Dudley, West Midlands tour operator, Dunwood Travel, has acquired a Scania K360 IB 4×2 chassis with Irizar i6 bodywork. Equipped with Scania’s 360hp Euro5 engine coupled with a fully automated Opticruise gear selection system, the 12.45m coach has 53 seats, a DVD player with two monitors, a toilet, a drinks machine, an air conditioning system, […]
Nottingham City Transport (NCT) was made overall winner of ‘The Award for Customer Focus’ at the 2014/2015 European Business Awards. It succeeded over 24,000 other entries from companies across the continent to win the accolade. The winning businesses in 11 categories went through a process of written submissions, video entry judging and face-to-face interviews and […]
Van Hool is to present a concept model of the Exqui.City, the so-called ‘tram-bus’, at the UITP Congress in Milan, Italy (8 to 10 June 2015 at the MiCo – Milano Congressi). The vehicle is designed as a solution to the ever increasing demands of passengers and public transport companies for ‘comfortable, punctual, flexible, environmentally […]
From 8 June 2015, the driving licence paper counterpart will not be valid and will no longer be issued by DVLA. The counterpart was introduced to display driving licence details that could not be included on the photocard. These details include some vehicle categories you are entitled to drive and any endorsement/penalty points. After this […]
West Midlands transport authority, Centro, has recently given fellow MobiWallet scheme members a demonstration of its journey planner system. The MobiWallet project is a €4m/£2.89m initiative aimed at improving smart ticketing technology, which Centro’s journey planner is part of. The project will be integrated with the Swift smartcard system to improve the current journey planner. […]
Bus drivers from First in Sheffield are being trained to spot signs of child sexual exploitation. The partnership between South Yorkshire Police and FirstBus is intended to help advise drivers on what to look out for and how to report any suspicious behaviour to police. The operator is to display posters aimed at raising awareness […]
Telford & Wrekin Council and Arriva Midlands are consulting local residents on plans for a new bus station in Telford town centre. Replacement of the existing ‘outdated and underutilised’ facility is proposed. The new site is expected to provide better facilities for passengers and will still be in a central location, with easy access to […]
Stagecoach owned megabus.com has expanded in Europe again, setting up a base in Lyon and launching a new route linking France, Spain and Germany. The two services a day will operate in each direction between Barcelona, Perpignan, Montpellier, Avignon, Lyon, Mulhouse, Freiburg, Karlsruhe, Heidelberg, Frankfurt and Cologne. €3m worth of Van Hools are used on […]