Go North East has questioned what it describes as the ‘evaporating’ benefits of the proposed bus contract scheme being scrutinised by north eastern England’s local authorities. The councillors are set to vote on the proposal on 21 October. Go North East MD, Kevin Carr, said, ‘We’ve always believed that risks and uncertainties of this unproven […]
Getting off the motorway at Eindhoven is the first challenge, the city’s motorway box which doubled as a ring road has been upgraded to two parallel routes with the only access from the motorway to the ring road at the points where radial motorways join. Local and through traffic is effectively segregated but miss the […]
A record number of 96 finalists for the UK Bus Awards have been selected from over 400 plus nominations across the country. Following final judging and mystery traveller checks, the winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on 18 November. The annual awards are now in their 19th year and recognise and reward […]
Whittle Coach and Bus of Kidderminster has been put up for sale by its owners, Hull based EYMS Group, following several years of operating losses. EYMS Chairman, Peter Shipp, said he was ‘extremely disappointed’ at having to take this decision. The Group bought the company from Ron Whittle in 2004 with the intention of growing […]
Suitable for retrofitting to virtually any bus, AVID Technology’s eFan micro hybrid system promises a list of attributes including the ability to trim fuel consumption by up to 15%, reduce the time a bus spends off the road by improving its reliability, reduce its maintenance costs, cut the risk of engine bay fires and lessen […]
Following on from the success of the first Stanford Expo Event held last year, the owners of Stanford Coachworks, Jess Rider and Lee Wiggins, decided to repeat the exercise this year. As last year, the event was based at the Brands Hatch Motor Racing Circuit in Kent and followed a similar pattern with a large […]
It was in May that Optare took the wraps off the MetroDecker, the double decker it had been promising for over a decade, in a static launch at London’s Transport Museum. Framed in stainless steel and weighing in at under ten tonnes it immediately aroused attention but until this week there had been no opportunity […]
