Bus News

The sale Silcox Motor Coach Company’s premises may have sent the operator into deeper financial difficulties from which it could not recover, the Western Telegraph reported.

Accrington-based M&M Coaches has announced that due to lack of business, the company has ceased its services around East Lancashire. All 30 members of staff have been forced to find alternative work.

In last week’s issue CBW reported on Spirit Buses of Rothbury ending operation of its bus services. Spirit Buses has since clarified its position.

Greener Journeys has launched a report in Westminster which claims a growing congestion crisis on Britain’s roads is threatening bus services.

Stagecoach South provided a heritage vehicle bus service to the Goodwood Revival event.

Seven buses have been destroyed in a deliberate fire at the depot of Wilsons Buses in Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland, the BBC reported.