Shearings Group carried a record 1.1m (+2%) passengers last year, which it attributed to continuing demand from its over 50s market. Total revenues increased 3%, breaking through the £200m mark for the first time in its 100 year history (2014: £200.8m; 2013: £195m). Improved trading, together with margin improvements, operating cost reductions and a restructuring […]
RATP Group owned Yellow Buses of Bournemouth has invested £1.6m in eight new Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini 3 double deckers based on the Volvo B5TL chassis. The operator is thought to be the first bus company in England to acquire the B5TL vehicles. The new buses can carry up to 98 passengers (75 seated and 23 […]
Speed limits for lorries over 7.5 tonnes have risen from 40mph to 50mph on single carriageways and from 50mph to 60mph on dual carriageways. The change is intended to modernise an antiquated restriction, according to DfT. The department claims the previous speed limit did not work, saying that it is broken by about three quarters […]
Oxford Bus Company has invested £2.5m in a fleet of eight Euro6 Volvo B11R 6×2 based Plaxton Elitei coaches to add capacity and further reduce the environmental footprint of the X90 service to central London. The new vehicles were formally launched at Oxfordshire County Council’s Thornhill Park and Ride, one of the service’s en route […]
TfL is to increase the frequency of route 308, operated by Tower Transit, to meet increased passenger demand. The service runs between Wanstead and Clapton (Lea Bridge Road) via Forest Gate and Stratford. The route was greatly enhanced as recently as January 2014. As part of the package of bus improvements to serve the Olympic […]
Isle of Wight Bus and Coach Museum now occupies new premises. Reopened this Easter, the museum is now located at The Bus Depot, Park Road in Ryde. Vehicles on display range from a 1934 Dennis to a 1990 bus from the same manufacturer, as well as a Bristol, Bedford, Volvo and a continental Renault amongst […]
It is 20 years since Kevin Booth and Jack Miles capitalised on their considerable experience in the coach and coach parts markets to establish Heavy Duty Parts, initially specialising in support for the Neoplan brand, but rapidly expanding beyond that to offer parts for virtually any European coach product. The business, which following Jack’s decision […]
Work is underway on Bolton Interchange, which will replace the existing Moor Lane bus station. The new site should provide improved waiting areas, passenger facilities, information, safety and security including a cycle hub, retail outlet, shop mobility and modern public toilets with a baby change facility. It will directly connect bus and rail services via […]