Belgian coach builder boosted by Stagecoach order Stagecoach Group last week announced a £44m investment in a fleet of 106 new double-decker coaches for its budget coach service megabus.com – most bound for North America […]
Motts Leisure Ltd, the holiday arm of Aylesbury-based Motts Coaches, has taken over the business of Clacton-on-Sea’s Crusader Holidays, which went into administration on December 1 – as reported in last week’s issue. Buckinghamshire-based Motts, […]
Driver of first and last bendy bus sees the Citaro artics bow out Matthew Wooll, revenue and marketing manager at First Berkshire, drove the last ever bendy bus service in London on its 207 operation, […]
Neil Scales is to leave his job as chief executive and director general of passenger transport authority Merseytravel after almost fifteen years with the organisation. He is to become CEO of TransLink, the public transport […]
McGill’s is taking over rival Glasgow operator Arriva Scotland West in a deal thought to be worth more than £10m – according to BBC News. Further details in next week’s Coach & Bus Week magazine. The […]
Scania sees record order for gas engines and Volvo sell 76 SWEDEN Nordic operator Nobina has made an order for 121 biofuel buses from Scania, along with 76 new buses from Volvo, in a major […]
INDIA MAN Truck & Bus AG is taking over its Indian joint venture MAN Force Trucks Pvt. Ltd. The move has been agreed by both joint venture partners Force Motors Ltd. and MAN Truck & […]
SOUTH KOREA The city of Seoul, South Korea, has debuted its new Namsan Electric Bus. Dubbed Peanut Buses due to their unique shape, they can carry 1,000 to 3,000 passengers a day and up to […]
SOUTH AFRICA Optare is to supply 190 Solo SR midibuses to Cape Town. The fleet will form a key element of a Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) network as part of an integrated system combining many […]
Netherlands The Floating Dutchman began service last month in Amsterdam employing amphibious coaches. The two hours and 45 minute tour travels from Schipol through the city centre and enters the river near the museum.
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