Five local authorities are to receive a share of ￡1.4m to cut pollution from buses. The councils are: Brighton and Hove City Council (￡750,000 for 50 buses), Sunderland City Council and Durham County Council (￡275,500 for 19 buses), Oxford City Council (￡199,995 for 11 buses), Swale Borough Council (￡150,000 for ten buses) and City of […]
A 14.4m Van Hool TDX21 Altano tri-axle Super Highliner has been added to Express Motors’ fleet. The coach is fitted with 57 Grand Luxe TX seats, a Bosch Professionaline entertainment package, a CCTV system, a centre sunken toilet, a water boiler and fridge. It is powered by a 480hp MAN D2676 LOH 27 OBD2 engine […]
A Scania K360 EB 4×2 OmniExpress coach has been added to Fords of Althorne’s fleet. Powered by a 360hp engine coupled with an eight-speed gearbox equipped with the fully automated Opticruise gear selection system, the vehicle has 53 leather seats, a climate control system, a centre sunken toilet and a Bosch Professional entertainment package. This […]
Prentice Coaches of Haddington has taken delivery of the first Plaxton Leopard to have left the factory. The coach is based on a Volvo B9R chassis powered by a 380bhp D9B Euro5 engine driving through I-Shift automated transmission. The new model was unveiled at Coach & Bus Live 2013, marking the coach manufacturer’s re-entry to […]
Cresta Coaches of Bridgend has taken delivery of two Noone Turas 800 bodied Mercedes-Benz Vario 818 minicoaches. One of the vehicles has 29 Politecnica seats, two tables and a red interior, whilst the other has 33 Politecnica seats and blue interior. They each have an Autoclima air conditioning system, convection heating, a reversing camera and […]
Luton based Three Star Coaches has taken delivery of its second Sunsundegui bodies Volvo, with the latest addition to its fleet based on the B7R chassis. The 38-seater has a 7.1litre Volvo D7E engine and is specified with a TV screen, a CD/DVD player and a rear servery. Three Star Coaches’ Colin Dudley said, ‘The […]
EYMS Group has sold its Finglands coach operation to Bullocks Coaches of Manchester, with this part of its business passing over to the new owner later this month. The sale includes all but two of the existing Finglands coach fleet and all staff employed in the operation are being offered jobs at Bullocks under their […]
Perrymans on the path to expansion Perrymans Buses has expanded its services with a new depot using funding from the Bank of Scotland. The investment comes in the operator’s 40th year of business. It sees the company retain route 67 and the acquisition of route 60 (Galashiels, Duns and Berwick), route 51 and 52 (linking […]