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Bob Hind to retire as Arriva Midlands MD
Bob Hind, managing director at Arriva Midlands, will step down at the end of July after 44 years in the bus industry, 28 of which were at managing director level. Starting his career as a […]
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£20.5m earmarked for hydrogen buses in Aberdeen
Aberdeen city councillors have unanimously agreed to support a multi-million pound European project to introduce hydrogen buses to the area. The council expects the Strategic European Hydrogen Transport Projects will stimulate further innovative hydrogen technology […]
Bus News
Miliband: Reduce bus fares to help unemployed youth
A commission chaired by Labour MP David Miliband has claimed bus fares need to be reduced for youths in rural areas in order to tackle unemployment. The Commission on Youth Unemployment is urging the government […]
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EYMS adopts fuel-saving additive Envirox for fleet
Additive follows SAFED training and ‘GreenRoad’ on-bus telematics system. East Yorkshire Motor Services (EYMS) has adopted Energenics’ fuel-saving additive Envirox across the whole of its operations in East and North Yorkshire following a successful trial […]
Coach News
New £3m facility for Leon’s Coaches of Stafford
Leon’s of Stafford has purchased a new three-acre site, which is currently being developed into a state of the art facility by builders Espleys of Stafford. The £3m investment, which was announced as this issue […]
Bus News
Touch and Go aboard Network Warrington
Municipally-owned operator Network Warrington has launched its new range of smartcards called Touch&Go! The new plastic cards have an in-built chip, meaning that on boarding the bus, customers just touch the target on the ticket […]
Coach News
Coventry wins CPT Coach Friendly status
Coventry is fourth local authority in West Midlands to be awarded the status Coventry was awarded Coach Friendly Status by the CPT at its West Midlands region’s annual dinner and awards ceremony on Friday (February […]
Coach News
New Beulas Jewel for UK
Beulas S.A. is pleased to announce the development of the Jewel double deck model in right-hand drive format for the UK market. The Beulas family commented: “Working closely with our UK dealer BASE Ltd we […]
Coach News
Oxford Bus Company update coach displays for the airline
Oxford Bus Company has updated its displays for ‘the airline’ coach service. Instead of a route number, the airline coaches will use LHR for Heathrow and LGW for Gatwick.
Coach News
Bakers Dolphin gains 100% audit
Bakers Dolphin has been awarded a full 100% mark in quality and excellence from an audit carried out by the Guild of British Coach Operators. The guild carries out an independent and rigorous 44-point audit […]
