Lucketts further invests in training
Lucketts Travel Group is introducing advanced training across the company. The business is putting in place Smith System training, which encourages safer and efficient driving with reduced emissions and smoother ride. The Hampshire firm is one of only two coach companies in the UK with its own driver training academy. Plans are in place to […]
StreetLite Max first for First
Wrightbus has handed over a new StreetLite Max to FirstBus, the first vehicle of its type specified with a 5.1-litre Daimler Euro6 engine. The Daimler engine is now an additional option to the Cummins 4.5-litre power unit. Presented at Euro Bus Expo, it is liveried in a variation of First Potteries’ colours and is due […]
Souter’s New Zealand launch
ManaBus.com, part of Stagecoach founder Sir Brian Souter’s Souter Investments empire, has launched a new express city to city coach service in New Zealand. With five express routes initially serving nine destinations in the North Island, the operation is offering tickets starting from $1 plus a $1 booking fee with no hidden costs. Destinations covered […]
Ron Whittle becomes IRU Honorary Member
Former owner of Whittle Coach and Bus, Ron Whittle, has become an IRU Honorary Member. The recognition is for his ‘extraordinary dedication and contribution to IRU activities and achievements for almost 40 years’. In April 1973, Ron first attended a meeting of Section I – known today as the IRU Passenger Transport Council. Within a […]
New length Elite-i for Coastrider
Stagecoach has invested over £2.4m in a fleet of eight Plaxton Elite-i coaches for its Coastrider X7 route. They are the first 13.8m examples to be built. Mounted on the Volvo B11R chassis with 10.8-litre, 460hp, Euro6 engines, they seat 63 passengers and have a revised lower deck entry area providing a raised ceiling height […]
TfL Euro6 growth…
Over 300 Euro6 buses will be operating on London’s roads by the end of this year, according to TfL. Over two thirds of these (215) are expected to be hybrid diesel-electric double deckers. Under the ULEZ proposal, all buses driving in central London from 2020 will need to meet the Euro6 standard for NOx emissions. […]
MAN to cease Poznan production
MAN is to end bus production at its Poznan site in Poland, where MAN Lion’s City buses and bus chassis are produced. It is to concentrate production of city buses at its plant in Starachowice, also in Poland where it will increase the workforce. The transfer will happen over the coming years up until the […]