Bus News
Epsom £2.4m new bus order
Epsom £2.4m new bus order Epsom Coaches Group has placed bus orders worth over £2.4m to service TfL bus routes X26 and 465 run by the firm’s Quality Line operation, starting in April and July […]
Year: 2011
International
Pininfarina hybrid bus unveiled
Pininfarina – the styling company famous for work on thoroughbred sports cars such as the Ferrari F40 and Maserati GranTurismo – has unveiled its hybrid diesel-electric bus prototype at a transport exhibition in Milan. Pininfarina […]
International
UITP appoints its first African president
Ousmane Thiam (Senegal) has been confirmed as the new president of the UITP (International Association of Public Transport) executive board, making him the first African president of the association. Thiam takes over from Alain Flausch, […]
Bus News
OS NW & Yorkshire at 75
Omnibus Society North West & Yorkshire celebrate 75 glorious years The North West & Yorkshire branch of the Omnibus Society marked its 75th anniversary on Saturday (22 October) with a special event at Bramhope, north […]
Bus News
Lothian Buses scoops CILT award
Lothian Buses has scooped up the winning entry in the Information Management category of the 2011 Annual Awards for Excellence from The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK (CILT). The awards were […]
Bus News
Cardiff Bus’ March court hearing could determine survival
Swansea-based 2Travel brings High Court action, claiming damages for lost profits and the failure of its business Cardiff Bus will face a court hearing in March which could determine whether the municipally-owned operator survives. The […]
Bus News
bakerbus Volvo hybrids join X1 route
Three Eclipse Gemini 2-bodied Volvo B5RLH Hybrids have entered service at bakerbus on its premier X1 route between Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Beaconside. Purchased with the help of the Department of Transport’s Green Bus Fund, […]
Bus News
Stagecoach West introduces new hourly County Link
On Sunday (October 23) Stagecoach West unveiled a new hourly bus service which operates from Gloucester to Hereford. The route 33 is a revision of an old route which terminated at Ross-on-Wye, meaning passengers for […]
Bus News
First Aberdeen and Unite avert strike
First Aberdeen has agreed a new deal with union officials to settle an ongoing dispute over pay and conditions. The result is the ending of the possibility of strike action by bus drivers at First […]
Bus News
Peter Huntley goes ahead
Peter Huntley is to leave his position as managing director of Go North East at the end of the year, after nearly six years in the post. Peter, who will be leaving the North East […]
