Set to stand out amongst Arriva Southern Counties’ buses in the Medway area are six 14-plate Euro5 ADL Enviro400s being placed on its 101 route in Medway. The service has been upgraded to the operator’s premium Sapphire brand and branded accordingly. The £1.2m worth of new vehicles were introduced to press and the public at […]
Oxford Bus has received delivery of the first of 14 new ADL Enviro400s for its BROOKESbus network. They were presented to senior Oxford Brookes University directors and the media on 2 September, by Operations Director, Phil Southall. The buses are the first of a new generation of Enviro400s by Alexander Dennis. They are the first […]
Bus and coach registrations in August this year fell 51.4% to 237 units, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). However, the year-to-date figure remains what SMMT describes as ‘stable’, with a 0.3% drop to 4,836. The rolling year total was up 8.1% at 7,692. SMMT Chief Executive, Mike Hawes, […]
New research for transport campaign group, Greener Journeys, shows every £1 spent on free bus travel for older and disabled people generates over £2.87 of benefits for society and the wider economy. According to the research by KPMG LLP, taking away the bus pass could cost the UK economy in excess of £1.7bn a year […]
Hot topics surrounding PCV driver training were discussed during the second annual National Truck and Bus Driver Trainers Conference. Despite the name there was just as much (if not more) content relevant to the bus and coach industry in the presentations as there was truck. The event was part of the road safety charity, AIRSO’s […]
Its head office in Coventry was the opening venue for a series of road shows that King Long is taking across the country to promote their new range of vehicles. Despite a rather cold and damp day, operators turned up to test drive King Long’s latest offerings and Kirsty Flatt took the opportunity to jump […]
Arriva as a group has been very innovative in developing marketing initiatives and the latest of them, MAX, was unveiled in a typically flamboyant manner in Newcastle on Monday evening. Held at the Life Science Centre in the heart of Newcastle in order to stress the idea of innovation, the launch featured an unusual special […]
The UK 12m single deck bus market is not as large as it once was, with midibuses and extended versions of midibuses claiming the dominant share of total single deck sales. Despite this, there are still operators who want to run something they see as heavier duty and among them is Simonds of Botesdale, now […]