Bus News
Fresh off the Line: Issue 1442
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Year: 2020
Bus News
Daimler marks FUSO milestone and helps Indian operators restart services
Daimler Buses India began production of FUSO-branded 9-ton buses for export markets in October 2019. Since then, production of fully-built FUSO school and staff buses serving UAE markets has been continuously ramped up. Recently, Daimler […]
Bus News
Norwegian cities invest in the future with electric Volvo buses
Several Norwegian cities are following the path of electrification for public transport. Vy Buss Norge recently placed an order for a large number of Volvo electric buses for operation in Drammen and Ålesund, with delivery […]
Bus News
BYD electrics to hit roads of Canada’s largest city
BYD Canada has announced that 10 zero-emission, 40’ K9M battery-electric buses will be put into service by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), in Toronto, Ontario. “This is an important milestone for the city, for the […]
News
Totalkare relocates as business booms
Following several years of sustained growth, Totalkare relocated to a new, purpose-built facility on Monday 21 September. The modern facility, located at Pensnett Trading Estate in Kingswinford, near Dudley, will enable the firm to optimise […]
News
Roadgas becomes UK and Ireland distributor for Compac gas refuelling dispensers
Nottingham-based Roadgas has been appointed as an international distributor for the Compac range of gas refuelling dispensers for the UK and Ireland. For more than 35 years, New Zealand firm Compac has been manufacturing and […]
News
Paul Clark Services: ‘We can see light at the end of the tunnel’
Engineering support firm Paul Clark Services, which works with the likes of First Group, Stagecoach, Go-Ahead, Arriva, Wrightbus and Optare, has said that it can ‘finally see light at the end of the tunnel’ following […]
News
UrbanThings works with Welsh Government to deliver pre-booking on TrawsCymru routes
UrbanThings has partnered with the Welsh Government to provide multi-operator mobile ticketing with pre-booking and seat reservations on the TrawsCymru network across Wales. UrbanThings will deploy ‘Ticketless’ on three of TrawsCymru’s express network routes during […]
Bus News
Final details of Showbus flyby 2020 entries and route released
The organisers of Showbus have released the online brochure for this year’s event. A new, innovative flyby is to take place instead, due to Covid-19 restrictions. Coaches and buses will travel between the Wheatley Services, […]
Coaches
The eVo tour of Stratford-upon-Avon
Volvo’s entry-level tour coach is the MCV-bodied eVoTor. Richard Sharman puts it through its paces on the streets of Warwickshire Volvo has long been associated with providing refined tour coaches, from the B58 of the […]
