NETHERLANDS Dutch manufacturer VDL has officially opened its new Flemish factory in Roeselare. The new facility was officially opened on 10 April, and in addition to the 27,000m2 production facility, also houses a workshop, warehouse, […]
BELGIUM As was expected to happen, (see last week’s issue), Belgian bus and commercial vehicle manufacturer Van Hool, which was declared bankrupt on Monday 8 April, has been taken over by a partnership of Dutch […]
Jonathan Welch takes a brief look at what delegates can expect at the upcoming ALBUM conference It barely seems a couple of months since the industry gathered in Edinburgh for last year’s ALBUM conference in […]
Jonathan Welch takes a walk around the 68th UK Coach Rally, held in Blackpool on 13 and 14 April April can only mean one thing in the coaching calendar: the UK Coach Rally. Now in […]
Taking place alongside the Barking Garage event was a superb routes 62 and 145 heritage day featuring 30 preserved buses. These ran alongside ‘normal’ TfL services, picking up passengers though not charging fares. This was […]
A depot centenary open day has added over £16,000 to the money raised by Stagecoach for the renowned cancer support charity, reports Nick Larkin Proceeds from an open day celebrating the centenary of Barking Bus […]
Karl Oakley captured this image of 35 new and as yet unregistered Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) Alexander Dennis Enviro 500MMCs stored at Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Interchange prior to entering service. These and […]
Jonathan Taylor continues his report from Gothenburg and Volvo’s new World of Volvo exhibition and conference centre Last month’s ‘World of Volvo’ event in Gothenburg brought together operators from across the world making it a […]
A company with a licence for 25 buses was found to have a high MOT failure rate and poor defect recording systems, and was denied a period of grace to comply Western Area Traffic Commissioner […]
In March, FlixBus handed its FlixBus Driver of the Year award to Kary-Ann McGregor, a driver with Scottish partner operator McGill’s Bus Group. Topping the driver star ratings, and achieving the best-rated service at FlixBus […]
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