Alpine Travel has reached the dizzying heights of being a member of the Guild of British Coach Operators after meeting the rigorous criteria to join the 23-strong operator group. Guild Chairman John Johnson of Johnsons’ […]
CHINA: The city of Dalian, China’s ‘bright northern pearl,’ is buying 1,200 BYD electric buses over the next two years. Dalian’s municipal government has signed a co-operative agreement with BYD stipulating the purchase of 600 […]
German market share rises from 48.9% to 51.2%, boosted by availability of Euro 6 range. EUROPE: Daimler Buses has released its financial results for 2013. The company recorded operating profit of €124m after posting an […]
Arriva North East has become the region’s ????irst travel provider to boast ‘deaf aware champions’ thanks to a national Get Deaf Aware campaign. Eight Arriva North East employees attended the Get Deaf Aware (GDA) training […]
USA: Electric bus manufacturer BYD has been fined over $30,000 by California State labour officials after a hearing officer found the company failed to provide employees with proper rest periods or itemised payslips. The Office […]
TURKEY: Domestically-owned bus manufacturer, TCV, is promoting the development of CNG applications and technology in Turkey and Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality recently took delivery of its first 12m Karat CNG buses equipped with Allison fully automatic […]
SWEDEN: Uddevalla Omnibus has purchased five hybrid buses and a quintet of ambulance coaches from Volvo Buses. All of them will operate on bio-diesel and are due to enter service with the West coast operator […]
FRANCE: In a week which saw public transport offered free of charge to reduce smog, which has choked the French capital, Pierre Mongin , CEO of RATP has announced it intends to convert its entire […]
Consultation concerns potential changes to legislation to follow Competition Commission recommendations on bus competition remedies. The DfT has launched a consultation seeking views on the government’s preferred approach to implementing the Competition Commission’s (CC) recommendations […]
Lack of co-operation with a Transport Scotland investigation raises suspicions of professional competence. Traffic Commissioner (TC) for Scotland, Joan Aitken, has disqualified Steward Dickson, trading as Dickson of Erskine, for an indefinate period of time. […]
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