News
Scania finalises global engine platform
Work on the new platform began in the early 2000s and aims to cater for all markets Scania is taking the final steps towards a global engine platform based on the latest technology for all […]
Month: November 2011
Bus News
Nordi Travel loses license after driver shortage
Nordi Travel, based in Livingston, has had its licence revoked by the Joan Aitken, traffic commissioner for Scotland, for failing to follow its timetable and delaying the maintenance programme of its vehicles. Ms Aitken called […]
News
Five new CILT board members
The Chartered Institute of Transport and Logistics (CILT) has changed its governance structure and has elected five new trustees. At last week’s EGM the membership overwhelmingly accepted the recommendation of the council and board to […]
News
Norman Baker takes to the wheel
Transport minister and Lewes MP Norman Baker has taken time out from his ministerial schedule to try his hand at driving a bus. Baker was in his Lewes constituency for the day and visited Brighton […]
Business
Optare’s new factory opens as Crossgates closes
Optare has hailed a “new chapter in the history of British bus manufacturing” with production now in full swing at its brand new factory at Sherburn-in-Elmet. The manufacturer also paid tribute to the closure of […]
News
Busworld Kortrijk beats financial gloom
The 21st Busworld Kortrijk trade show was an outstanding success, organisers said. The nine halls and a marquee covered 61,000 square meters and held 340 exhibitors coming from 32 countries, including 70 busbuilders with important […]
Coach News
Parrys to get UK’s first Van Hool TX
Dave Parry tells CBW he’s “committed to Van Hool” Renowned West Midlands coach tour operator Parrys International is to get the UK’s first Van Hool TX. The TX, which is the model name for the […]
Coach News
Vision Travel and 11 drivers ‘put the lives of others at risk’
Vision Travel International and its sister company Vision Travel Minibuses, along with 11 coach drivers, are facing dozens of charges and accusations they put passengers’ lives at risk. After an investigation by VOSA, the companies […]
Bus News
Cambs DRT pilots may bridge bus cuts
Proposal approved which could see £34m of public sector transport contracts put up for tender Cambridgeshire County Council has approved three Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) pilot projects, which it hopes to develop to replace subsidised […]
Coach News
Lucketts Travel provides free coach
Lucketts Travel provided a complimentary coach to transport a group of year 11 pupils from King Richard School in Portsmouth to Heathrow airport, where they will embark on a life changing expedition to Nakuru, Kenya. […]
