Competition watchdogs have been asked to investigate McGill’s’ bid for Arriva West Scotland. Labour MP Jim Sheridan has written to the Monopolies Commission about the Greenockbased firm’s £10m deal to buy its rival – effectively […]
Rise in fuel prices drive people to coach trips says CTC vice chair Jane Duffelen, vice-chairman of the Coach Tourism Council, and director of Shaws Coaches of Maxey, has responded to an AA survey revealing […]
UK Bus division should see margins return to above the industry average National Express Group PLC (NX) has released a pre-close trading update for the year ending December 31, 2011, with revenue and profit growth […]
BELGIUM Van Hool has won two orders from ABC, its American distributor, for a total of 510 vehicles. The manufacturer is building 210 coaches in Belgium, and is also setting up a foreign plant to […]
Reays is offering newspapers and free drinks to waiting passengers in Carlisle. The Wigton firm launched its Carlisle City Hopper network in 2010 in competition with Stagecoach. The rivalry has seen reductions in some fares […]
Optare is to end production of the original Solo design and continue with the later developed SR model only. First introduced 14 years ago, the Solo has sold over 4,000 units including those for export […]
Bus maker Alexander Dennis (ADL) has ended its brief skirmish with India’s Ashok Leyland for control of rival firm Optare. ADL, which is backed by Stagecoach founder and chief executive Sir Brian Souter, walked away […]
ADL considers a takeover after Optare refinancing agreement is announced Ashok Leyland has increased its stake in Optare plc to 75.1% as part of a refinancing agreement. Optare approved the deal conditional to the outcome […]
BRT and bus priority measures feature strongly in latest government capital investment funding round Transport secretary Justine Greening announced £854m worth of investment in 21 local transport schemes across England last week, five of which […]
The fee for calibration and periodic inspection of tachographs will be deregulated from January 1, 2012, following a consultation with the industry. The deregulation of the fee may result in:
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