After 16 months of campaigning, the Bus & Coach Association’s efforts to create what it sees as a more level playing field for commercial operators faced with competition from Community Transport based organisations shows signs of reaching a successful conclusion. The organisation has argued that it is not only morally wrong but illegal under European […]
Volkswagen is creating Truck & Bus GmbH, the new Volkswagen Group holding for the MAN and Scania commercial vehicle brands. The shares in Scania AB held by Volkswagen AG will be transferred to Truck & Bus GmbH. The wholly owned Volkswagen subsidiary already holds 75.28% of the voting rights in MAN SE. Truck & Bus […]
Volvo Bus has announced its B8R Euro6 chassis is now available in the UK with the new Sunsundegui SC5 bodywork. Available with 38/41 seats and just over 10m in length, Volvo says its ‘superior manoeuvrability’ makes it highly suitable for both inner city use as well as in the open countryside and more challenging terrain. […]
From the outside, you’d be hard pressed to spot the differences between a Euro5 Irizar i6 and the latest Euro6 examples now starting to enter service with UK operators, but they are there, as Stuart Jones and Andrew Fowler found when they tried Irizar UK’s latest demonstrator, a 12.92m long two axle model equipped with […]
Training in the safe driving of buses and coaches is already something almost all operations are doing, however Golden Boy Coaches has taken it a step further. The Hertfordshire based operator has been giving its team training in cycle awareness. No, it is not expanding into operating bicycles; rather it is allowing its drivers to […]
Working alongside Connections who will be supplying the vehicle. We will journey via Eurotunnel to the Ibis Styles Lille Centre Gares on Friday 16 October, arriving early evening allowing you to sample the delights of Lille. On Saturday morning we will drive to the exhibition, to view all the international industry has to offer. In […]
FirstGroup’s three year charity partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support has been nominated for Third Sector magazine’s Business Charity Awards 2015. The operator’s association with the cause drew to a close on 31 March. It was nominated in the Award’s charity partnership category, along with entries from Boeing, E.On, Keyline and Slimming World. The awards ceremony […]
A 1971 AEC Reliance Plaxton Elite sold for £9,500 at last week’s auction of part of Go Goodwin’s vintage coach collection. It was one of four AECs going under the hammer at the event held on 25 April, as advertised in last week’s B&CB (B&CB 1324, page 50). A Plaxton Supreme bodied Seddon Pennine VII […]