Warton, Lancashire based Coastal Coaches has added two Mercedes-Benz Tourismos to its fleet. The vehicles have 53 seats with Travel Star Xtra upholstery, a Mercedes-Benz OM 457 hLA 348bhp Euro5 engine matched to a ZF Ecolife gearbox, two 19inch monitors, an air conditioning system, a fridge and electric blinds. They are being used on private […]
LMS Travel of Worcester has taken delivery of the very first Euro6 powered Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 516 Ferqui Soroco to reach UK shores. It is specified with 16 leather reclining seats, an air conditioning system, double glazing, a DVD player, curtains, a power door and a large boot. The vehicle was supplied by Connaught PSV.
Three 12.9m Irizar i6 Integral coaches delivered to Ash Vale, Hampshire based Truemans Coaches are resplendent in a special livery commemorating the operator’s 60th anniversary in business. They are fitted with 53 half-leather ‘PB’ seats, a drinks machine, a toilet, a twin screen DVD system, seatback tables and footrests. The driver has a dash mounted […]
New Punjab Coaches (NPC) of Slough has recently taken delivery of two 13.2m Van Hool TX16 Alicrons. The coaches are fitted with 400bhp MAN Euro5 engines matched to ZF AS-Tronic transmission. Specifications include 57 TX Grand Lux seats, an electrically operated reclining courier seat, a dual zone climate control/air conditioning system, a cool box, an […]
Across the six Stagecoach depots in the north east, staff raised £25,250 for various charities over the festive period. Notably, Robert Taylor and Mark Johnston, bus drivers from Stagecoach North East’s Sunderland depot, collected £2,180 for St. Benedict’s Hospice and the North of England Children’s Cancer Research Fund (NECCR). The pair dressed as elves, snowmen […]
Transport campaign group, Greener Journeys, has called on the Government to adopt a nationally funded concessionary scheme to assist people in the first year of an apprenticeship with the cost of getting to work by bus. According to the organisation, the initiative would not only help tackle the cost of accessing work on an ‘apprentice […]
Volvo Bus has launched a dedicated Facebook presence in the UK and Ireland (https://facebook.com/VolvoBusUK). The page supplements the existing dedicated UK and Ireland Twitter page (https://twitter.com/VolvoBusUK) and provides more localised information than the internationally recognised Volvo Buses Facebook page. Volvo Bus UK and Ireland Marketing Manager, Pam Matthews, said, ‘The purpose of launching this new […]
Arriva Southern Counties has unveiled a gold painted Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointer to congratulate Winter Olympics gold medallist Lizzy Yarnold. The bus is in use on service 478, that links Lizzy’s home village of West Kingsdown with Farningham, Eynsford and Swanley. Lizzy was unable to attend the launch, but left a message thanking the local […]