Consolidation has taken place in the Greater Manchester bus market after the stagecarriage operations of Hayton’s Travel were acquired by fellow independent Bluebird Bus & Coach. Mike Dunstan, owner of Middleton-based Bluebird Bus & Coach […]
Fourteen new Wrightbus hybrid buses introduced to north Manchester bus route Fourteen new hybrid buses are currently being put into service on First Manchester’s route 18 from Manchester to Langley on the Manchester New Road […]
First Group has started a scheme in the South West of England allowing passengers to buy tickets over the counter of around 600 outlets, in a partnership with PayPoint. From November 16 passengers were able […]
A team from Wilts & Dorset has presented a cheque for £656 to the Wiltshire Air Ambulance after competing in a special It’s a Knockout fundraising event.
Arriva has invested £7m in a fleet of 44 Wright Gemini double deck buses for South Liverpool. The vehicles will run on the 79 and 82 routes, with all of the buses operating by the […]
Stagecoach has announced two new appointments within its bus operations in the UK and North America. From December 1 Edward Hodgson will take over as managing director of Stagecoach West Scotland. His appointment comes as […]
CPT West Midlands’ coach parking survey revealed Shropshire, outside of Shrewsbury, had 2% of visitors (4,242 out of 212,100) arriving by coach. Shrewsbury itself had 4,190 coach passengers, 4% of the 104,760 visitors to the […]
Johnsons orders two new Bovas for 2012 UK Coach Award-winning operator Johnsons Coach & Bus Travel has confirmed an order for over half a million pounds worth of brand new Bova Futura coaches for 2012. […]
Legal battle for troubled operator results in failure to resume services after liquidation order SeaFrance has failed to resume its Dover to Calais services. The troubled firm was due to restart its services on Friday, […]
Stewarts Coaches of Reading has ordered its first DAF powered integral Irizar i6. The 12.2m, 3.7m super high version is powered by a DAF 12.9 litre MX engine (408bhp) with an AS-Tronic gearbox. It is […]
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