Arriva and Stagecoach have joined forces to introduce what they say will be a simpler, more coordinated and more reliable timetable for buses between Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester. Under the new Qualifying Agreement (QA), routes […]
National Express Coventry is trialling an electric Yutong E12 bus on the city’s roads this month. The bus will be on loan to National Express from Welsh bus operator Newport Transport and will be used […]
Shropshire’s first zero-emission bus will make its debut on a new demand responsive service in the county A new pilot on-demand bus service is to begin operating in an area to the south-west of Shrewsbury […]
EDF Renewables UK and Go-Ahead’s Oxford Bus Company have signed an agreement for the provision of an 8mW connection to the operator’s Cowley bus depot, enabling the introduction of an electric fleet of buses for […]
The ‘Big 5’ group is to change its name to ‘better represent its multi-modal operations and global reach’ National Express Group has announced that it will change its name to Mobico Group from early June […]
AZERBAIJAN Following on from the recent report of the rebrand of Ikarus, it has been revealed that Ikarus buses will also be produced in Azerbaijan in the future. The company has signed a memorandum of […]
AUSTRIA Austrian operator Rheintal Busverkehr has purchased 16 Solaris Urbino 9 LE electric vehicles, of which 11 will be delivered in 2024 and a further five in 2025. The low-entry nine-metre vehicles will serve passengers […]
GERMANY As part of Germany’s National Innovation Programme for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology (NIP II), Cologne operator RVK has received aproval for the construction and operation of a hydrogen filling station including an electrolyser […]
National Express West Midlands has introduced what it says is the UK’s largest on-bus ticket scanning system to read and validate mobile tickets (m-tickets), in partnership with Masabi and INIT. The operator says the new […]
Volvo Buses has signed a Letter of Intent with bodybuilder Sunsundegui to produce bodies under licence for the 9700 and 9900. Production is expected to start in 2024, with the first models on the market […]
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