GERMANY The German government has given its approval to a planned lifting of restrictions on charter-bus companies. The move will open the way for express coach business to actively compete with state railway Deutsche Bahn […]
USA The US Government is mandating a major shake-up of fuel efficiency for buses, trucks and other heavy vehicles. New rules were set in place last week by the Obama administration, following consultation with vehicle […]
ITALY A quarter of a century of top quality from Groeneveld’s most important production location In the same year Groeneveld Group in Gorinchem celebrates its 40th anniversary, Groeneveld Italia S.r.l. will be marking 25 years […]
GERMANY Viseon has revised the specification of its 10.4m C10 premium midicoach which will now be equipped with a 400bhp (294 kW) MAN engine as standard. The 10.5-litre six-cylinder D2066 LOH 28 is installed vertically […]
SINGAPORE Singapore’s former labour chief and minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Lim Boon Heng explained last week why bus fare increases, while unpopular, are necessary – the Straits Times reported. If bus fares were […]
SWITZERLAND Daimler Buses is to supply Swiss operator Transports Publics Genevois (TPG, Geneva) with 87 Mercedes?Benz articulated buses. They are to be deployed on TPG’s 305 km long network in the city of Geneva and […]
BRAZIL Brazilian government awards contract to supply 3,000 school buses MAN is making another move to actively leverage economies of scope within the Group. The “Linha 2012” Volksbus is to be offered with European Euro […]
Poland PolskiBus is taking delivery of 18 Van Hool Altano TD 921 coaches to establish new intercity routes across Poland and into neighbouring countries. The operation is being modelled on the Megabus concept which has […]
USA Stagecoach Group has announced Megabus has carried more than 10m customers across North America, as the brand continues to expand. Megabus has reached the milestone in five years and now serves around 60 cities […]
Rental program ‘first of its kind’ in the industry USA Thomas Built Buses, the US schoolbus building subsidiary of Daimler Buses, is now offering its products under a rental programme through its ‘MyBus’ dealerships. The […]
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