Consolidation has taken place in the Greater Manchester bus market after the stagecarriage operations of Hayton’s Travel were acquired by fellow independent Bluebird Bus & Coach. Mike Dunstan, owner of Middleton-based Bluebird Bus & Coach […]
Stagecoach has announced two new appointments within its bus operations in the UK and North America. From December 1 Edward Hodgson will take over as managing director of Stagecoach West Scotland. His appointment comes as […]
Arriva has invested £7m in a fleet of 44 Wright Gemini double deck buses for South Liverpool. The vehicles will run on the 79 and 82 routes, with all of the buses operating by the […]
The Eurolines Organisation has reappointed John Gilbert as President for a second term at its annual conference in Ulm, Germany. The Eurolines group is composed of 32 independent operators which together form Europe’s largest regular […]
Johnsons orders two new Bovas for 2012 UK Coach Award-winning operator Johnsons Coach & Bus Travel has confirmed an order for over half a million pounds worth of brand new Bova Futura coaches for 2012. […]
CPT West Midlands’ coach parking survey revealed Shropshire, outside of Shrewsbury, had 2% of visitors (4,242 out of 212,100) arriving by coach. Shrewsbury itself had 4,190 coach passengers, 4% of the 104,760 visitors to the […]
Legal battle for troubled operator results in failure to resume services after liquidation order SeaFrance has failed to resume its Dover to Calais services. The troubled firm was due to restart its services on Friday, […]
Stagecoach Group plc completed the sale of its school bus operations in the US state of Wisconsin (Wisconsin School Bus) to Student Transportation, Inc. on November 15. Part of Wisconsin School Bus will be held […]
May Gurney, highway maintenance and environmental service supplier, has acquired TransLinc. A cash consideration of £34.9m was paid for the equity and loan notes of the business. In addition, May Gurney will assume approximately £30.7m […]
Stewarts Coaches of Reading has ordered its first DAF powered integral Irizar i6. The 12.2m, 3.7m super high version is powered by a DAF 12.9 litre MX engine (408bhp) with an AS-Tronic gearbox. It is […]
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