Go-Ahead’s half year results for the six months ended 28 December 2013 were in line with management expectations, with particularly good figures for its bus operations. Group revenue was £1,370m (H1 2013: £1,296.6m), up 5.7%, whilst operating profit was £51.1m (H1 2013: £42.1m), a 21.4% rise. Its deregulated bus business achieved revenue of £174.3m (H1 […]
National Express UK Coach MD Tom Stables and UK Coach Head of Contracts, Alastair Coxon recently cut a ribbon to open four new buildings at Salsburgh based Bruce’s Coaches depot. They replace parts of the site that were damaged by fire six months ago. The visit also gave Tom the chance to tour the facility […]
Singapore based transport provider, ComfortDelGro, reported a record full year revenue for 2013, increasing by 5.7% to £1.78bn/SGD3.75bn. At group level, its operating profit went up 3.4% to £202.8m/SGD426.3m. The largest percentage of growth came from the group’s overseas bus operations, making up 92.3% of its bus business. The company’s public scheduled bus operations in […]
Ten new ADL Enviro400s, each costing over £180,000, have joined the Isle of Wight bus operator Southern Vectis’s fleet. Powered by Euro5 engines, the double deckers are each equipped with CCTV, digital destination displays and have space for wheelchairs and buggies. The buses will mainly be used on the popular route 9 from Newport to […]
Lucketts Travel has taken delivery of the 800th production version of the Volvo B9R coach, which has been delivered as part of a larger order of four new vehicles. The batch of new B9Rs are specified with Caetano Levante bodywork and liveried for National Express operations. The vehicles are specified to National Express standards and […]
South Wales based Cavendish Coaches says its recently delivered 12.2m i6 Integral is ‘attention grabbing’ for passengers. The 51-seater coach is powered by a DAF Paccar engine and has a two monitor DVD system, half leather seats, privacy glass, a drinks machine and a toilet. The operator has a 15 strong coach fleet, working chiefly […]
Grange Travel of Kent has taken delivery of a new Mercedes-Benz Sprinter based EVM X-Clusive 2. The vehicle has the Euro6 519CDi 191bhp common rail direct injection V6 diesel engine with Blue Efficiency and Stop Start technology, matched to the 7 G-Tronic automatic gear box. The minicoach features 13 EVM Executive class seats, a plug […]
Reading Buses is investing £250,000 in what it describes as one of the most modern control rooms of its kind in the country with a hoped for April opening. Reading Buses CEO, James Freeman, said, ‘We have sought to bring the control facility up to date using the latest technology to give our controllers the […]