Coach News
RHA looks forward to National Coach Week
The trade body will be on the road around the country and launching its new report on the coach sector as part of its 2025 National Coach Week The RHA says it is proud to […]
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Bus News
First launches new airport fleet
First Bus has launched a new fleet of electric buses for its 24 hours a day service between Glasgow city centre and Glasgow Airport. The new fleet represents an investment of over £5m and consists […]
Bus News
First begins 30th birthday celebrations
The Aberdeen-based group is marking its 30th anniversary in 2025, and has a number of celebrations planned to mark the occasion First Bus has begun what it says will be a series of events to […]
Bus News
Route-by-route best for franchising, says Rotala
The Midlands-based company says that a route-by-route method offers a safer and more inclusive road to franchised operation than Manchester-style ‘tranches’ Speaking about the current trend towards franchised operation in large urban areas, Rotala says […]
Bus News
Clayton Jones passes away aged 72
Local media in South Wales reports that well known, controversial Welsh operator and local politician Clayton Jones has died, aged 72. Having served as a councillor in the 1980s and 1990s, he also ran Pontypridd-based […]
Coach News
Record run for Irizar hydrogen coach
Irizar’s i6S Efficient Hydrogen coach has driven 2,500km between the towns of Ormaiztegi in Spain, where the manufacturer is based, and Briançon in the French Alps, demonstrating a range of 900km during the test trip. […]
Bus News
Still time to enter Bus Driver of the Year
The national final of the UK Bus Driver of the Year competition will take place in Blackpool on Sunday 14 September and entries from operators large and small are rolling in, but the organisers say […]
Bus News
Mobico to sell US school bus operations
National Express’ parent group is to sell its yellow school bus division to focus on other aspects of its business, including Spanish subsidiary ALSA National Express parent company Mobico, formerly known as the National Express […]
Bus News
Calls for change to Scottish under 22 entitlement following driver’s death
The widow of 58 year old bus driver Keith Rollinson, who was killed by a teenager at Elgin bus station, has expressed dismay that his attacker will be entitled to retain his free under-22s bus […]
Minibuses
Fire destroys Taunton minibuses
A fire destroyed seven specially-adapted minibuses used by disabled people and school children in Somerset in the early evening of Saturday 26 April. Fire crews were alerted to a fire at Taunton’s Silk Mills park […]
