What the Touring did have, and I believe this is something which accounts in some measure for its success, is style. It is a great looking vehicle and it has a wow factor. Even now, 12 years after Esker introduced it at the Dublin Show in 2002, the Mark 1 Touring still has a presence […]
Stagecoach Midlands has completed its £5.6m investment in 37 new single deckers operated out of its Northampton depot. The latest batch of nine new ADL Enviro200s will be used on Daventry’s main bus network comprising routes D1/D2 (The Grange Estate, Danetre Hospital and Southbrook to Daventry town centre and Northampton) and D3 (Lang Farm, Ashby […]
Emily Willox, a pupil at Broomhill Primary, was picked the overall winner of First Glasgow’s Bus Art competition. School children across the operator’s network area were invited to submit drawings, paintings and collages to the bus company on the subject of bus travel. The artwork has been used to decorate the hoardings at the construction […]
Nanjing, the ancient capital of China, is transforming its public transport fleet with an order for more than 1,000 pure electric BYD buses and taxis. Initially the city has placed into service a fleet of 50 BYD ebuses and, before the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing later this year, the city will take delivery of […]
Europe’s long term lending institution, the European Investment Bank, has agreed to contribute £175m towards the completion of the motorway link between Glasgow and Edinburgh. The investment programme will include both completion of the M8 between the cities and major improvements to the M73 and M74. The new Motorway Improvements Project is expected to bring […]
Former Daimler AG board member with responsibility for buses, Andreas Renschler, has been named Board of Management member for Commercial Vehicles at Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft (VW). The new role will be effective from 1 February 2015 and will see him take over from Dr. Leif Östling, who is set to retire next year. Renschler holds degrees […]
Arriva has renewed a ten year contract to operate bus services in the Slovenian coastal city of Koper. The new deal is worth over £11.56m/€14m. It will begin on 1 September and will see the introduction of 12 new Mercedes-Benz Citaros and Sprinter City low-emission vehicles alongside new smartcard ticketing technology. The operator currently runs […]
West Midlands Police and British Transport Police have appointed 12 new Special Constables for the Safer Travel team, which deals with crime and anti-social behaviour on public transport in the West Midlands. The volunteers will be the first Specials to have a dedicated role in policing the region’s trains, buses and trams. They hold down […]