Volvo Buses and Siemens have signed a global agreement regarding the supply of complete electrified bus systems to cities. Under the agreement, which is not an exclusive one for either party, the Swedish manufacturer will supply electric-hybrid buses and full-electric buses to customers, whilst Siemens will provide and install high power charging stations for the […]
In Scania’s financial year from January 2014 to December 2014, its net sales rose 6% to SEK92,061m/£7,390.38m (2013: SEK86,847m/£6,971.8m). Order bookings were up 3% to 82,984 units (2013: 80,935 units). Total order bookings for buses and coaches were in line with the previous year at 7,192 units (2013: 7,257 units). It delivered 6,767 buses and […]
More people are using buses in Rotherham, with 100,000 more passengers reported since the same time last year. This increase has been attributed to improvements in the area’s bus services following the introduction of the Rotherham Bus Partnership in July 2014. Representatives from the voluntary Partnership between Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (RMBC), South Yorkshire Passenger […]
A 12.9m VDL Futura FHD2 129.370MX has been added to the fleet of Safeguard Coaches from Guildford. The vehicle features a 10.8litre 370bhp Paccar MX11 Euro6 engine matched to a ZF 6AP1700B Ecolife automatic transmission with ZF Intarder. Specifications include 57 Vogel Conturo seats, an air conditioning system, a centre continental exit and a dash […]
Brookline Cars of Kenilworth has taken delivery of a new Noone Turas 500 executive minicoach. It is based on a Mercedes-Benz 516 Sprinter chassis with six-speed manual gearbox. The vehicle features 16 Brusa seats trimmed in two tone Orion leather, Autoclima air conditioning, Webasto blown air heating, full length racks with service units, cinema lights […]
Scania’s standard full two year repair and maintenance agreement has led to the delivery of a 12.9m Scania Irizar i6 coach for Thetford based Coach Services Ltd. Based on the Euro5 Scania K400 EB6x2*4 rear steer chassis, the coach has 53 seats with three-point seat belts, seat back tables, a centre sunken toilet, a drinks […]
Turkey has become a key manufacturing location for the European market and many others beyond, but it isn’t only the European brands that have bus and coach building facilities there. Turkey’s indigenous bus manufacturing industry is both well established and strong and strongest among these companies, particularly in the bus market, is Otokar. In 2013, […]
A new operator has started running its first service in Norfolk. Lynx has been set up by a small group of local people who have many years experience of running bus services in the county. Its first route is operating between King’s Lynn and Hunstanton via Dersingham, Snettisham and Heacham. Further developments are due to […]