International
ASV to acquire Thor Industries
USA Allied Specialty Vehicles (ASV) has entered a firm agreement to acquire the bus business of Thor Industries for $100m in cash, subject to closing adjustments.
Year: 2013
International
End of the line for DesignLine?
USA Reports from the USA indicate Charlotte-based bus manufacturer DesignLine has filed for bankruptcy protection. Local papers say this comes after two weeks of staff being forced to take holidays and many layoffs.
International
85 MAN Lion’s City buses for Postbus
PostBus makes an early move into low-emission Euro 6 buses Switzerland MAN Truck & Bus Switzerland AG is to supply a total of 85 citybuses to PostBus Switzerland over the next two years. The order […]
Coach News
Bakers Coaches nets Crewe Alexandra FC contract
Bakers Coaches is continuing its longstanding relationship with League One football club Crewe Alexandra. The two year deal was sealed with the introduction of a new team transport coach for the new season.
Coach News
First UK & Ireland B11R enters active service
The first Volvo B11R to be ordered in the UK and Ireland is proving itself with Northern Irish operator McDermott Coach Hire.
Coach News
Liverpool three in insurance con
Three plead guilty to charges of conspiracy to defraud after £150,000 worth of personal injury claims are made Three friends from Liverpool have admitted deliberately causing a crash between a coach and a car on […]
Bus News
New Cardiff Bus app reaches 3.5k downloads
Cardiff Bus has released a new smartphone app, which is available for download on android and iOS phones.
Bus News
York University adopts Cycle Alert on its bus services
Working in conjunction with City of York Council and Transdev Unibus, the University of York is to become the first to introduce the revolutionary Cycle Alert System on its network of Unibuses and with York […]
Bus News
GNE spends £3.5m on Optares
Following an extensive 10-week trial of Optare’s 11.7m Versa model and good experience over many years with the Solo model, Go North East has ordered 26 new vehicles from the Yorkshire bus builder.
Bus News
Luton Dunstable Busway to open on September 25
Three operators will run four different services on the busway, which when combined mean a service frequency of up to every seven minutes Bus services on the £91m Luton Dunstable Busway will begin on Wednesday […]
