Preparations for the eighth Coach and Bus Show in Ireland are well under way, according to its organisers. The biannual event, Ireland’s largest bus show, takes place in the RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion on 15 and 16 November. It is organised by the Coach Tourism and Transport Council of Ireland and sponsored by Campion Insurance. It […]
Nottingham’s electric bus project has continued with the network’s extension onto the Medilink service and the establishment of the Queens Drive Park and Ride site as a demonstration ‘Eco Hub’. The milestone was marked by a visit to the Park and Ride site from Transport Minister, Baroness Kramer. The first stage of the electric bus […]
In 2013, Group Irizar turned over a record €556m (£443.85m) and produced 5,368 coaches worldwide, with more than 1,000 leaving the Spanish factory at Ormaiztegi, up 15% on 2012. Exports accounted for 88% of the turnover. The manufacturer spent €18m (£14.3m) on the factory and on research to ensure it stays at the cutting edge […]
I’ve always been a bit of a sucker for the gold edged invitation with the same portcullis emblem you used to get on the back of an old thrupenny bit that indicates a call to the House of Commons. There’s something about walking past the spot where Charles 1st faced his Parliament and more recently […]
Overall performance for the Go-Ahead Group was described as ‘good’ by its Group Chief Executive, David Brown, in a pre-close trading update for the year ending 28 June 2014. In the company’s deregulated bus business, solid underlying growth in revenue and passenger journeys continued into the fourth quarter. The segment experienced growth in both commercial […]
The project was funded thanks to a £750,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund and forms part of the museum’s ‘Year of the Bus’ and First World War commemorations; ‘Goodbye Piccadilly – from the Home Front to the Western Front’. This was the double decker’s inaugural public appearance since the restoration by London Transport Museum […]
Transport Technology Systems David Cummings, a Director at Transport Technology Systems (TTS), believes the bus and coach CCTV market is ‘quite big’ at the moment, driven by insurance, with equipment fitted as a way of keeping premiums down. He finds more cameras are now being installed on coaches, which are not usually on the receiving […]
A small number of PCVs have regularly participated in the Festival and organiser Ashley Lovering saw the opportunity for a specific area of the event where Welsh coach operators could promote themselves, their vehicles and services on offer. The area chosen was the grassed hard standing in front of Swansea’s National Waterfront Museum, on one […]