FirstGroup’s UK bus division has ordered 425 new vehicles worth £70m for delivery in the 2014/15 financial year, including six Optare electric buses. The order brings the company’s total investment over the past four years to around £310m on 2,000 new buses ad coaches. All but six of First’s new buses will be manufactured in […]
Andrew Riley, a director of coach and bus hire bookings service, Momentum Coach Hire Ltd (MCH Ltd), has confirmed to B&CB that the organisation has filed to go into administration. Several operators have claimed on social networking sites that the operation owes them considerable amounts of money. It is likely that Harrisons will be appointed […]
In what the companies involved believe is the first project of its scale anywhere, Arriva The Shires is to operate eight fully electric Wheel Forward Wrightbus Streetlite EVs in service in Milton Keynes. The buses will be charged using an induction system with recharging pads at each end of the 15 mile route 7 between […]
There was no hiding the proud smile on the face of Austin Blackburn, Director of Go-Coach, as he launched his new Dartford Darts service with representatives from Kent County Council. Austin’s name will already be familiar to many readers, as not only does he head the Go-Coach bus operation, he is also the lead man […]
Last year the renowned transport law firm, Backhouse Jones, made what it believes is a revolutionary change in the field of transport law, launching BACKup, a new legal cover package, which gives an operation access to legal advice and services for a fixed annual fee. This is a big step away from the traditional hourly […]
Heron Travel has added an EVM Sprinter X-Clusive to its fleet. Based on the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 516CDi, it is powered by a Euro5 163bhp Common Rail Direct Injection diesel engine with automatic gear box. Specifications include an Eberspacher saloon air conditioning system, a Mercedes-Benz sound 20 head unit and 16 EVM Executive class seats trimmed […]
Three Neoplan tri-axle 13.2m Tourliners have gone into service with Heathrow based Symphony Coaches. Based on the MAN P20 chassis, each of the coaches is powered by a 480bhp EGR engine coupled to a 12-speed ZF AS-Tronic gearbox and is fitted with 53/55 Kiel seats. Other specifications include an iPod/SatNav station, a Bosh entertainment package, […]
Welsh Transport Minister, Edwina Hart, has launched a consultation on guidance for school transport provision and the code for behaviour on learner travel in Wales. The proposed changes to the Learner Travel Operational Guidance aim to clarify responsibilities of local authorities and parents in providing transport for pupils to and from education establishments. The proposals […]