Features
Obituary: Robin Hannay
Born on 23 November 1933, former Guy Motors employee and authority on the company Robin Hannay passed away on 4 December. Robin was born in Derby and spent his childhood in the city. From an […]
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New sponsor for North West Vehicle Restoration Trust
The North West Vehicle Restoration Trust, now in its tenth year, has new sponsor. PMP Video Archive, said to be the world’s largest library of bus and lorry films, has agreed to support the Kirby, […]
Features
New homes for Kenzies preserved fleet
The cherished vehicles of former operator Kenzies of Shepreth have been popular with buyers, reports Nick Larkin New homes have been found for all the coaches and buses from Cyril Kenzie’s preserved fleet. The legendary […]
Features
Is it a bus? Is it a train?
The item in the last issue’s International News about Japan’s ASA Railway operating a fleet of three ‘DMV’ road-rail buses prompted some searching around […]
Bus News
Further retrofit funding for Scottish operators agreed
The Scottish Government has awarded a further £6.2 million in grants to 20 Scottish coach and bus operators to help with the financial costs associated with engine and exhaust retrofitting. The fourth round of the […]
Bus News
National Express and Stagecoach groups merger announced
In a major shake-up of the geography of the coach and bus industry, Stagecoach and National Express look set to merge their operations in the UK After protracted deliberations, and subject to shareholder approval, the […]
News
Iveco celebrates its 1,600,000th Daily at Suzzara plant
Iveco has marked the 1,600,000th Daily vehicle rolling off the assembly line at its Suzzara plant in Mantua, Italy. The Daily, a favourite base for minibus conversions, has continuously reinvented itself for more than 40 […]
Bus News
RATP Dev UK and Tower Transit finalise new UK joint venture
RATP Dev London and Tower Transit have announced that they have completed their UK tie-up on schedule and will operate under the new name of RATP Dev Transit London. Together the new company will operate […]
Coach News
ComfortDelGro set to become UK’s second largest coach operator
ComfortDelGro is to take full ownership of Scottish CityLink and acquire the marketing and customer service activities of megabus UK along with the South West Falcon service from Stagecoach ComfortDelGro is set to become the […]
Bus News
Phase two of NTA BusConnects goes live
Ireland’s National Transport Authority, in conjunction with Dublin Bus and Go-Ahead Ireland, has launched the second phase of its new BusConnects network for Dublin. The ‘C-Spine’ commenced on 28 November and connects the communities of […]
