Bus News
WiFi for entire Bus Vannin network
The Isle of Man’s Bus Vannin is rolling out free WiFi on all its services, which is expected to be implemented on the majority of its buses by this summer.
News
Coach News
CPT launches new coach friendly attraction status
Woburn Abbey & Gardens, West Midlands Safari & Leisure Park and Shrewsbury-based Sabrina Boats are first to achieve new industry standard CPT has launched the Coach Friendly Visitor Attraction status – a new industry standard […]
Coach News
Perthshire promotes ‘coaches welcome’ message at VisitScotland 2016
Keen to promote the fact it welcomes coaches and groups, the City of Perth and Perthshire is to showcase nine of its renowned attractions at the VisitScotland expo show, which takes place at the Royal […]
Coach News
CPT calls on operators to report French driver fines
CPT is appealing for operators to report incidents of their drivers being fined owing to a revised interpretation of drivers’ hours rules in France.
International
145m passengers on PostBus
PostBus Switzerland says it once again travelled more kilometres and transported significantly more passengers throughout 2015 SWITZERLAND Last year PostBus Switzerland transported 145m passengers (previous year: 141m) and across the country the number of routes […]
International
VDL Futuras for French long distance routes
FRANCE The liberalisation of long distance transport offers new opportunities for VDL Bus & Coach. At the end of 2015 10 Futuras were delivered to French passenger transport companies that operate on the Starshipper long […]
International
European electric bus manufacturers agree on an open interface
EUROPE Bus manufacturers Irizar, Solaris, VDL and Volvo have agreed to ensure the interoperability of electric buses with charging infrastructure provided by ABB, Heliox and Siemens. The objective is to ensure an open interface between […]
Bus News
Reaction to the 2016 budget
FTA, SMMT and Campaign for Better Transport respond to the Chancellor’s budget announcement Industry organisations have been responding to the 2016 Budget, which was revealed by Chancellor George Osborne on March 16.
Bus News
BYD delivers electric double-deckers to Metroline
The first BYD pure electric double-decker buses, especially designed and developed for Transport for London (TfL), have arrived in London.
Bus News
Restored DW15 handed over at Wrightbus London Transport Patrons’ Circle visit
Wrightbus has hosted a visit from the London Transport Patrons’ Circle, which included Network Rail Chairman and former Managing Director of Surface Transport for TfL, Sir Peter Hendy CBE.
