National Express West Midlands has invested a record £34m in 171 British built buses. The vehicles, all from ADL, will be a mixture of single deck, midis and double deck with 58 of them being used on their Platinum service. A new livery of two tone maroon with complementary cream lines has been introduced, whilst […]
Optare’s Solo SR and MetroCity with Euro6 115kW diesel engines and Allison 2100 transmissions have gained low carbon accreditation. They are now certified Low Carbon Emissions Buses (LCEB) after passing the Millbrook London Transport Bus test cycle developed by TfL and Millbrook Proving Ground Ltd. Low carbon emission buses are defined by the Government as […]
Total bus and coach registrations grew 0.8% in November, with 628 registered, leading to a rolling year total of 7,521, up 0.6%. However coach registrations lead the way last month, rising 6.5% in the period to 49, making for a rolling year total of 915, up 11%. SMMT Chief Executive, Mike Hawes, said, ‘Another month […]
Plymouth CityBus takes on Western Greyhound services Liskeard bus routes, which were at risk after Western Greyhound was put up for sale last month, have been saved by Plymouth CityBus. Part of the Go-Ahead Group, Plymouth CityBus will continue to operate under the Western Greyhound timetable in the south east of the area as ‘Go […]
A ruling against First Bus Group by Leeds County Court in favour of a wheelchair bound passenger’s right to bus access has been overturned by the Court of Appeal. The ruling came after disabled passenger, Doug Paulley from Wetherby, West Yorkshire, attempted to board a First vehicle in Leeds in February 2012, but was denied […]
Scottish Transport Minister, Keith Brown, has announced over £3m worth of funding to be allocated to bus projects across Scotland over the next two years. Thirteen projects, including interchange hubs and community transport, will receive grants under the second round of Transport Scotland’s Bus Investment Fund (BIF). The successful projects include: A93 Mini-interchange Hubs – […]
A research project following 11 year old UK born children has found almost half of them have never used a bus. The Millennium Cohort Study revealed an ‘ever-greater reliance on the family car for all journeys’, with only 4% of kids travelling on public transport on their own and 48% having never even travelled on […]
Against the relentless trend of consolidation of the last few decades you could argue that only one European manufacturer has begun from scratch to claim and maintain a significant position within the European market. The Polish Solaris concern, with its green dachshund emblem, developed out of the Neoplan Polska operation headed by Christof Olszewska who, […]