Plymouth Citybus is to launch a new service between Plymouth and Tavistock via Yelverton, travelling through Dartmoor. It starts on 5 October. The Go-Ahead Group company has invested £1m in four high specification Enviro400 double deckers with additional legroom and incorporate two tone leather seats and free Wi-Fi for the route. They will also be […]
Israeli operator, Dan Bus Company, has started operating the country’s first full size electric bus, a BYD ebus. Dan is using the vehicle on Line 5 in Tel Aviv. The operator expects to fully integrate the ebus into its normal operation since its range on a single charge of 250km in normal urban conditions plus […]
Cumbria County Council is providing a new community transport scheme in the Lyth Valley. The ‘Community Wheels’ initiative is said to be the first of its kind in Cumbria. It will involve a team of volunteer drivers providing a demand led, door-to-door local transport service for residents. It starts on 18 September after the 541 […]
Dublin Bus’ Harristown depot is the first Irish site to gain IRTE Workshop Accreditation, an independent scheme that aims to raise industry wide standards in vehicle maintenance. Developed by IRTE (Institute of Road Transport Engineers), the initiative was introduced in late 2012 as a direct response to calls within the road transport industry for the […]
A group of visually impaired people swapped places with drivers from the Oxford Bus Company recently in an event intended to demonstrate the barriers the blind and partially sighted face when travelling on buses. The ‘Swap with me’ event is part of the Royal National Institute for the Blind’s (RNIB) bus campaign, which calls on […]
Updates from VOSA will be one of the highlights of the 2013 Freight Transport Association’s (FTA) Transport Manager Conferences. VOSA will discuss ‘new ways of working with the industry’ and how transport managers can apply best practice to avoid becoming targets of enforcement. Venues and dates include: 11 September, Brands Hatch; 18 September, Durham; 25 […]
US based Allied Speciality Vehicles (ASV) has taken over Thor Industries’ bus building business for £65.1m/$100m in cash. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to be completed by 1 November 2013. Thor’s combined bus business is one of the largest producers of transit and shuttle buses in North America, with […]
An 11.7m Optare Versa that has just joined the fleet of New Zealand operator, Reesby Buses, is expected to generate significant savings. Owner Dave Reesby said, ‘With a gross weight of only 12 tonnes for a 44 seater city bus, compared with around 14 tonnes for all other makes operating in the country, the 11.7m […]