Bus News
First to operate COP26 delegate shuttles
First Bus has announced that it is to provide the shuttle service for the COP26 event in Glasgow First Bus has been appointed operator of […]
Month: October 2021
News
Icomera Discovery Wins Red Dot design award
Public transport connectivity solutions provider Icomera has won a Red Dot design award for its next-generation cloud-based machine-learning network management tool Discovery. Icomera has designed Discovery to optimise internet connectivity and network performance for millions […]
News
Alpine opts for TruTac and CPT
Coach and minibus operator Alpine Travel is aiming for maximum compliance with the help of TruTac’s suite of tachograph analysis and fleet management systems. Based in Llandudno, the company was established in 1972 and believes […]
News
GM Coachwork opens new facility to meet demand
Devon-based specialist vehicle converter GM Coachwork has marked the opening of its new multi-million pound manufacturing facility in Heathfield, Newton Abbot with a grand opening attended by key clients and suppliers and addressed by guest […]
News
Young Bus Managers conference returns
Delegates will be heading to Portsmouth this week as the YBM conference returns after its Covid-19 pause The delayed Young Bus Managers Conference which should have taken place in spring 2020, returns this week, marking […]
International
Bologna starts electrification with VDL
ITALY Operator TPER and VDL Bus & Coach have made the first steps towards electrifying Bologna’s bus network with an order for seven electric Citeas, marking the start of a long-term programme which could see […]
International
Kinetic wins contract for third of Melbourne network
Australia Australian and New Zealand bus operator Kinetic has been chosen by the Victorian Government to operate the Metropolitan Bus Franchise (MBF) which covers about a third of the Melbourne’s public bus network. The state’s […]
International
Wiesbaden receives its first H2.City Gold
GERMANY Following the signing of a contract between Wiesbaden public transport operator ESWE Verkehr and CaetanoBus at the beginning of the year, the city has received the first of its 10 Caetano H2.City Gold hydrogen […]
Buses
Optare’s 35 years of ‘cutting-edge minibus design’ continues
Optare’s recent re-brand to Switch could have seen the end of the well-known brand, but this is not the case. Richard Sharman looks at […]
Features
Keeping London’s buses safe
Jonathan Welch speaks to TfL Senior Bus Safety Development Manager Jane Lupson about her time in the role and the developments keeping people safe […]
