Reading Buses has launched its new Emerald branded buses. The operator has invested £4m in the 85-seater Euro6 ADL Enviro400s used for this new ‘5 Star Service’, which is an upgrade to its mint green 5 and 6 routes. Reading Buses CEO, Martijn Gilbert, said, ‘The buses are breaking new ground in Reading as they […]
Come 8 June this year, we will say goodbye to the paper counterpart that currently accompanies all UK photocard driving licences. The government announced it is abolishing them as part of its Red Tape Challenge initiative on 22 December 2014. It will mean that from this summer onwards all paper counterparts will no longer have […]
Beverley Bell FCILT, Senior Traffic Commissioner for Great Britain and CILT’s new President in the UK, asked guests at the Annual President’s Inauguration Lunch: ‘Why don’t people want to work in our industry?’ Beverley addressed the need to improve and raise the profile of the logistics and transport industry in order to attract more young […]
Transdev in Keighley has launched the ‘Brontë Bus’, the re-branded version of the 500 route between Keighley, Haworth and Hebden Bridge. £210,000 worth of new Wrightbus StreetLites have been placed on the route, fitted with free Wi-Fi and more comfortable seating than the previous vehicles. The service runs hourly, seven days a week. As well […]
National Express Dundee is asking students from Dundee and Angus College to come up with a new look for its buses. The operator launched the design partnership with a visit to its East Dock Street depot by 17 young people from the college’s Computing and Creative Media courses. As part of the company’s aim to […]
In the hurly burly of running a transport concern one area of compliance that is frequently overlooked is that of the operating centre. Many operators have used the same operating centre for generations so that when it is time for a change some common problems can occur. This article raises some of the common problems and […]
SJ. Please can you tell me a little about yourself and your career prior to becoming MD of EvoBus UK? MT. My commercial career started with Daimler in 1984 working on the commercial vehicle side. With the exception of the last four years prior to my assignment here I have not left the commercial vehicle […]
Sir Brian Souter owned PolskiBus.com is adding 25 new Plaxton Elitei coaches to its fleet. Representing an investment of over PLN40m/£7.09m, they are all due in service by the end of the year. They will be equipped with free Wi-Fi and a pair of electrical sockets underneath each seat. The announcement comes as the Polish […]