Equipmake has received an initial order for five Zero Emission Drivetrains (ZEDs) from South American bus manufacturer Agrale. The ZED is an integrated systems solution which includes Equipmake motors, control systems, inverters, HVAC and battery packs and will be utilised in the construction of five MT17.0e buses for DOTA, the largest bus operator in Argentina. […]
Buses in Portsmouth will be free during weekends this September. As part of its Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP), Portsmouth City Council has collaborated with First Solent and Stagecoach South to offer the free weekend travel. The offer applies to all bus services when getting on the bus within the Portsmouth boundary from 31 August. […]
A Setra TopClass S 531 DT has been supplied to Rockstar Logistics of Swatragh, Northern Ireland. Trading as Crossland.ie, the operator is a specialist in nightliner touring services, in particular for the music industry. Since beginning in 2006 with one used coach, Crossland.ie has had a continued intake of double-deck coaches, totalling 21 in the […]
Transport for Wales (TfW) will now offer discounted fares for Hywel Dda staff on certain TrawsCymru bus services. Following a three-month free travel pilot, TfW has teamed up with Hywel Dda University Health Board (UHB) to offer long term discounted bus travel for health board staff to encourage workers to travel more sustainably and to […]
First Bus has today (28 August 2024) announced three of its depots are among the first in the country to receive verification of being net-zero depots. Fleets at the operator’s York, Leicester and Norwich depots are now fully electric. The sites have built on the progress of their fully electric commercial bus fleets by investing […]
Siesta Holidays, the Middlesbrough-based Spanish shuttle operator, is to cease its ‘shuttles to the sun’ service at the end of 2024, citing costs and Channel delays for its problems. The five-coach operation which uses Van Hool Astromega ‘deckers to get holidaymakers to destinations in the South of France and Costa Brava was established in 1980, […]
National Express Coventry is trialling a Volvo BZL demonstrator. The electric single-decker can carry up to 75 passengers and is operating on the 20, 20A and 20B services between Coventry city centre, University Hospital and Wilson’s Lane. It joins the operator’s fleet of 140 double-deckers, which are all electric. The Volvo BZL demonstrator features a […]
A trade regulations body has recommended raising duties on imported Chinese tyres to safeguard the UK tyre retreading industry. The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has today (27 August 2024) published its initial findings on two transition reviews into anti-dumping and countervailing measures on bus and lorry tyres imported from China. The organisation is an independent […]