Coach News
Potential for new coach bays in Northampton
Bays for six coaches will be included in plans for any new shops built on the former Greyfriars bus station site, the Northampton Chronicle has reported.
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Coach News
Woods Travel founder given lifetime achievement award
Woods Travel Ltd of Bognor Regis has announced that its Managing Director, Roger Elsmere, has been awarded the lifetime achievement award at this year’s Johnston Press South Business Awards, held at the Grand Hotel in […]
International
Four Solaris electric buses for Kraków
POLAND MPK Kraków is to take delivery of four Solaris Urbino 8.9 LE electrics by the end of July 2016. The buses will have 80kWh batteries that can be topped up either using a traditional […]
International
Henrik Henriksson appointed Scania President and CEO
Henrik Henriksson has been appointed as the new President and CEO of Scania AB, taking up his position on January 1, 2016 when he succeeds Per Hallberg. From the same date he will also become […]
International
UITP trolleybus workshop hosted in Turkey
Senior officials from numerous countries came to Malatya, Turkey to see how the trolleybus system was operating TURKEY The Bozankaya trolleybuses operating in Malatya have been the subject of workshop hosted by the authority and […]
Bus News
Licences of Western Greyhound and Black Velvet are revoked
Director Michael Bishop is disqualified following an incident where two wheels came off a vehicle in service Two bus operators in Cornwall and Hampshire have had their licences revoked by the Traffic Commissioner for the […]
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DVSA staff to strike over pay, terms and conditions
Members of the Prospect union at the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) have voted for industrial action following a breakdown in talks with management over pay, terms and conditions.
Bus News
TfL publishes third quarter bus safety statistics
Transport for London (TfL) has published the latest bus safety statistics for July to September 2015, which show a slight reduction in the rate of injuries on the bus network.
Bus News
Virtual electrics start operating
The first of the three Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro400VE ‘virtual electrics’ has gone into service with Tower Transit in London on Transport for London contracted route 69 (Walthamstow Central to Canning Town).
Coach News
Sue Reynolds denies charges of knowingly employing barred driver
Sue Reynolds of Reynolds Diplomat Coaches has denied accusations of knowingly giving a driving job to a man who was banned from working with children, the Ealing Gazette reported.
