According to the SMMT total bus and coach registrations grew 0.8% in November against a 2.6% fall in the year-to-date. Coach registrations rose 6.5% in the month in contrast to a 13.3% decline in the purpose-built bus market. It was a stronger […]
The Department for Transport (DfT) has set up a website to ask for views about the work and role of the Traffic Commissioners and how operator licensing can be improved.
Plymouth Citybus has acquired Western Greyhound bus services in the Liskeard area. It took over on December 8 to run in South East Cornwall, safeguarding 31 driving jobs, and continuing to run the Western Greyhound […]
Court of Appeal Judges make unanimous landmark ruling over wheelchair priority Bus drivers are not required by law to force able-bodied passengers to vacate designated priority spaces for wheelchair users – the Court of Appeal […]
A ceremony has taken place in Urumqi, capital city of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to mark the handover of 57 Yutong school buses. They represent the largest batch operation of school buses in northwest China.
USA Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) has taken delivery of a pair of New Flyer Xcelsior XE40 battery-electric buses, part of a contract that was awarded to the Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada manufacturer in 2012. The buses […]
USA BYD unveiled a 60-foot long articulated battery-electric bus at the 2014 American Public Transportation Association (APTA) exhibition in Houston. Called the Lancaster eBus after the city in California where it was designed and manufactured, […]
Scania is working with Boshen to build its market share in Taiwan TAIWAN Scania has sold an additional 200 luxury coaches in Taiwan. Deliveries to the Boshen bus bodybuilder will start in January 2015, the […]
An increase in the national speed limit for Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) of more than 7.5 tonnes on dual carriageway roads has been announced by Claire Perry MP.
Charges for coach operators using the West Ramp Coach Park at Heathrow Airport will be reduced to £21.56 per vehicle for 2015 and 2016. It comes after agreement was reached thanks to CPT working in […]
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