Coaches
The Tokyo Express
Alan Payling ventures away from his usual haunts and enjoys a virtual trip to Japan, with the aid of modern technology, to explore the world of inter-city coach services in the land of the rising […]
Features
Features
Ipswich reunited
We visit Ipswich, where three classic buses were reunited for a special day The Ipswich Transport Museum held an event on Sunday 3 November to celebrate the reunion in preservation of three surviving Ipswich Corporation […]
Event
Euro Bus Expo in review
Jonathan Taylor, Jonathan Welch, Adrian Morton, Kevin Carr, and Maxson Goh report from Euro Bus Expo 2024 Over three days from 12 to 14 November, Euro Bus Expo returned to halls 17, 18 and 19 […]
Buses
The perfect cruise ship shuttles
Richard Walter speaks to Roddy MacDonald, Director of Lochs Motor Transport, about a seasonal contract to provide a shuttle bus service for visiting Cruise Ships to Stornoway’s new Deep Water Terminal, which saw the arrival […]
Event
The industry remembers
Operators across the UK paid their respects on Remembrance Sunday As is traditional for many coach and bus operators across the country, a significant number of which count military veterans among their workforce, companies large […]
Features
Opening the doors at Volvo
In the week when all eyes were on the events at Euro Bus Expo, Richard Walter took the opportunity to visit the UK home of Volvo Group in Warwick and see how it is driving […]
Business
Employers should plan for bad weather and travel disruption
Adam Morris, a solicitor at Wright Hassall, suggests that employers should have a plan in place for when weather might disrupt their staff’s ability to attend work In recent years, the UK has seen significant […]
Features
Expo classics
Jonathan Welch profiles three classic buses which were to be found among their many modern counterparts at Euro Bus Expo 2024 in Birmingham Almost hidden among the shiny modern metalwork of this year’s Euro Bus […]
Features
Electric expansion
Jonathan Welch puts one of Ember’s new fleet of Yutong GTe14 electric coaches through its paces in Scotland Ember, which launched its first inter-city services in October 2020 using a fully electric fleet, has made […]
Features
What can we learn?
Richard Earl, R&D Director at EO Charging, asks how learning from China’s EV mandates could benefit the UK bus sector China’s significant investment in affordable electric vehicles (EVs) and supporting infrastructure has challenged the global […]
