An amended voluntary code of practice for coach operators taking passengers to designated sporting events has been published. The guidance is part of the Senior Traffic Commissioner’s Statutory Document on Good Repute and Fitness. It has been reviewed at the request of Police in England and Wales. The proposed changes were then open to a […]
Following the announcement of its plans to cut services in Wales and close its Brynmawr depot (see B&CB 1271, 11 April 2014), Stagecoach has confirmed it is to reduce its South Wales fleet by 10% from mid-July. The decision follows what it describes as ‘drastic’ cuts in investment by the Welsh Government. The biggest impact […]
As bus companies make major service withdrawals across Wales, the Welsh Transport Minister, Edwina Hart, has announced funding to trial new, more efficient ways of delivering public transport. The new methods are aimed at improving access to jobs and services, particularly in rural areas. The Vale of Glamorgan and Ceredigion councils will each receive £100,000 […]
To celebrate the exact centenary of the first service and mark 40 years since the end of Coventry Corporation Transport, local organisations staged an ‘On The Buses’ family event in the city’s Millennium Square opposite the old fire station terminal point of that first service. Millennium Square, the forecourt of Coventry’s soon to be expanded […]
Tata-Hispano’s Zaragoza plant produced the Intea high capacity low height body for the UK on the MAN A91-18.293HOCL chassis powered by a 293bhp engine, as well a single Xerus high floor coach on a VDL SB4000 chassis that is part of Holmeswood’s own fleet. Unfortunately, only eight Inteas had been supplied in right hand drive […]
Air conditioning advice One of the most common problems with air conditioning systems, according to JAVAC’s Dave Kingston, is loss of refrigerant. The less there is in the system, the lower its cooling capacity. Instead of waiting till the required temperature for the air conditioning to work is met to find out if there are […]
To give customers the opportunity to see the facility, which has been refurbished and re-branded for the role, an open day was held on Wednesday of last week to which an open invitation was extended to operators from throughout the country. Around 80 took them up on it including some who had flown in from […]
With their partners at uTrack Software Solutions, The Kings Ferry also won the Bus & Coach Buyer sponsored Technology & Innovation Award for their dynamic Real Time Information system. It proved so difficult to differentiate the different attributes called for by the award criteria that two first prizes were awarded, the other going to Stagecoach Group […]