Saffords Coaches Ltd of Great Gransden, Sandy, Bedfordshire has taken delivery of a Mercedes-Benz Atego based Unvi Voyager GT. It has 30 leather trimmed seats, a DVD player, a monitor, a fridge and a spacious boot. It is powered by a 230bhp 5.1litre, four-cylinder engine matched to an automatic gearbox. It has been named ‘Shirley’ […]
Wilfreda Beehive from Adwick-Le-Street, Doncaster has taken a pair of Scania K 400 EB6x2*4 coaches with Irizar i6 bodywork. They feature onboard sockets, full kitchen, Sky TV, Apple TV, 4G Wi-Fi, microwaves, fridges, hot and cold water facilities, tables and central sunken washroom. Specified to the operator’s ‘Platinum Class’ standard, the vehicles are being used […]
Barnard Castle based Hodgsons Coaches has taken delivery of its first Scania. Equipped with Scania’s OmniExpress bodywork, the 14.1m overall length vehicle is based upon a Scania K 400 EB6x2*4 chassis with Scania’s 400hp Euro5 engine and fully automated Opticruise gear selection system. Inside it has 63 passenger seats finished in half-leather, seat back tables, […]
Here we show a number of the newly released vehicles, read more about them and everything else there was to see in next week’s issue.
As I am now an old timer, I thought it would be a good idea to visit Showbus for the first time this year, albeit as a passenger aboard a brand-new Volvo B8RLE with an MCV body. I had previously prepared myself by going to the Gaydon event. Both added to a list of events […]
CPT is holding a ‘Coaching Workshop’ on 22 October, which is free to attend for members of the trade body. The event starts at 10.15 at St Margaret’s Hall, Bradford-On-Avon, Wiltshire, BA15 1DE. Attendees can arrive and check in from 09.30 onwards. The event has been designed to cover issues that members have flagged they would […]
FirstGroup’s in-house claims handling team, Transportation Claims Ltd, has been shortlisted in the Counter Fraud Initiative of the Year category at the Post Magazine Insurance Fraud Awards 2015. It was nominated for an investigation into a series of accidents that helped saved insurance companies around £1.7m and resulted in the conviction of 15 people for […]
Lothian Buses has been an enthusiastic supporter of Edinburgh’s Doors Open Day, which gives the public the opportunity to explore some of Edinburgh’s most architecturally, culturally and socially significant buildings, for a number of years. Previously it has frequently featured a surprise vehicle to interest visitors and in 2015 went one better with two vehicles […]