With the bus network shrinking back to major routes and passenger numbers declining, it is becoming increasingly difficult for bus and coach operators to ensure profitability. Phil Bulman, Director and Transport Sector Specialist at management […]
Manufacturing process supplier become focus of latest Scania investment SWEDEN Scania’s corporate venture capital-fund has announced its next investment. Scania Growth Capital will become part owner of Swed-Weld, a producer of add-on equipment for the […]
More details have been confirmed about the ongoing Newbury Bus Station work. As reported last week (CBW1340), no excursion coach boarding, alighting or layover facilities will be available at the Wharf during the construction of […]
Stagecoach-owned megabus.com is now offering faster journeys between Cardiff and Birmingham by routing some of the services direct, cutting out Bristol. The new timetable, which took effect from Monday (May 7), forms part of the […]
Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire has announced that its annual depot open day is to take place on May 26 this year at its Lillyhall depot in West Cumbria. In addition to preserved buses, a […]
Operation Torque, an initiative set up by officers at Redbridge Police Station in Southampton to tackle motorcycle nuisance, has teamed up with First Bus and BlueStar buses. PC Simon Peacock, the officer who set up […]
Go-coach Hire has worked with Sevenoaks District Council to take double winter Olympic champion Lizzy Yarnold on a victory parade around local schools and the district. Lizzy travelled in an open-top Routemaster, and this was […]
The pair of double-deckers will be used on new ‘Splendid Trips’ service, offering high capacity excursions Southern Transit of West Sussex has introduced two high-specification Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) Enviro400 City buses to its highly […]
Apollo Global Management has withdrawn its takeover bid for FirstGroup. The board of FirstGroup said it had received two ‘preliminary and highly conditional’ indicative proposals from Apollo relating to a possible cash offer for the […]
Stagecoach has appointed Bridgestone UK as the new tyre manufacturer for its bus fleet across the UK. The operator has agreed a five-year contract with Bridgestone UK, covering around 9,500 vehicles in total including all […]
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