The UK heavyweight 12 metre single deck market has declined markedly in importance over the years in the face of rising sales of midi and lighter weight alternatives but there remains a level of demand, mainly for more topographically challenging routes but also for specialist applications where robustness is paramount, such as guided busways. Prior […]
Total bus and coach registrations in Spain this year are expected to be just under 1,400 units which is a marked improvement on the 1,285 of last year but a long way from the 2,208 of as recently as 2011. Predictions for next year vary but most believe the trend is upward, a factor affecting […]
Lucketts Travel Group is introducing advanced training across the company. The business is putting in place Smith System training, which encourages safer and efficient driving with reduced emissions and smoother ride. The Hampshire firm is one of only two coach companies in the UK with its own driver training academy. Plans are in place to […]
Wrightbus has handed over a new StreetLite Max to FirstBus, the first vehicle of its type specified with a 5.1-litre Daimler Euro6 engine. The Daimler engine is now an additional option to the Cummins 4.5-litre power unit. Presented at Euro Bus Expo, it is liveried in a variation of First Potteries’ colours and is due […]
ManaBus.com, part of Stagecoach founder Sir Brian Souter’s Souter Investments empire, has launched a new express city to city coach service in New Zealand. With five express routes initially serving nine destinations in the North Island, the operation is offering tickets starting from $1 plus a $1 booking fee with no hidden costs. Destinations covered […]
Former owner of Whittle Coach and Bus, Ron Whittle, has become an IRU Honorary Member. The recognition is for his ‘extraordinary dedication and contribution to IRU activities and achievements for almost 40 years’. In April 1973, Ron first attended a meeting of Section I – known today as the IRU Passenger Transport Council. Within a […]
Stagecoach has invested over £2.4m in a fleet of eight Plaxton Elite-i coaches for its Coastrider X7 route. They are the first 13.8m examples to be built. Mounted on the Volvo B11R chassis with 10.8-litre, 460hp, Euro6 engines, they seat 63 passengers and have a revised lower deck entry area providing a raised ceiling height […]
