Bus and coach operations were amongst those affected by the recent stormy weather. Alongside power cuts, disruption, property damage and regrettably, deaths, the hurricane strength winds of the St Jude’s storm also upturned a Beestons double decker in Suffolk. There were reports of a Wrightbus Gemini 2 narrowly missing serious damage in Green Lanes, London […]
Ipswich Buses relaunched its Park and Ride service in the Suffolk town on 28 October, having added eight secondhand Optare Versas sourced through ADL to its fleet to operate the route. The buses will run from the two sites at London Road and Martlesham and now feature a new livery. Two new ADL Enviro200s which […]
Low sales volumes in a weak market impacted profitability for Volvo Buses in the third quarter of 2013. Net sales decreased by 9% to £361.7m/SEK3,705m (Q3 2012: £398.9m/SEK4,076m). Order intake in the period improved and totalled 2,780 buses, which was 41% higher than the same period last year. Volvo Buses reported an operating loss of […]
To celebrate its Diamond Jubilee next year, the UK Coach Rally is launching a new logo, web site and email address. The 2014 Rally will once again take place at Alton Towers Resort and will held on 10 and 11 May 2014. It will also be holding its Saturday night Diamond Jubilee Dinner Dance. At […]
Following a £2.5m investment, Stagecoach North East has unveiled 21 new Euro5 ADL Enviro200s for the Sunderland area. Ten of the buses went into service last week, with the remaining 11 due to arrive over the forthcoming weeks. They replace Euro2 emission Pointer 2 Darts, which are being cascaded into Newcastle placing older ALX200 Darts […]
Andrew Tyldsley has been appointed to the new role of Head of Commercial at Go North East. Andrew will be responsible for all commercial, marketing and customer service activity and will report directly to MD, Kevin Carr. Andrew was previously Commercial Manager, having joined the operator in 1995 when it acquired OK Motor Services of […]
Despite achieving discouraging results at Group level, Scania’s bus business figures in the nine months ending September 2013 were up. Operating income for the company as a whole fell to £581m/SEK5,939m (2012: £600.1m/SEK6,135m) and earnings per share dropped to 30.52/SEK5.30 (£0.58SEK5.94). Its cash flow amounted to £133.2m/SEK1,362m (£212.8m/SEK2,176m). Scania’s order bookings for buses and coaches […]
Coventry’s first ever smartcard ticket, Coventry ‘n’ Bus, has been launched. The monthly pass costs £43.50 by direct debit and can be used on any bus in the city area regardless of which company runs the service. The launch marks the first of a raft of ticketing options to be made available by West Midlands […]