Gravesend based Reliance Travel is to become Redwing North Kent after Redwing Coaches of Herne Hill purchased the operation. The takeover deal sees the depot, 25 staff and 17 coaches change over to the new owners. Two new Mercedes-Benz Tourismos have been added to the Reliance fleet, replacing a pair of older vehicles. There will […]
Reading Buses is to display its ‘Bus Hound’ land speed record beating Scania ADL gas powered bus at this year’s Open Day at its Great Knollys Street depot. There will be a raffle to win a driving experience in the record breaking single deck. Taking place on 14 June, the event will also see a […]
Campaign for Better Transport (CfBT) has welcomed bills that would hand power over transport to city authorities in England, but calls for this to extend to other local authorities. Chief Executive, Campaign for Better Transport, Stephen Joseph, said, ‘The Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill together with the new Buses Bill, which will enable directly […]
Cutting fuel consumption is the Holy Grail of the transport industry, not only helping save pounds, but saving the environment too. Everyone in the sector is striving for it and there are many companies out there promising to help achieve the goal. One that certainly will help is Zeta Automotive, which is launching EconoSpeed Connect, […]
Proposals for a new Strategic Hub and Customer Strategy have been endorsed by the Sheffield City Region (SCR) Combined Authority. The Strategic Hub will be responsible for the coordination, development and delivery of SCR’s transport strategy and policy functions, currently delivered by South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE). It will sit within the Sheffield City […]
Rotala has acquired Wings Luxury Travel Ltd for a cash consideration of £1.5m. The deal includes the Wings brand and complete vehicle fleet. The vehicles have a fair value of £1.1m. Rotala will not assume any other assets or liabilities of any materiality. On this basis the acquisition is expected to generate about £0.4m of […]
First Bus has placed what it believes is the largest UK order yet made for Euro6 engined buses. A total of 385 new buses are to be delivered to the 6,300 strong fleet, of which 355 will be Euro6 and 30 will be Euro5. In total the orders are worth £77.7m, around £3m of which […]
The last few months have seen the initial deliveries to UK customers of Scania coaches carrying Touring HD coachwork manufactured in China by Higer. It is the first time that British operators have been able to purchase a Chinese built body on a European built chassis, as previous imports from China have been of completely […]