When Volvo announced its Euro6 product line up last April, Hakan Karlsson, now Head of Business Areas Volvo Group, which includes Volvo Buses, made it clear that the company was already looking much further ahead towards a future based on electromobility. Present at the event was a significant step on that journey, the first plug […]
It was a positive blue Monday in Telford this week as Arriva Midlands launched a new fleet of vehicles for the 481 route linking Telford with Stafford. The six blue liveried Wrightbus VDL single-deckers will provide additional capacity to support the continued growth of patronage on a route that has already seen frequency increases and […]
Sharpe & Sons Ltd has taken delivery of a 14.4m Van Hool TDX21 Altano. Powered by a 480bhp MAN 12.4litre D2676 LOH26 EEV engine coupled with an AS-Tronic 12-speed AS 2301 transmission, it has 65 + 3 + 2 Body Luxe seats, a wheelchair place with ramp and fixings, a roof mounted air conditioning system, […]
Gillingham, Kent based The Kings Ferry, has added two Plaxton Cheetahs to its fleet. The 8.5m Mercedes-Benz Vario 0.816D based vehicles are intended for a university contract between the Medway towns and Canterbury during the week and will be available for small group private hire over the weekend. They feature 29 Relax Tourismo reclining seats, […]
Stagecoach North East has teamed up with Solo Martial Arts in Newcastle to offer bus passengers a free martial arts or fitness class throughout January. Operations Director, Stagecoach North East, Matt Cranwell, said, ‘We’re keen to encourage the local community to be more active and improve their health and wellbeing – and taking the bus […]
Richard Jones, General Manager of Lloyds Coaches, Machynlleth, has announced that he is stepping down today (24th) from his position in pursuit of ‘pastures new’ and a ‘fresh challenge’. He told B&CB that during over four years with Lloyds he felt he had ‘certainly put the company on the map’, and shown that ‘it is […]
First is inviting people to share their views regarding the recent bus fare changes in Bristol, which followed the extensive public consultation it held last year. It has launched an online survey, asking all bus users in the city to share their views on the consultation process, the changes implemented as a result and the […]
Temporary stops are being rolled out at Dudley Bus Station as a £6.7m redevelopment of the nearby market gets underway. The bus station will remain open throughout the Castle Street phase of the works, which are scheduled to finish in the summer. Buses are currently not permitted to exit via Castle Street and diversions will […]