Coach operators are benefiting from intense competition among both vertically-integrated and proprietary manufacturers to produce ever more sophisticated automated manual transmissions, but reports of the death of the automatic torque-converter transmission in coaches are premature […]
David Bell has compiled a selection of pictures of Routemasters that saw further use both in and outside their traditional London home. Often they were seen by operators as a competitive tool or a means […]
Peter Knight, Operations Director at Stagecoach’s Scottish Citylink, has made a name for himself since joining the company in 2010. With his efforts having been rewarded at this year’s UK Coach Awards, Angela Youngman found […]
Sustainability may be the current catchphrase, but adherents find not only public approval but a path to cost savings – all while helping the environment. Adam Bernstein explains Over the last 20 years or so […]
Trapeze’s NOVUS system has been chosen to deliver a project for Transport for London’s (TfL) Future Bus Systems (FBS) programme. Trapeze Group has been awarded the contract to deliver the first project of TfL’s Future […]
First Bus has announced a partnership with Eclipse to invest in one diagnostic platform for use across all its UK depots. Following a series of trials, reviews and a period of evaluation of all available […]
First South Yorkshire is commemorating the 30th anniversary of its predecessor, Mainline. The Mainline brand was introduced in 1989, replacing the South Yorkshire Transport identity for the area’s former PTE buses. Sheffield Mainline buses wore […]
Safeguard of Guildford’s 1956 Burlingham-bodied AEC Reliance is pursuing a busy career in active preservation. Now the firm’s Managing Director, Andrew Halliday has promised ‘some surprises in Guildford’ involving the bus in the run up […]
Nick Larkin reports from Transportfest which marked the 50th anniversary of the formation of British Leyland Bus operators from Nottingham to Sussex supported a major event celebrating Leyland, organised by the London Bus Museum at […]
Operators must keep passengers and employees safe, says John Lewis Civil liberties campaigners regularly express concern about the number of CCTV cameras installed in streets all around the country and on public transport. Being kept […]
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