Nottingham City Transport’s (NCT’s) buses. They have been introduced following comments from customers that its next stop and customer information audio announcements […]
Stagecoach owned megabus.com is to run coach services throughout the festive season across the UK and mainland Europe. Its services will again run on Christmas Day this year, serving 20 locations across England and Wales including London, Milton Keynes, Rugby, Coventry, Birmingham, Leicester, Loughborough, Derby, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool, Huddersfield, Leeds, Bradford, York, Cardiff, Newport, Bristol, […]
Paramount moves Paramount Conversions is moving on 30 November to Riverview Commercial Park, Tullamore, Co.Offaly, just off the N52 Cloncollig roundabout. The relocation is intended to give the company the space it needs to grow into. £60,000 Truro bus lane closed Cornwall Council has suspended the 300m inbound bus lane at Tregolls Road between Tresillian […]
After a successful launch at ALBUM earlier this year, the CILT (Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport) Busmark industry benchmarking scheme had its first ever Member Meeting recently. Chris Peat attended the event at insurance specialist Marsh’s London offices, at which the first set of results gathered by the scheme was revealed. Why benchmark? After […]
First it was Betamax and VHS, then it was DVD and fast forward to current times and you will find many now download films from the internet. That is just an example of how the world of popular entertainment has changed a lot over a relatively short space of time. Such developments are also apparent […]
Mercedes-Benz is currently enjoying huge success in the UK with the Turkish built Tourismo integral coach but for many operators it was the earlier Touro model that laid the foundation for its achievements. There had been earlier full sized coach offerings such as the O.302 and O.303 integral, the Plaxton Paramount 3500 bodied O.303 chassis, […]
