From its origins in Wrexham, GHA Coaches has been quietly growing in recent years to become one of the largest family owned business in the UK bus and coach industry. The next stage in the company’s development was revealed last week. GHA Gold will be its premium brand featuring new high specification vehicles and improved […]
Blackpool Transport is supporting this year’s Poppy Appeal with two fully wrapped buses designed by the Royal British Legion. The vehicles have been wrapped with the support of Mediaco, Autolines Graphics and Metamark who have all kindly donated the materials, print and time to this project. Director of Delivery at Blackpool Transport, Bob Mason, said, […]
Transport Minister, Baroness Kramer, has launched a competition for students aimed at devising new ways to make bus travel easier for people who have visual or hearing impairments. The competition, All Aboard, run by Transport Systems Catapult, a government funded organisation, is open to school children aged 14 to 18. It is hoped the competition […]
Van Hool has secured an order for over 1000 vehicles in a deal worth over €300 million. This takes the total vehicles for its sole distributor for America and Canada, ABC Companies (in which Van Hool holds a 38% interest) to over 10,000 since they became the agent 27 years ago. Production has already started […]
TfL and The Mayor of London have launched a public consultation on proposals to introduce the world’s first Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in the capital on 7 September 2020. The proposals would require all vehicles travelling within the Congestion Charge zone to meet new emission standards and would be in operation 24 hours a […]
Wrexham based GHA Coaches has been awarded the contract to operate the new TrawsCymru T3 service by the Welsh Government for seven years from November. The route links Wrexham, Llangollen, Corwen, Bala, Dolgellau and Barmouth and replaces the existing GHA operated X94 service with more journeys throughout the day and with improved connections at Dolgellau […]
I’m just back from Madrid where the FIAA show, completely dedicated to bus and coach, is always a worthwhile one. I had thought that with the problems the Spanish economy is facing, the big impact this has had on new registrations as well as losses from the ranks of the manufacturers, notably Tata Hispano, it […]
National Express Group has retained and grown its largest Spanish contract to have so far come up for renewal. The Group’s Spanish business, ALSA, has been awarded two contracts tendered by the Diputacion Foral of Bizkaia (the government of Bizkaia). They are for regional commuter coach services across the Bilbao metropolitan area. The contracts have […]