Coaches
Hyper Drive
Harris Auto continues to use innovation to bring new vehicles to the UK and Ireland market, and the new range of AOS coaches is the next step in the evolution of its strategy to offer […]
Features
Buses
Dundee Goes Emerald (and Greener)
On 2 December 2018, National Express Xplore Dundee put 14 new hi-spec SmartHybrid Alexander Dennis Enviro400s into service in a revised two-tone green livery. Richard Walter attended the official launch of the vehicles and spoke […]
Buses
The bus champion
Oxford has long been a challenging place to run buses, never more so than today, but as Oxford Bus Company Managing Director Phil Southall explained to Andy Izatt, while the political debate can sometimes be […]
Coaches
Beating the odds
Belle Vue Manchester’s Reece Deakins, Support Staff Gold Award winner at the UK Coach Awards, speaks to Angela Youngman about the challenges he has overcome to qualify as a mechanic Told at school that he […]
Coaches
You know the highways, but do you know the byways?
Alan Payling offers a helping hand for those who might get stuck in traffic jams on the major routes heading to and from the south west by sharing a bit of local knowledge It was […]
Buses
Cashless buses: counting the cost
Claire Walters, CEO of Bus Users UK, asks whether cashless bus services can lead to patronage decline Congestion is clearly a growing problem for buses, and not just in London. While this has been the […]
Buses
Making tax difficult
A shakeup of how businesses and organisations report their business activity to HMRC is on the way and firms will, from April 2019, have to change their procedures to meet new regulatory demands, writes Adam […]
Buses
Tell us your heritage training needs
A top provider of courses and apprenticeships in vehicle restoration is asking the heritage bus and coach industry: “Tell us what you want!” The Oxfordshire-based Heritage Skills Academy can run short courses on any aspect […]
Buses
National now Lynx
A Leyland National with a record of active preservation with Norfolk operators is now officially a ‘depot pet’ and smartly painted in the livery of King’s Lynn-based Lynx.
Buses
‘Revolutionary’ Routemaster private hire scheme
Nick Larkin reports on a novel scheme to promote classic bus hire London-based heritage operator has come up with an innovative new private hire scheme that could ‘revolutionise’ the market.
