Features
Brooklands success
Nick Larkin reports from the London Transport Museum’s TransportFest event at Brooklands Almost 100 vehicles, many from local operators turned London Bus Museum’s recent TransportFest […]
Year: 2021
Features
Naughty Bus visits primary school
Foundation Stage 1 & 2 children (Nursery & Reception) from St Bernadette’s RC Primary School in Stockport were visited by a real-life ‘Naughty Bus’, thanks to Bryan Steele, a bus driver for Stagecoach Manchester, whose […]
Bus News
Local Transport Authorities secure ZEBRA funding
As part of the budget announcements on 27 October, the Department for Transport confirmed an allocation of £71 million towards 335 zero-emission buses as part of successful Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) applications by […]
CBW News Pick
First Bus and Hitachi Europe launch strategic partnership
The partnership will support First Bus in its decarbonisation journey, facilitating the provision of 148 electric buses over the next 18 months to Caledonia depot First Bus has selected Hitachi Europe as a prime strategic […]
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Koller receives ISO 9001 certification
Koller Engineering, specialists in the design and manufacture of wheelchair-accessible vehicle products, says it is proud to announce its achievement of ISO 9001 recertification, a recognised quality management standard which it said validates its ability […]
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Ardee Coach Trim chosen to distribute Wheely-Safe technology in Ireland
Wheely-Safe has signed a new agreement with Ardee Coach Trim for the transport solutions business to become its official distribution partner in Ireland. Ardee will supply Wheely-Safe’s latest generation of tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS), […]
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Mercedes-Benz eCitaro at COP26 in Glasgow
The new right-hand drive Mercedes-Benz eCitaro, road tested by CBW in issue 1489, will be one of the vehicles used to transport COP26 delegates around Glasgow over the next two weeks. Mercedes-Benz said it is […]
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Trafi enters UK market with Solent MaaS scheme
Solent Transport awards Trafi, Unicard and BIT a £2.4m contract to provide it’s MaaS scheme Lithuanian-based Trafi has been appointed to deliver the first MaaS (Mobility-as-a-Service) scheme in the Solent Region, in collaboration with Unicard […]
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Push for better customer experience for disabled people
Brighton & Hove and Metrobus supported international ‘Purple Tuesday’ on 2 November by offering all disabled concessionary cardholders free travel for a ‘plus one’ of their choice. Purple Tuesday aims to promote improving customer experience […]
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Lothian adopts weekly capping
Lothian Buses has extended its ‘TapTapCap’ travel scheme to include weekly fare capping across its Edinburgh city network. The operator, supported by its ticketing and payments partner Flowbird, was the first bus operator in Scotland […]
