Features
Award winning teamwork
Following Stagecoach London’s Leyton depot’s success at winning the Gold Award for London Bus Garage of the Year at the UK Bus Awards Jade Smith visits to find out what factors go into producing an […]
Month: August 2017
Face-to-Face Interviews
Two in One
Young entrepreneurs in the bus industry seem to be rare, but one that stands out is Geoff Cross of CEN Group, the Birmingham-based company he founded 14 years ago when he was still in his […]
Bus News
Argentine city bus with Allison transmission
Step-entrance citybus incorporates Allison transmission with a retarder that significantly extends brake life ARGENTINA The Mercedes-Benz OF1621 citybus is being offered in Argentina through local dealer COLCAR (Concesionario Oficial Mercedes-Benz) with Allison T270R transmission that […]
Bus News
Town pays Uber to give citizens lifts
CANADA According to CityMetric, Innisfil, a small town near Toronto, has hired Uber as an alternative to developing a public transport network of its own. In a trial programme, the town put aside around £60,000 […]
Bus News
Sustainable Bus of the Year 2018
BELGIUM The Sustainable Bus of the Year 2018 will be awarded to three of 19 contenders at Busworld, Kortrijk in October. Products vying for the urban title are the Heuliez Gx337, Irizar i2e, Solaris Urbino […]
Coach News
Peterborough services junction delays
Major road works on junction 17 of the A1M near Peterborough will begin this week. The junction is a popular interchange for coaches as it connects with the A605, a cross-country route for coaches travelling […]
Coach News
Scania revenues grow by almost a quarter
Scania has released a financial report for the six months ended June 30, 2017, with a strong performance overall, though the coach and bus division did see a decline in order bookings. Overall, order bookings […]
Coach News
David Luckett made fellow of IoTA
David Luckett has been named as a Fellow of the Institute of Transport Administration (IoTA) after a lifetime of dedication to the coach industry. David, Chairman of Fareham-based Lucketts Travel, was presented with the accolade last […]
Coach News
Coach driver jailed over A41 crash
Eight-month sentence handed to Stuart West after judge states ‘it’s a miracle you didn’t kill anyone’ The driver of a coach which ploughed into a stationary queue of traffic has been jailed for eight months, […]
Bus News
Arriva Yorkshire launches 13 new ‘deckers
Arriva Yorkshire announced that 13 new environmentally friendly ADL Enviro400MMC buses went into service on July 17, as part of an £8m investment. The buses on the current 254/255 route will all be replaced with […]
