trentbarton has invested £600,000 in five new Optare Versas for its H1 service between Alfreton, Heanor and Derby. They feature high speed, free on board Wi-fi, next stop audio visual passenger information screens, leather trimmed seats, double glazed windows and plenty of space for shopping and buggies. Their green livery promotes the ongoing investment message […]
A new zero emission engine has been developed in the UK that potentially could save operators thousands of pounds in fuel costs and the environment millions of tonnes in emissions. The Dearman engine runs on liquid air (liquid nitrogen) and is on track to undertake full on-vehicle testing by summer this year. ‘Liquid air’ as […]
Following the news that Arriva is to pull out of operating bus services in Malta and Gozo, it has been announced that Greenock based McGill’s is ‘seriously considering’ a bid to run the network. As yet, there has been no expression of interest issued by the Maltese government to define the shape of the tender […]
FirstGroup’s UK bus division has ordered 425 new vehicles worth £70m for delivery in the 2014/15 financial year, including six Optare electric buses. The order brings the company’s total investment over the past four years to around £310m on 2,000 new buses ad coaches. All but six of First’s new buses will be manufactured in […]
Andrew Riley, a director of coach and bus hire bookings service, Momentum Coach Hire Ltd (MCH Ltd), has confirmed to B&CB that the organisation has filed to go into administration. Several operators have claimed on social networking sites that the operation owes them considerable amounts of money. It is likely that Harrisons will be appointed […]
In what the companies involved believe is the first project of its scale anywhere, Arriva The Shires is to operate eight fully electric Wheel Forward Wrightbus Streetlite EVs in service in Milton Keynes. The buses will be charged using an induction system with recharging pads at each end of the 15 mile route 7 between […]
There was no hiding the proud smile on the face of Austin Blackburn, Director of Go-Coach, as he launched his new Dartford Darts service with representatives from Kent County Council. Austin’s name will already be familiar to many readers, as not only does he head the Go-Coach bus operation, he is also the lead man […]
Last year the renowned transport law firm, Backhouse Jones, made what it believes is a revolutionary change in the field of transport law, launching BACKup, a new legal cover package, which gives an operation access to legal advice and services for a fixed annual fee. This is a big step away from the traditional hourly […]