Bus News
Broadening the offer
Volvo is launching two new coaches at Euro Bus Expo this week. The premium 9900 made its European debut in May, but there is also a surprise new ‘value’ option as Andy Izatt reports Volvo’s […]
Month: October 2018
Bus News
From baking to buses
Jean Philippe Boriau, Head of Marketing and Operations at B-Bakery, tells James Day about how the company transitioned from a high-street bakery to a sightseeing tour operator with a twist Sightseeing operators in London come […]
Coach News
Shifting times
Coach operators are benefiting from intense competition among both vertically-integrated and proprietary manufacturers to produce ever more sophisticated automated manual transmissions, but reports of the death of the automatic torque-converter transmission in coaches are premature […]
Bus News
Route mastering
David Bell has compiled a selection of pictures of Routemasters that saw further use both in and outside their traditional London home. Often they were seen by operators as a competitive tool or a means […]
Coach News
Impressive from the get-go
Peter Knight, Operations Director at Stagecoach’s Scottish Citylink, has made a name for himself since joining the company in 2010. With his efforts having been rewarded at this year’s UK Coach Awards, Angela Youngman found […]
Features
Is it sustainable to become sustainable?
Sustainability may be the current catchphrase, but adherents find not only public approval but a path to cost savings – all while helping the environment. Adam Bernstein explains Over the last 20 years or so […]
Bus News
Trapeze Group awarded Future Bus Systems routes and schedules contract for London
Trapeze’s NOVUS system has been chosen to deliver a project for Transport for London’s (TfL) Future Bus Systems (FBS) programme. Trapeze Group has been awarded the contract to deliver the first project of TfL’s Future […]
Bus News
First Bus invests in Eclipse diagnostic equipment
First Bus has announced a partnership with Eclipse to invest in one diagnostic platform for use across all its UK depots. Following a series of trials, reviews and a period of evaluation of all available […]
Bus News
Mainline remembered
First South Yorkshire is commemorating the 30th anniversary of its predecessor, Mainline. The Mainline brand was introduced in 1989, replacing the South Yorkshire Transport identity for the area’s former PTE buses. Sheffield Mainline buses wore […]
Bus News
Busy schedule for Burlingham AEC
Safeguard of Guildford’s 1956 Burlingham-bodied AEC Reliance is pursuing a busy career in active preservation. Now the firm’s Managing Director, Andrew Halliday has promised ‘some surprises in Guildford’ involving the bus in the run up […]
