Chief Technical Officer, Glenn Saint, is leaving Optare after 17 years to pursue a new venture developing electric vehicle technologies for the automotive industry. Ken Anderson, who runs Ashok Leyland’s European Technical Centre, will be joining Optare on an interim basis as Head of Engineering. Ken has 30 years experience in the automotive industry and […]
In its Interim Management Statement for the period from 1 July 2014 to date, National Express Group reported ‘strong progress’. Profit before tax in the third quarter was nearly 15% higher than the same period last year, progressively recovering the one-offs and currency translation impacts experienced in the first half of the year through the […]
Moseley and Scania (Great Britain) Ltd are, subject to contract, to bring the Scania Van Hool combination back to the UK market. Scania would supply the chassis for the coach to be sold exclusively through the three Moseley companies: Moseley (PCV), Moseley in the South and Moseley Distributors. Initially it is envisaged that the combination […]
Stagecoach, First, Arriva, Go-Ahead and National Express have announced plans to launch London Oyster card style smart ticketing across England’s largest city regions. Described as ‘ground breaking’, the pledge is set to deliver multi-operator smart ticketing to millions of bus customers across England during 2015. Greater Manchester will be one of the first areas to […]
Labour leader, Ed Miliband’s, call for more regulation over the country’s buses has come under fire by the industry. He suggested cities and counties should be able to set bus fares and routes, as well as have the powers to integrate them with local train and tram services. A CPT spokesperson said, ‘We should be […]
Visitors to the Birmingham’s NEC will not only see the latest in vehicles, products and related services, but have the opportunity to participate in the various workshops and side events in the Master Class which maximise the usefulness of the event. Then there is meeting up with old friends and colleagues and catching up with […]
So you want out? Out of your business that is. You are not alone because there are lots of reasons that drive an operator to sell a business, or part of it. It may be that you take the view that with improved economic prospects you might get a better price. Or it may be […]
A 13.9m VDL Futura FHD2 139.410MX Luxury Coach has been added to the fleet of Cardiff based Watts Coaches. Its power comes from a 12.9litre 410bhp Paccar MX Euro5 engine coupled to a ZF 12AS2001 Automatic transmission. It has ABS and ASR traction control, cruise control, 63 Vogel Eco 10 reclining seats, air conditioning, a […]