I’ve been North of the Border this week for the launch of ADL’s all new Enviro400 and a look at their Larbert facility: neither disappointed. They’ve set out to raise the benchmark in the double deck arena and there’s no question that it’s better all round than the already popular existing model. They’ve listened to […]
Top of the range Even if you have not heard of Nutexa, you may well have braked with them. Its pads are fitted to some of the most modern buses running in the UK and abroad. The company has been one of the leaders in the market for many years and throughout that time, it […]
Colin Rowland and his family and team welcomed members of the public, operators and enthusiasts alike to the event on a bright but chilly Good Friday. In addition to the opportunity to have a look round Rambler’s premises and inspect the varied fleet, there were a number of other attractions including Colin’s collection of heritage […]
The McCarthy family was an industrious one, the coach business representing a new strand to an empire that already included a grocer’s shop in Hurdsfield run by Roy’s wife, Margaret. This served workers at one of the silk mills for which Macclesfield was once famous. They manufactured parachutes during the war but the entire operation […]
For contractual reasons to do with his departure from our previous employers, Steve couldn’t sell the advertising on that first issue, so the task of convincing our potential advertisers that we were the medium in which they needed to invest their advertising budgets initially fell partly to me. Consequently, during that pre-launch period before our […]
Last week we printed a range of testimonials in praise of our 25th Anniversary. However, there was one from Alan White at Midis to Minis that slipped through the system and did not get in. So without much further ado, here it is: 25 years, where did it go? Well, hearty congratulations to the whole […]
Some Eastleigh bus routes currently operated by Black Velvet Transport (Velvet) are to change hands to Xelabus. At the heart of the deal is route A, linking Eastleigh, Southampton Airport, West End and Hedge End every half hour. This is supplemented by five routes providing dedicated student transport into one of the area’s largest colleges. […]
This week has seen operators across the country join in with campaign group Greener Journeys’ Catch the Bus Week. Running from 28 April to 4 May, the initiative is aimed at promoting bus travel. Almost 100 bus operators, passenger organisations and local authorities are running events, ticket giveaways and community engagement projects across the UK. […]