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 […]
Despite weather that was more bracing and less hospitable than might have been hoped, the launch was strongly child focused and attracted a good crowd of potential customers along with their parents. To keep them entertained there was lots to do with a spin the wheel attraction enabling children to win a goody bag in […]
Kent Showground is an ideal location for such an event because, apart from plentiful parking and buildings to house the trade stands, the site’s perimeter road provides the opportunity to run free bus services without having to venture on to local roads with all the potential for congestion that can create. A roster of 24 […]
Vehicles Today the fleet strength stands at 36 vehicles, with Rambler Coaches having 35 licences and Colin Rowland a further four in his own right. Before WW2, the mix of vehicles operated included Lancia, Unic, Bean, Star Flyer, an eight-cylinder Studebaker and the only half cab ever operated, a Gilford, which was bigger than other […]