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Arriva Midlands moves into the 21st century
Arriva Midlands moves into the 21st century
Month: July 2012
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Innovations from MAN at IAA 2012
Innovations from MAN at IAA 2012
Drivers
Ken Smith wins Gold at Stagecoach Champions
A Stagecoach North East bus driver has been presented with a top international award for customer service. Ken Smith from the firm’s Teesside depot was named the Gold winner of the Customer Service Champion accolade […]
Drivers
Two years’ jail for teenage attacker
50-year-old Go North East driver left bleeding after late night robbery on bus A teenager who attacked a Go North East bus driver, leaving him injured and bleeding, has been jailed for two years.
Bus News
China develops new type of electric bus compressor
CHINA: SORL Auto Parts, Inc. a Chinese supplier of brake and control systems to the global commercial vehicle industry, has announced a new generation of electric air brake compressors for use in electric buses.
International
Singapore orders 1,000 new buses
SINGAPORE: SBS Transit to boost fleet with 550 Volvos for Singapore and 450 Mercedes-Benz Citaros ComfortDelGro-owned operator SBS Transit has ordered a staggering 1000 buses – 550 Volvo B9TLs and 450 Mercedes-Benz Citaros.
Bus News
Vintage send off for Corporation Street
National Express West Midlands (NXWM) marked the end of buses having access to Birmingham’s Corporation Street with a special vintage bus trip for staff with friends, family and representatives from Bus Users UK.
News
Volvo introduces web-based fleet telematics tool
The operator is able to follow each bus’s location and receives comprehensive feedback Volvo Buses is introducing a new Web-based tool designed to give bus operators better control over their vehicles’ fuel consumption and allow […]
Coach News
New ‘Superfast 3’ service for Berry’s Coaches
Berry’s Coaches is launching a brand new ‘Superfast 3’ coach service this Friday (July 27) which serves Taunton, Street, Glastonbury, Shepton Mallet, Frome, Warminster and Codford before heading to London.
Coach News
Arrests after coach crash scam
Operators are being warned about coach crash insurance scams. It comes after the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) arrested four men in Liverpool who are believed to part of a suspected ‘coach crash for cash’ […]