First Bus has today (28 August 2024) announced three of its depots are among the first in the country to receive verification of being net-zero depots. Fleets at the operator’s York, Leicester and Norwich depots are now fully electric. The sites have built on the progress of their fully electric commercial bus fleets by investing […]
Siesta Holidays, the Middlesbrough-based Spanish shuttle operator, is to cease its ‘shuttles to the sun’ service at the end of 2024, citing costs and Channel delays for its problems. The five-coach operation which uses Van Hool Astromega ‘deckers to get holidaymakers to destinations in the South of France and Costa Brava was established in 1980, […]
National Express Coventry is trialling a Volvo BZL demonstrator. The electric single-decker can carry up to 75 passengers and is operating on the 20, 20A and 20B services between Coventry city centre, University Hospital and Wilson’s Lane. It joins the operator’s fleet of 140 double-deckers, which are all electric. The Volvo BZL demonstrator features a […]
A trade regulations body has recommended raising duties on imported Chinese tyres to safeguard the UK tyre retreading industry. The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has today (27 August 2024) published its initial findings on two transition reviews into anti-dumping and countervailing measures on bus and lorry tyres imported from China. The organisation is an independent […]
Legal firm JMW Solicitors‘ Head of Commercial Road Transport, partner Laura Hadzik, is to contribute to an independent inspection of the Clandestine Entrants Civil Penalty Scheme. Laura has been asked by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) to provide her views on the scheme. In particular she will be asked about its […]
Four new Yutong GT12s have been added to the Scottish Citylink fleet. The routes are operated on behalf of Citylink by McLeans Coaches and the four new coaches will join one Yutong GT12 vehicle already in service on the routes. Representing an investment of £1.3m, the 53-seat coaches have gone into service on routes covering […]
Mayor of West of England Combined Authority, Dan Norris, has said he would like to set up a passenger transport executive (PTE) in his region. The Mayor announced this in a response to a campaign group’s letter imploring Mr Norris to introduce bus franchising in the West of England. He noted in the response that […]
Local authorities planning to franchise their region’s buses will ‘undoubtedly increase in coming months’, according to legal firm Freeths. The company is tracking developments in the ever-changing bus franchising scene. “It is notable that procurement processes embarked upon on or after 28 October will be undertaken within an entirely new procurement regime” – Freeths An […]