Go North East has invested £1m in eight new 11.4m door forward Wrightbus StreetLites for its ‘Drifter’ service 60 that links Parkside, Dawdon, Seaham and Ryhope with Sunderland. Each of the new buses is fitted with free onboard wi-fi and next stop announcements and displays, as well as Hanover destination equipment, 45 seats and a […]
Carrier, the bodybuilding operation of the French Fast Concept Car group, has been placed into receivership until 20 January 2014. The company’s factory is located in Alencon in the Orne, France. According to press reports, the company has accumulated €7m in losses over two years. It produces an average of 400 buses a year, according […]
With its headquarters in the Netherlands, VL Test Systems Ltd (VL standing for Van Leeuwen) has recently achieved 55 years in business. Specialising in supplying automobile testing and safety equipment, the company first came to the UK in 1989 on the back of a large VOSA contract for the supply of test lane equipment. B&CB […]
One word that is used increasingly in trade and industry in recent years is compliance. It is often given as a reason why something can or cannot be done. When EvoBus UK kindly invited me to a recent International Press Event in Stuttgart, I asked if it would be possible to have an interview with […]
The Kings Ferry’s new South West commuter network In what may become a blueprint for similar schemes elsewhere, The Kings Ferry has launched a network of commuter services between North Somerset and business districts of North Bristol/South Gloucester after winning a tender issued by North Somerset Council (NSC) with support from the Government’s Local Sustainable […]
Hello, this is the new Bus & Coach Buyer website, I hope you like it. It’s the latest development in an ongoing process of enhancing the title’s offering to maximise its usefulness to operators. We’ve tried to make everything easy to follow and I’m sure it will take you no time to get used to […]
It is now 20 years since Scania and Irizar started working together to bring the Century body on the K113 chassis to the UK market. I was lucky to be one of the first to visit the plant when I joined the then MD of Scania Bus & Coach, Don Macintosh, on a visit to […]
In its biggest order for buses ever, Perryman’s Buses has taken delivery of 12 11.7m Optare Versas. The buses each have leather seats, wood effect flooring, a nine camera Transport Technology Solutions CCTV system, a Telit in-cab communications device from Cellular Solutions and Mobitec next stop audio visual announcement equipment. Their power comes from six-cylinder […]