A group of free thinking professionals passionate about making bus travel ever better – known as the Ten Per Cent Club – has released a video on YouTube showcasing Britain’s buses at their best. The 30 minute documentary has been produced and edited by transport filmmaker Geoff Marshall on behalf of the Club who commissioned […]
Grange Travel of Gravesend has acquired TKF Football Services Limited following negotiations between its owners, The Kings Ferry, and the commercial directors of Grange Travel, Bryan Smith and Ruth Honey. The transaction, which was guided by Backhouse Jones legal team, includes seven VIP coaches, six executive coaches and five football team contracts, including Premiership clubs, […]
Wrightbus revealed the latest stage of its hydrogen coach development at the Cenex Expo 2024 at Millbrook proving ground in Bedfordshire today and yesterday. The low carbon vehicle show hosted the first public outing of this demonstrator. Not only is the vehicle significant in being the company’s first hydrogen coach it has worked on, but also […]
Independent research on the scale and breadth of economic benefits delivered by local bus services to the British economy highlights how investment in them by government offers excellent value-for-money. The Economic Impact of Local Bus Services, commissioned by the Confederation of Passenger Transport, shows: Bus operators directly employ 105,000 people and support employment of a […]
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has joined the Society of Operations Engineers (SOE) Safety and Resilience in Engineering Awards 2024 as a key sponsor. As a key part of their sponsorship, the RHA will serve as a judge for the ‘Future Leader’ award, which honours emerging talent in the fields of safety and resilience in […]
Liquidators of the now defunct Bournemouth-based Yellow Buses have set the record straight concerning reports over drivers’ debts. A local news outlet reported earlier this week that former Yellow Buses drivers have had debts owed to them written off because they were difficult to trace. The liquidators, Milsted Langton, confirmed to Bus and Coach Buyer […]
Wrightbus has revealed the latest stage of its hydrogen coach development following successful Government funding. The vehicle features a HCEV driveline mounted in a GB Kite Hydroliner single-deck bus. CEO Jean-Marc Gales described the latest zero-emission coach iteration, a 300kw hydrogen coach demonstrator unveiled at the Cenex Expo, as a significant step forward in the […]
Vehicle electrification specialist Equipmake is adding a new heavy duty electric motor with double the continuous power of its predecessor to its range. The company’s next-gen HTM-3500 e-motor has the same peak figures of 3500Nm and 400kW as before, but crucially the continuous power has been doubled, from 100kW to 200kW at 2500rpm. The motor […]