US bus manufacturer, DesignLine, has filed for bankruptcy following worker layoffs and a two week shut down. According to news reports, the company listed assets of $14.06m and debts of $37.5m in its bankruptcy filing. One of its largest creditors was New Jersey Transit, which the manufacturer owed $3.64m for payments on buses not delivered. […]
Councillors in West Somerset have given their backing to a campaign by the Labour Party to bring back evening services on First’s 28 route between Minehead and Taunton. The operator announced last month that it was making cuts to evening services. The last bus from Minehead now leaves at 18.40. During a recent meeting, Watchet […]
For the second consecutive year, Reading Buses will be running special buses to take the town’s residents home on the final night of the Reading Festival on 25 August. Three routes will provide direct connections to south and west Reading, as well as the town centre. The council contracted ‘Night Track’ buses do not normally […]
Somerset based Libra Travel has added its sixth Excel Conversions vehicle to its fleet. This latest addition is a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 516Cdi extra long based minicoach, fitted with 19 leather seats, PA system, an air conditioning system, luggage racks, panoramic windows, LED rack and window lighting, lowered front bumper, skirt kit, coach rear and rear […]
A Mercedes-Benz 0816D based Sitcar Beluga 3 has been added to the fleet of Symphony Chauffeurs. Powered by a Euro5 engine matched to an Allison automatic transmission, it has 29 Vogel Eco seats, a large luggage area, side mounted pannier lockers, a power operated plug type door, a Sutrak air conditioning system and an entertainment […]
A Stagecoach North East Stockton depot employee, Alan Brown, has retired after 42 years service with the operator. Initially, Alan joined the company as a bus driver in 1971 and stayed behind the wheel for 20 years. He then became a handy man for the following duration of his time at Stagecoach, until 2009 when […]
Stagecoach Bluebird has revised some of its single fares in the Moray area, resulting in a reduction in fares for passengers in Burghead. The move was motivated by feedback from customers received in recent months. The change will affect route 32 serving Burghead to Bishopmill via Hopeman, Duffus and Elgin. Single fares on this service […]
According to national tourism agency, VisitBritain, the UK tourism industry is still benefitting from last year’s Olympic Games. The latest figures from the International Passenger Survey confirmed that in the first half of 2013 Britain attracted 15.2m visitors (up 4%) and spend across this period was a record £8.7bn (up 11%). Over 2.89m overseas visitors […]