Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and Oldham Council are to work together to deliver a project exploring new ways of providing rural communities with more effective, specialist transport links. To be undertaken in Saddleworth, Oldham, the project has secured an £81,000 grant from the government’s Total Transport Pilot Fund. The ‘Oldham Shared Transport’ project will […]
Reading Buses are claiming a new land speed record after ‘Bushound’, their standard CNG/biomethane powered low floor Scania ADL city bus, achieved a top speed of 80.78 miles per hour and an average 76.785 mph over a full lap of the banked circular track at Millbrook near Bedford. No major modifications were made to the […]
In the short time it has been in existence, EVM has carved a reputation for its innovative and well designed minibus and minicoach conversions of the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van range; especially the five-tonne 513, 516 and 519 models. They are practical designs manufactured to a high quality standard. EVM are particularly well known for their […]
Busmark, CILT’s (Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport’s) new benchmarking scheme was officially introduced to the industry for the first time at the recent ALBUM conference. You may have a first impression of it from our coverage of that event, now Chris Peat has contacted Austin Birks, CILT’s Chair, Bus and Coach Forum, to find […]
Just over a decade after starting in business, Crayford based Jay & Kay Coach Tours have a fleet of six modern coaches, four of which were bought new, and are having to further expand their offering to keep up with demand. They don’t do school contracts, they don’t work for tour companies with no coaches, […]
Blackpool Transport has showcased six of its ten new Mercedes-Benz Citaros at a stakeholder launch event on the town’s Promenade. Representing an investment of over £1.7m, the Euro6 Citaros feature E-leather trimmed seats, wood effect flooring, free Wi-Fi and mobile charging points for customers. They feature extra room for wheelchairs and customers with buggies than […]
Stagecoach East Scotland has launched 18 new Volvo B5LH hybrids with ADL’s latest double deck MMC bodywork in Dundee. They are the first ADL group bodied Volvo service buses for Stagecoach since Alexander RL bodied Olympians were introduced into the fleet in 1999. The new vehicles are for the high frequency Tayway 73 route connecting […]
CPT, in conjunction with the London Tour Coach Operators Association (LTCOA), has had a ‘productive meeting’ with TfL. Issues were raised surrounding operating coaches in London, in particular parking. Chaired by Ben Plowden, Director of Strategy and Planning, Surface Transport at TfL, it involved Head of Delivery Planning, Lilli Matson and Senior Strategy and Planning […]