Features
Digitising passenger transport
This week’s Industry Guide examines the digital technology available to coach and bus operators As technology continues to move forward at a rapid rate, operators need to do what they can to keep up, or […]
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Robust return to the road for 152
Thames Valley & Great Western Omnibus Trust appeals for £20k to ensure the continued operation of its recently acquired 90-year-old Tilling-Stevens bus The Thames Valley & Great Western Omnibus Trust (TV&GWOT) has launched a fundraising […]
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Joined-up thinking?
Armed with his knowledge from behind the wheel, North West of England driver Busman Bob airs his views on Government transport policy – and bemoans the lack of traffic enforcement by local authorities, even on […]
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Shuttle in the Park
Like the drive for electric urban mobility, the development of autonomous transport has the potential to significantly change how we travel. An autonomous shuttle bus which is also fully electric has just completed a trial […]
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Don’t pay for discrimination in the workplace
The world has moved on from the Bristol Boycott of 1963, where the Bristol Omnibus Company refused to employ black or Asian bus crews in the city of Bristol. Or at least it should have […]
Catering for Coaches
A sea of interesting exhibits
In the wake of the venue’s recent awarding of CPT Coach Friendly status, Gareth Evans visits Chatham Historic Dockyard and finds an attractive destination for coach groups I first recall learning of the existence of […]
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The minibus showing
James Day provides minibus highlights from Coach & Bus UK 2017 While Coach & Bus UK is the smaller of the two biennial NEC coach and bus shows, there was still plenty on offer for […]
Bus News
Here comes Harris
Harris Group Sales & Marketing Director, Chris Haughton talked to Andy Izatt at Coach & Bus UK about the Dublin-based company’s plans to offer a range of passenger vehicles in the UK If anyone thought […]
Bus News
Fleet options abound
Variety was the order of the day when it came to choosing vehicles, with different options on display. Andy Izatt & Gareth Evans report on the vehicles at this year’s Coach & Bus UK show, […]
Bus News
Cleaner ‘soot-free’ buses to 20 cities
Four leading global manufacturers commit to making it easier for cities around the world to buy ‘green’ buses Four of the world’s largest bus and engine manufacturers have committed to make it easier for major […]