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Birmingham City Council unveils first of 20 new Wrightbus Hydroliners
The first of 20 new Birmingham City Council-owned Wrightbus Hydroliner hydrogen double-deckers has been delivered to operator National Express West Midlands. The new buses have been purchased as part of the council’s Clean Air Hydrogen […]
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Stagecoach West Scotland and SP Energy introduce UK’s first electric buses serving rural communities
Six Volvo 7900 electric buses fitted with pantograph charging have been launched to serve rural communities in the Kilmarnock area. Said to be the UK’s first fleet of fully-electric buses serving rural communities, the six […]
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Stagecoach invests in new contact centre
Stagecoach has announced plans to launch a dedicated new customer contact centre which it believes will enhance its customer service offering. A new one-stop phone and digital contact point is planned to open in Perth […]
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Abellio London fleet becomes cloud-connected
21st Century is connecting Abellio’s fleet of over 900 vehicles to its Journeo Edge IoT gateway, enabling a 4G connection to Journeo’s cloud-based video management software and services, believed to be the first fleet-wide adoption […]
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Scottish Government to help operators comply with LEZs
Up to £5.7m of funding is to be made available to Scottish operators in the latest round of retrofit funding The Scottish Government has announced that following the success of phases 1-3 of its Bus […]
Minibus News
New fflecsi bus services reaching across Newport
Following the first fflecsi on-demand service pilot in Wales, which launched in two areas of Newport last year, Transport for Wales (TfW), in partnership with Newport City Council and Newport Transport, is undertaking an expansion […]
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Dana and Switch Mobility partner on electrified commercial vehicles
Dana Incorporated, a producer of drivetrain and e-propulsion systems, and Ashok Leyland-owned Switch Mobility have announced the signing of an agreement under which Dana will make a strategic investment in Switch Mobility and become a […]
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Free bus travel for under-22s in Scotland from 2022
A landmark move by the Scottish Government will see approximately 930,000 young people benefit from free travel from next year All residents in Scotland under the age of 22 will be eligible for free bus […]
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Wyvern Omnibus operates free Sunday service
Stourport Town Council and Bewdley Town Council in Worcestershire have received funding from the European Regional Development Fund which will provide free vintage bus rides on all Sundays in August 2021 calling at High Street […]
