Coaches
European Express
Coach travel is well known to be the best way to get around. It’s cheap, comfortable and reliable, but there may just be more connections than many people are aware of. Richard Sharman investigates the […]
Year: 2024
Big Picture
Big Picture
A vehicle type which doesn’t often appear in the pages of CBW, SJ16 CRZ is a Volvo B8RLE MCV Evolution. New to Robertsons in Shetland, the bus is currently operated by White Bus, and was […]
Features
Financial Forensics: Stagecoach
Steven Knight analyses the accounts to see how some of Stagecoach’s operating companies performed in the last financial year While it is normal for ‘listed’ companies to provide their shareholders with trading updates, these tend […]
Features
More goodwill helps FoKAB after fire
Local theatre group The Worthy Players has presented a £500 cheque to the Friends of King Alfred Buses (FoKAB) after the charity suffered a devastating fire at one of its storage locations in December. A […]
Features
Does it matter? And what’s important?
What is heritage, asks Jonathan Welch, why is it important, and what makes it relevant to the industry today? As you will have read in last week’s issue, a new project headed by the National […]
Features
Motherhood marathon
Hi everyone, CBW Business Manager Gemma here. In 2022, soon after we lost our daughter Penelope during/just after her birth, my husband Jake and I signed up to run the London marathon to raise money […]
Features
Fowlers’ Fenland Focus
Steven Knight finds out how Fowlers Travel has risen to the challenges facing the bus and coach industry The bus and coach industry has faced unprecedented challenges over many decades and has had to adapt […]
Bus News
Go-Ahead Group to acquire Eastbourne Sightseeing
The tour operation has been purchased from Seven Sisters Bus & Coach and will become part of Brighton & Hove Buses The Go-Ahead Group has agreed a deal to acquire open-top bus operator Eastbourne Sightseeing […]
Bus News
Passenger launches app-based fare information
Travel technology specialist Passenger is celebrating the launch of a new real-time bus fare information function in its white-label mobile app product, which is used by over 35 UK operators to sell tickets and provide […]
Bus News
Wrightbus secures new Arriva London order
Wrightbus is to deliver 87 new buses to Arriva London. The order consists of 11 single-deck GB Kite Electroliners and 76 StreetDeck Electroliners for use on a number of Arriva’s routes around the capital. They […]
