Highlights of last week’s Budget include the announcements that Fuel Duty is to be frozen and the Severn Crossing toll is to be reduced. Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced the Budget on 18 March. It is the final one before the general election in May. Osborne claimed the nation is ‘walking tall again’ […]
Mercedes-Benz has been announced as the official partner for Coach and Bus Live’s Skills Test. Forming part of the live interactive content of the event, which returns to the NEC Birmingham on 30 September and 1 October, visitors will have the opportunity to test their skills behind the wheel of a range of latest Mercedes-Benz […]
Croft Coach Travel has stepped in to save key Middlesbrough bus routes previously operated by Leven Valley Coaches. The latter operator ceased trading on 20 March 2015 (see B&CB 1318, 13 March 2015). Croft is to take on Service 18/19, which runs from Middlesbrough and the James Cook University Hospital through to Hemlington and Stainton. […]
The Silcox family completed the re-purchase of Silcox Motor Coach Company Ltd from King Long Ltd on 6 March 2015. The deal secures the future of the Silcox name which has been synonymous with providing the residents of Pembrokeshire with their transportation needs. The company’s operations encompass coach holidays, private hire and local bus services […]
Shearings Group has placed the largest ever order for Mercedes-Benz Tourismos in the UK. It will see the operator take delivery of 38 Tourismos this month. The order includes 23 12m Tourismo Euro6 coaches being delivered in National Holidays livery and 15 13m Tourismo Euro6 models entering service for the first time in a striking […]
VDL is developing its first double decker to meet the requirements of Berlin operator, BVG (Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe). The VDL Citea DLF (Double deck Low Floor) is expected to be delivered to the customer in the summer. In developing the new vehicle, optimum use will be made of the modular system around which the Citea range […]
In the second of three visits to Sweden to monitor Volvo’s progress in the development of electric buses, and specifically the ElectriCity project in Gothenburg, Stuart Jones was at the company’s Hallered test track last week hearing more about the plans and experiencing the vehicles on the test track for the first time. In previous […]
Local MP for Selby and Ainsty, Nigel Adams, visited the Optare manufacturing facility at Sherburn in Elmet, near Leeds, last week. The call included a tour of the factory where he met staff and saw several buses in production, including Optare’s fully electric models, a further six of which are due to go into service […]