Coaches
Sun, sea, sand and coaches
Over the mostly sunny if somewhat chilly weekend of 12 and 13 April, the UK Coach Rally returned to Blackpool. This year marked the 69th time the event has been held, having moved to Blackpool […]
Features
Coaches
Coaching to a T…
With the 69th UK Coach Rally having been held the weekend prior to this edition of the magazine being published, I thought it fitting that two weeks beforehand I make a visit to the well-known […]
Coaches
Tour and coach expansion for McGill’s
Last week CBW reported on the launch of Xplore Dundee’s 12 new Yutong U11DD electric buses. In the second part of his feature, Richard Walter asks CEO Tony Williamson and Area Director for McGill’s Scotland […]
Industry Heritage
Iveco celebrates 50 years
FRANCE Iveco, or Industrial Vehicles Corporation to give it its full name, was founded in 1975 through the merger of five major European industrial vehicle manufacturers: Fiat Veicoli Industriali (which included Officine Meccaniche and Lancia […]
Industry Heritage
Modern history on display at Wythall
Is this the most modern transport museum exhibit yet? Transport Museum Wythall has taken delivery of an Aurrigo Auto-Shuttle, reports Jonathan Welch Transport Museum Wythall has acquired a very modern exhibit in the shape of […]
Industry Heritage
Number 11 vintage service gears up for summer
A special vintage bus service will be operated by Troopers Lodge Motor Services, beginning on the 3 May bank holiday. The Number 11 Vintage Bus Service has its own dedicated Facebook page, and will link […]
Industry Heritage
Harrington Gathering returns but OB event postponed at Wythall
Transport Museum Wythall (TMW) says its Harrington Gathering will return in 2026. The fifth Harrington Gathering will take place on Sunday 17 May next year, with the museum hoping to see the largest ever gathering […]
Coaches
The Big Coach Conversation
Jonathan Welch reports from Derby, where he attended CMAC Group’s Big Coach Conversation event On a bright and sunny Thursday 27 March, I found myself arriving at the unusual venue of the Derbyshire Country Cricket […]
Coaches
Green for go at Flibco
Ray Ward reports from the launch of Flibco’s new Stansted Airport service, operated in partnership with Coach Travel Group member Readygroup Stansted Airport is Britain’s third busiest airport and is one of three airports owned […]
Coaches
The Alfa way
Maxson Goh visits Alfa Travel to learn about how an integral coach model has enhanced the company’s all-in-one holiday experience The Covid-19 pandemic was a challenging period for the coach industry, but one company has […]
