Shearings has revealed the final design for its new ‘Celebration Class’ Mercedes-Benz Tourismo coaches. Thirty of the new vehicles are due to be delivered to the fleet in May 2018. After extensive feedback from customers, […]
Oxford City Council has said that part of the £1.7m retrofit funding won from the recently announced Clean Bus Technology Fund will be used to introduce the first fully-electric double-decker buses to Oxford later this […]
Norfolk County Council has scrapped plans to make sweeping cuts to bus subsidies. The move was welcomed by passenger campaigning body Bus Users UK, which had been working extensively with passengers in the area to […]
National Express has been working with West Midlands Fire Service and Birmingham City Council to improve cycle safety on the region’s roads. The operator fitted warning stickers to all 1,600 vehicles in its fleet to […]
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced a £6m investment in accessible toilet facilities for bus drivers, the London Evening Standard reported. Permanent toilets will be provided along 40 routes which only have limited […]
Independent watchdog Transport Focus has released a summary report on young people’s attitudes towards bus use, described as a call to action for Governments, local authorities and bus operators. Peter Jackson dissects the report to […]
Chris Todd, Local Groups Campaigner at Campaign for Better Transport (CfBT), explains why urgent action needs to be taken to preserve the bus services so many of us take for granted When it comes to […]
There was a time when many coach operators had a High Street presence, but our coaching insider points out that times have changed If you run your excursions and tours business solely out of a […]
LITHUANIA Lithuanian operator Vilneda Uab has taken delivery of nine Setra touring coaches in Vilnius. The eight ComfortClass coaches and one S431 DT double-decker form part of an order for a total of 32 units. […]
FRANCE After converting route 341 to electric buses in 2016 and with programs in place to install partial battery charging equipment at the termini of service 115 and 126, Île-de-France Mobilités and RATP are launching […]
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