On Sunday (October 23) Stagecoach West unveiled a new hourly bus service which operates from Gloucester to Hereford. The route 33 is a revision of an old route which terminated at Ross-on-Wye, meaning passengers for […]
First Aberdeen has agreed a new deal with union officials to settle an ongoing dispute over pay and conditions. The result is the ending of the possibility of strike action by bus drivers at First […]
Peter Huntley is to leave his position as managing director of Go North East at the end of the year, after nearly six years in the post. Peter, who will be leaving the North East […]
Half of the 81-seater buses will be fully open-top and the rest will be of a half-top design. Twenty sight-seeing open-top double decker buses, built by Chinese manufacturer Anhui Ankai Automobile, are to be delivered […]
Stagecoach’s Megabus.com sleeper coach pilot covered in CBW998 has been launched following successful trials since August. The service between Glasgow and London began on Friday evening (October 21) and is being operated with three speciallyrefurbished […]
The Institute of Road Transport Engineers is calling operators to put their skills on the map by entering the IRTE Skills Challenge 2012. The challenge is a nationwide skills test for bus and coach engineers, […]
Klas Dahlberg, 47, currently Scania’s vice president, non-captive market areas, has been appointed senior vice president buses & coaches. During the period 2007 to 2011 Dahlberg was vice president of Scania franchise and factory sales, […]
The Department for Transport’s (DfT) latest annual bus statistics for England in the financial year 2010/11 indicate a slight net increase in passenger journeys, though the 0.1% rise hides a decrease in metropolitan areas, offset […]
Craig Porteous based in Hull, stepped in last week to re-open the Caernarfon-based operator Silver Star Holidays of Caernarfon has been brought back from the brink of administration after a backer – Craig Porteous – […]
Van Hool and Scania have signed a partnership agreement over the construction of double-deck and high-deck coaches. Van Hool says the move allows it to manifest itself more strongly in Scania, while Scania can broaden […]
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