Chalkwell’s trial of a new route 11 serving people on both the north and south sides of Sittingbourne has gained ‘positive results’. The service runs three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays starting just after 09.30. It is currently undergoing a six month trial, with positive feedback from both sides of the route […]
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 […]
The vehicles Apart from the large pod on the roof at the front of the bus containing a battery pack and the radiator pack for cooling the batteries and the interior, which increases the height from 2.9m to 3.3m, the vehicles look the same as any other Wheel Forward Streetlite. A sign in the cab […]
Praise Even though the services had only been running for four days at the time of the launch, Austin had already received a number of e-mails and comments from passengers congratulating him on the new Darts. It seems they have proved an instant hit with bus users, despite an initial difficulty of flooding on Bob […]