News
Bus Driver of the Year Final date announced
The UK Bus Driver of the Year competition will hold its National Final in Blackpool on Sunday 1 September. Entries for the 2019 contest will be invited from operators of all sizes in the […]
Month: January 2019
Buses
Zero Emission Yutong
Yutong’s electric bus offerings in the UK have been on demonstration with many operators over the last year or so. Richard Sharman gets behind the wheel of the E10 to see how it performs out […]
News
Highlands crash kills Stagecoach driver
A Stagecoach driver has been killed in an accident in the Scottish Highlands. Fifty-year-old Mohamed Chache was driving the bus from Inverness to Cromarty on route 26C when the vehicle collided with Littlemill Bridge on […]
News
Oxford Bus Company announces ‘Brand the Bus’ winner
Oxford Bus company has announced GirlGuiding Oxfordshire as the winner of its Brand the Bus competition. GirlGuiding Oxfordshire has been invited to work with the operator to design a bus wrap featuring the brand colours, […]
News
Energy Management Certificate for Go-Ahead
Go-Ahead has secured an energy management certificate after cutting carbon emissions by 70% over the past 10 years. This certification makes Go-Ahead the first public transport group to achieve global recognition for all its bus […]
News
Wrightbus secures two additional Hong Kong orders
A total of 100 buses will be supplied to KMB, a 50/50 split between integral StreetDecks and Wrightbus-bodied Volvos Wrightbus International, the international arm of the Wrights Group, has announced two further orders from Kowloon […]
News
Wrightbus founder awarded honour
Sir William Wright, founder of Wrightbus, has been awarded the Freedom of Mid and East Antrim Council. The honour was conferred last February, and William will receive the honour at a special ceremony on 18 […]
News
Stewarts Coaches takes delivery of four Mercedes-Benz Citaros
Stewarts Coaches of Reading, part of the Kings Ferry Group, commenced operation of a new bus service in Slough on Monday. The Bath Road Central service operates from Slough railway station to the Bath Road […]
Buses
Operator home wanted for historic Leyland
A historically significant, new to Maidstone & District Leyland Leopard, which was restored by the company and once part of the firm’s official preserved fleet is on the market, with the owner hoping it will […]
Coaches
Bedford banned from New Zealand
An operator who bought a Duple-bodied Bedford SBG coach in Britain to use on tour work in New Zealand has decided not to import the vehicle as the Kiwi authorities have banned its use.
