Ellesmere, Shropshire, based Lakeside Coaches has added a Mercedes-Benz Tourismo to its fleet. Built to the Touring Plus specification, it has 49 seats in Luxline upholstery, electronic drop down 19inch monitors, tinted privacy glass and overhead service controls. Powered by a Mercedes-Benz OM 470 Euro6 engine, coupled to a six-speed ZF Ecolife automatic gearbox, it […]
Nottingham City Transport (NCT) has joined forces with the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) to produce ‘Beer by Bus’, a new information guide, which highlights the best real ale pubs located throughout NCT’s network. CAMRA Nottingham’s Alan Ward said, ‘Nottingham City Transport is an excellent bus operator and we’ve had a great relationship with them […]
Warwickshire County Cricket Club has secured a new deal with National Express, which sees the operator become the Official Coach & Bus Travel Partner to the Club and Edgbaston Stadium until at least 2018. From this coming cricket season, National Express West Midlands will provide transport links from Birmingham New Street Station and a number […]
As well as the usual displays of minibuses, one of the other draws to the Commercial Vehicle Show are the stands of exhibitors showing products and services relevant to the bus and coach market. There were certainly plenty there and Chris Peat reports on some of them. Garage, workshop and repair Bradbury Equipment was holding […]
The CV Show or to give it its correct title the Commercial Vehicle Show, organised by the SMMT, has of recent years become a very popular event at which minibus and coach builders and converters have promoted their products and once again that was the case last week with the staging of the three day […]
EVM caused a bit of a stir when they announced that they were developing a directly wheelchair accessible low floor Sprinter to add to their range. It represented a whole new market sector for EVM who have hitherto confined their activities to the minicoach market, particularly the more luxurious sector, although it must be pointed […]
Transport for Edinburgh’s mobile app now has new features designed to help blind and visually impaired bus and tram passengers. The free app, which is available on Apple and Android Smartphones, now includes VoiceOver technology. This means blind and visually impaired passengers can have any part of the app spoken to them, including next stop […]
I don’t think the bookies run a book on the results of the UK Coach Rally, but with eight wins in the preceding 15 years and consecutive victories for the past four years, I don’t think the odds you’d have got on Parrys International taking the UK Coach Rally Coach of the Year title for […]