Bus News
West Coast Motors to launch Pingo DRT in Dunoon
West Coast Motors has announced the launch of its new Pingo app, due within the next few weeks, which will allow customers to book a shared journey not served by bus at a time that […]
Year: 2021
Coach News
D&E Coaches celebrates 25 years on the road
An Inverness-based family coach company has marked 25 years in the business Inverness-based D&E Coaches, which featured in CBW in January 2020, celebrated its 25th anniversary in late March. Donald Mathieson and his wife Elizabeth, […]
News
Transaid launches 2021 coast-to-coast charity cycle adventure
Transaid has launched its 2021 UK Cycle Challenge, laying down the gauntlet to transport and logistics industry professionals to dust off their lycra, polish their saddles and gear up for the coast-to-coast fundraising event, which […]
Bus News
Coloured lighting a ‘real success’ says Reading Buses
Reading Buses has brought a splash of colour to relieve the darkness of the pandemic with its coloured route brands and says it is looking to strengthen them further. A prototype lighting system has been […]
Bus News
New e-bus starts testing in New Zealand
New electric bus manufacturer Zemtec has announced the first trials of its recently completed new E-City battery-electric bus. Based in Albany, New Zealand, the bus features solar panels on the roof and has been designed […]
Bus News
New Wrightbus open-toppers hit the roads in Tokyo
Tokyo sightseeing and tour bus operator Hato Bus, which was established in 1948 and has over 70 years history and experience in the tour market for foreign and domestic visitors, has placed into service a […]
Bus News
First fully-autonomous bus route in Greater Paris area
On 31 March 2021 the Ile-de-France region inaugurated a new bus route serving the suburban railway station of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines–Montigny-le-Bretonneux and several local business parks in the area using autonomous electric shuttles. Following previous trials in […]
Buses
Commercially successful COMS
Go-Ahead Group-owned Oxford Bus Company has been growing steadily for the last decade. Richard Sharman looks at how being commercially minded has grown the business in Oxfordshire and beyond The City of Oxford Motor Services, […]
Buses
Knowledge is power
Not content with simply developing technology for the school transport sector, Vectare decided to run bus services itself to gain first-hand knowledge and understanding of the challenges its partner operators face on a daily basis. […]
Buses
King Alfred restorations
As Nick Larkin reports, although things are starting to look up across the country, there are still uncertainties affecting events scheduled for this year Although Covid-19 has taken its toll on the activities of Friends […]
