Conlon Travel from Clones, County Monaghan, has added a Mercedes-Benz Tourismo to its fleet. Built to Touring specification, it has 53 seats in Travel Star Xtra fabric upholstery, full air conditioning, two 19inch fixed LCD monitors paired with a professional Bosch audio/visual system, hands free Bluetooth technology and a USB charging point. Power is delivered […]
Promptly at 1100 the first immaculate former Leicester City Transport vehicle departed well laden from the National Space Centre car park to inaugurate the Leicester Transport History Trust’s heritage bus running day. The event continues to grow in popularity and this year was again linked with an open day at the nearby First depot and […]
London’s Covent Garden was the venue for Wrightbus’ annual press conference held last week. The theme of the presentations at the CPT’s Head Office in Drury Lane was ‘A Journey Shared’, focussing on the company’s move ‘from body builder to complete builder to solutions people.’ Representatives from Wrightbus included Wrightbus’ founder, Dr William Wright CBE; […]
Johnsons Coach & Bus Travel has re-launched its X20 bus service with a £600,000 investment in three Euro6 ADL Enviro400 MMCs. All of the vehicles are fitted with E-Leather seats and Wi-Fi USB ports. The route runs from Stratford-upon-Avon to Birmingham and was started by Johnsons a hundred years ago with a horse and cart […]
Organisers of the UK Coach Awards are seeking entrants for their ‘Making Coaches a Better Choices’ category. The award is designed to recognise projects of all sizes that improve life for coach operators, drivers and their passengers. It is open to attractions, destinations and local authorities, as well as coach operators. UK Coach Awards Chairman, […]
As part of the Blackburn Heritage Festival, Transdev is to open the doors to its Blackburn depot on 13 September. Visitors to will be able to take a ride on one of ten vintage buses at its Whitebirk Road site in Intack. A selection of the firm’s modern fleet will also be on display and […]
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has pledged its commitment to smart ticketing, despite the termination of a contract with Atos, its key supplier of this service, in August. TfGM plans to support the introduction of smart ticketing on Arriva, First and Stagecoach services in Greater Manchester by enabling passengers to load a range of pre-paid […]
First closed its Hereford operation at the end of service on 6 September. The company and its Midland Red predecessor had served the city continuously for 95 years. Appropriately, a Midland Red heritage livered ADL Enviro300 normally based at Worcester worked the final journey following several days on a range of Hereford duties. The final […]