It was in May that Optare took the wraps off the MetroDecker, the double decker it had been promising for over a decade, in a static launch at London’s Transport Museum. Framed in stainless steel and weighing in at under ten tonnes it immediately aroused attention but until this week there had been no opportunity […]
North East Bus Operators Association (NEBOA) recently met with leaders of the North East Combined Authority (NECA) to outline partnership proposals they believe would deliver key improvements for passengers in the region and save taxpayers millions of pounds. Analysis of the Nexus plans conducted by independent economic consultants, Oxera, shows the Quality Contract Scheme (QCS) […]
Guide Dogs has delivered a petition to the government calling for audio visual (AV) technology to be installed on all new buses. Part of the charity’s ‘Talking Buses’ campaign, the petition gained 9,914 signatures supporting AV on buses. The petition was organised following a survey suggesting people who are blind and partially sighted are being […]
Loughborough based Kinchbus has invested £1.5m in eight new Mercedes-Benz Citaros for its Skylink service linking Derby, Loughborough and Leicester with East Midlands Airport. Adding the vehicles has enabled the introduction of a new timetable with buses running every 20 minutes Monday to Saturday and every half hour on Sundays. The buses are the UK’s […]
Volvo Buses has introduced a forward collision warning and emergency braking system. The Forward Collision Warning and Emergency Braking functionality automatically applies full brakes to the bus if a collision with a vehicle in front is imminent and the driver does not react to the initial warning. The solution is due to become available on […]
Brian Noone Ltd of Maynooth, Ireland has confirmed that its successor to the Mercedes-Benz Vario based Turas 800 will be introduced at Euro Bus Expo 2014 at the NEC, Birmingham. The Mercedes-Benz Atego based Turas 900 will be exhibited in association with its UK agent Minis to Midis. Described as ‘a radical new design’, it […]
A new park and ride site has been launched by Hull as part of its plans for the City of Culture in 2017. Stagecoach East Midlands has taken over the service and rolled out five buses complete with free wi-fi for passengers. Run without public subsidy, a frequent service between Priory Park and Hull city […]
Bus and coach registrations were down 23.9% to 788 this September, driven by a fall in converted bus registrations. According to the figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), the rolling year total was 7,444, a 2.8% rise. SMMT Chief Executive, Mike Hawes, said, ‘Solid growth in coach registrations of 5.4% couldn’t […]