Bus News
Guidance on tendering to be updated
The DfT’s existing best practice guidance on tendering bus service contracts is being updated and expanded, covering England, Scotland and Wales.
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International
MET to float on AIM
Marwyn European Transport plc (MET) is actively preparing for floatation and will shortly be seeking to raise up to approximately €50m of new equity capital from institutional investors to fund its growth in the German […]
Bus News
DfT Clean Bus Technology Fund winners announced
West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive sees biggest share, with Merseytravel, Greater Manchester and Southampton City Council following Eleven local authorities have been awarded grants from the DfT’s £5m Clean Bus Technology Fund, which was announced […]
Bus News
New Citea to launch in Kortrijk
VDL Bus & Coach is launching the Citea MLE at Busworld 2013, Kortrijk, Belgium.
Financial
Profit down at Go-Ahead
Turnover at Go-Ahead Group was up £148m to £2,571.8m for the 12 months to 29 June. However, operating profit was down £7.7m to £102.5m. Profit before tax was also down £8m to £86.2m.
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Strong August for bus & coach registrations
Bus and coach registrations were up 56.9% to 488 units in August, although registrations across all bus and coach markets are still down 16.9% for the year-to-date.
Bus News
Arriva consolidates with acquisition of Centrebus (Holdings)
Arriva Centrebus joint venture comes to an end Arriva’s joint venture partners in Centrebus (Holdings) have sold their stake, making Arriva the sole operator of the business.
Coach News
Plans for A14 expansion published
The Highways Agency has published plans for a major road scheme to upgrade the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon.
International
First batch of Solaris buses delivered to Belgrade
Serbia Following an order in March for 200 Urbino 18 articulated lowfloor citybuses from municipal transport operator GSP Belgrade, the first 10 articulated Urbinos were officially handed over in the first week of August.
International
Newport Coachworks pulls out the stops
USA All tooling for the manufacture of four different shuttle bus models has been completed in record time by Green Automotive Company’s subsidiary Newport Coachworks, Inc. (NCI) and full production is underway. These shuttle buses […]
