RATP Dev has acquired ‘The Original London Sightseeing Tour’ from Arriva. Established in 1951, the operation is considered a pioneer in London sightseeing and is one of the major operators of these services in the capital. The company has a fleet of 90 buses and operates three sightseeing circuits in the centre of London along […]
Bosch is planning to increase its stake in PCV steering wheel manufacturer, ZF Lenksysteme GmbH (ZFLS), to 100%. The transaction is subject to approval by the antitrust authorities. The purchase price will not be disclosed. Up to now, German based ZFLS has been a 50:50 joint venture between Bosch and ZF. Employing over 13,000 associates […]
With rural buses under threat across the UK, it takes someone brave or driven to start a completely new rural commercial service network in an area where the views are fabulous but the chimney pots are few. Steve Hurst is both brave and driven. At 29 he has the advantage of the energy of youth […]
Oxford based Plastows Coaches have again selected Volvo with the purchase of a B9R Jonckheere bodied coach. This is the fourth B9R the operator has purchased for its all Volvo fleet of nine coaches. It has 53 seats, TV screens, an onboard toilet, a hot drinks servery and a reversing camera. It has a rear-mounted […]
HCT Group has purchased seven integral Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Mobility minibuses. They will be used by the operator’s Lambeth and Southwark Community Transport subsidiary and will be based in Brixton. Six of the new additions to its fleet have 15 Phoenix seats, and one has a tour guide seat and 14 Phoenix seats. They are powered […]
Wastbus of the Shetlands has taken delivery of a Euro6 Elegance minicoach. Based on the Mercedes-Benz 516Cdi with a 163bhp Common Rail Direct Injection diesel engine matched to a seven-speed G Tronic automatic gearbox, in-dash air conditioning, saloon heating with heater booster and 22 Brusa Crete 80 seats in Epengle moquette. It also has a […]
Arriva owned Yorkshire Tiger has become the second bus company in the UK to join CILT as a Corporate Member. The operator’s Business Director, Martijn Gilbert, said, ‘We are delighted to become the only the second bus company in the UK to join as CILT Corporate Members and the first to have their entire operations […]
Sightseeing buses were once the cinderallas of the fleet, old double-deckers shorn of their roof parading slowly around historic cities and seafonts for perhaps a few months of the year. With increasing popularity and longer seasons, operators realised that easier access and lower emissions were essential to sustainability resulting in significant numbers of new build […]