Campaign for Better Transport is using crowdfunding, a form of online money pledging, to help fund awareness raising initiatives on the importance of bus services. The campaign group’s Bus Rescue Mission aims to reach the £5,000 donation mark to finance workshops for local groups in six key areas. They are aimed at explaining what locals […]
A 26 space coach park at Stonehenge Visitor Centre has been approved by Wiltshire Council. This is in addition to the current 30 spaces. English Heritage is to convert farmland near the existing coach park. The plans include the introduction of a newly created pedestrian route, as well as a number of improvements to the […]
Shearings Holidays has introduced a new livery design for its luxury Grand Tourer fleet. Designed by Ray Stenning of Best Impressions, it has now been emblazoned on 15 of the operator’s new Euro6 Mercedes-Benz Tourismos. It sees the company’s iconic blue colours rolled across the Grand Tourer fleet in place of gold. Ray Stenning said […]
Speaking after a meeting with CPT members in the West Midlands, Police & Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands, David Jamieson, applauded the work carried out in the region to help improve safety on public transport. David Jamieson said that partnership working between transport operators, the region’s transport authority (Centro) and the Police had helped […]
Collin Mathews has been appointed as the MD of King Long UK Ltd. From 1 May all sales will be transacted through King Long UK Ltd, which is separate from Kinglong Direct Ltd who will now be concentrating on the aftersales market. Collin said, ‘This is a landmark year for King Long as 2015 celebrates […]
Eagerly anticipated and subject to considerable conjecture regarding the form it would take, Plaxton’s new small coach option was unveiled at Scarborough last week to an enthusiastic welcome from operators. Wider, longer, heavier, more expensive and with a higher seating capacity than its predecessor, the new Cheetah XL is an attractive, high quality midicoach with […]
John Horn has joined Irizar UK’s team as UK Bus Project Manager. John’s background includes senior sales positions at Wadham Stringer, East Lancashire Coachbuilders, British Citybus, Darwen Group and Optare. In his new role he will have special responsibility to the delivery of the global group’s i2e single deck in the UK. He has recent […]
Bus and coach registrations increased for a third consecutive month in March, rising 15%. There were 1,187 registrations made, leading to a rolling year total of 7,794, up 2% from the same figure last year. SMMT Chief Executive, Mike Hawes, said, ‘As the third consecutive month of growth, March’s 15% increase is a positive sign […]