Coach News
Obituary: Alec Best
Alec Best of Best and Sons Coaches passed away on Sunday 17 March at the Briarwood Care Home, Middlesbrough. Alec had been in the coaching industry his whole life, following in the footsteps of his […]
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Plan to relocate Victoria Coach Station to Royal Oak is dropped
Plans to move the London’s coach station from Victoria to Royal Oak have been abandoned after strong opposition from people in the local area. The plans were initially established due to the leases on the […]
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Tourmaster to close
Tourmaster Coaches of Crowland near Peterborough with an O-Licence for 16 vehicles is closing at the end of April. The decision to shut the business founded by husband and wife team, Dave and Terri Dinsey […]
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Durham coach park to be levelled to make way for new council HQ
Despite protests from residents and visiting coach operators, Durham County Council has approved plans to build a new, £50m headquarters on the site of the current coach and car park. The new building at The […]
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Bouden buys Scania coach for one specific tour after booking mishap
Bouden Coach Travel added a 63-seater Scania coach to its fleet recently – but it was far from a planned purchase. One of the operator’s customers had booked a coach for a ski tour back […]
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Steve O’Neill to step down from Irizar role
Steve O’Neill is to leave Irizar at the end of March.
Bus News
Robert ‘Bob’ McLeod, 1950 – 2019
Bob McLeod, former Managing Director of Arriva Bus & Coach, has died aged 68.
Coach News
Transport Focus’ five steps for the future of the coach industry
“It doesn’t come into my head,” commented one passenger. “I don’t know where I’d get the coach from. I just see these buses go past and I don’t know where you’d get on”
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Coach operators show off their first 19-plate vehicles
With the 19-plate becoming available on 1 March, the UK’s coach operators took to social media to share their newly-registered vehicles Ridleys Coaches Ridleys Coaches has become a widely-respected operator in the midlands […]
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Lakeside of Ellesmere acquires N.C.B Motors
Shropshire-based N.C.B Motors of Wem was acquired by Lakeside of Ellesmere on Friday 1 March. The company has been operating coaches from the same location since 1966 when Norman Cyril Brown gained his first school […]
