Singapore based transport provider, ComfortDelGro, reported a record full year revenue for 2013, increasing by 5.7% to £1.78bn/SGD3.75bn. At group level, its operating profit went up 3.4% to £202.8m/SGD426.3m. The largest percentage of growth came from the group’s overseas bus operations, making up 92.3% of its bus business. The company’s public scheduled bus operations in […]
Ten new ADL Enviro400s, each costing over £180,000, have joined the Isle of Wight bus operator Southern Vectis’s fleet. Powered by Euro5 engines, the double deckers are each equipped with CCTV, digital destination displays and have space for wheelchairs and buggies. The buses will mainly be used on the popular route 9 from Newport to […]
Lucketts Travel has taken delivery of the 800th production version of the Volvo B9R coach, which has been delivered as part of a larger order of four new vehicles. The batch of new B9Rs are specified with Caetano Levante bodywork and liveried for National Express operations. The vehicles are specified to National Express standards and […]
South Wales based Cavendish Coaches says its recently delivered 12.2m i6 Integral is ‘attention grabbing’ for passengers. The 51-seater coach is powered by a DAF Paccar engine and has a two monitor DVD system, half leather seats, privacy glass, a drinks machine and a toilet. The operator has a 15 strong coach fleet, working chiefly […]
Grange Travel of Kent has taken delivery of a new Mercedes-Benz Sprinter based EVM X-Clusive 2. The vehicle has the Euro6 519CDi 191bhp common rail direct injection V6 diesel engine with Blue Efficiency and Stop Start technology, matched to the 7 G-Tronic automatic gear box. The minicoach features 13 EVM Executive class seats, a plug […]
Reading Buses is investing £250,000 in what it describes as one of the most modern control rooms of its kind in the country with a hoped for April opening. Reading Buses CEO, James Freeman, said, ‘We have sought to bring the control facility up to date using the latest technology to give our controllers the […]
Engineering company, Westport Innovations, has unveiled its new Westport gas enhanced methane diesel technology (Westport GEMDi), which it claims is a significant breakthrough on dual fuel performance. Westport GEMDi technology enables engine OEMs to offer a fully integrated, high performance engine optimised for dual fuel operation. It was co-developed with Tata Motors on its next […]
Work will start on the A664 Rochdale Road this month as part of a £122m bus priority package to improve bus journey times and service reliability on key routes into Manchester city centre. New bus and cycle lanes, bus stops, pedestrian crossings, parking bays and improved traffic signals are to be rolled out. TfGM and […]