Docherty’s Midland Coaches has received delivery of a 9.5m Wrightbus Micro Hybrid StreetLite. The bus is powered by a 160ps Cummins engine with a four speed Voith gearbox. Internally it has 37 seats, is fully seat belted and has a CCTV system installed. The family run business, based in Auchterarder in Perthshire has previously purchased […]
East Yorkshire Motor Services (EYMS) is to make its Beverley bus services better from 24 May. It is making what it describes as the biggest ‘shake-up’ of buses in that area in decades. The town will get a new dedicated Hull-Beverley service (Service 122), which will give North Molescroft/Butterfly Meadows and St Leonard’s Road/Copandale Road […]
Lothian Buses is ‘moving on’ after a report by auditors KPMG was published clearing the operator of any wrongdoing in its handling of a dispute between the operator’s directors. The row started last year when deputies of its CEO, Ian Craig, filed grievances against him. The report said there was a ‘well-defined and clear approach […]
TfL’s Route 73 is the next to be operated entirely by Wrightbus built New Routemasters. The vehicles are now being phased into the Arriva operated service, which runs between Victoria and Stoke Newington, via Hyde Park Corner, Marble Arch, Oxford Circus, Tottenham Court Road, Euston, King’s Cross St Pancras, Angel and Essex Road. During peaks […]
Arriva UK Bus’ premium Sapphire brand is to be recognised for its exemplary commitment to customer excellence at the UITP (International Association of Public Transport) World Congress & Exhibition. The service is to be celebrated alongside three other global transport operators in the Customer Services category during the awards taking place in Milan on 10 […]
Deutsche Bahn subsidiary Arriva has signed an agreement with City Sightseeing for the international development of a new tourism product, Teatro Bus. This new concept combines a city tour with theatrical performances. It is to be introduced and promoted on the network of over 100 City Sightseeing Worldwide destinations. Additionally, the deal is to see […]
German operator, DeinBus, has named one of its buses Claus Weselsky, after the country’s rail and train worker trade union boss. The move comes after bus passengers in Germany have rocketed following train strikes that Weselsky has been involved with (see B&CB 1327, 15 May 15). The company posted an image of the vehicle on […]
First Leeds’ entire network is now fully accessible. The announcement comes after the operator donated its last step entrance Volvo Olympian to Keighley Bus Museum. Now the company’s 400 buses all provide low floor, accessible service with kneeling suspension, a ramp facility and wheelchair area. Its latest investment in accessible vehicles came last year with […]