Buses
Roe tribute
A socially-distanced cavalcade of historic buses marking 100 years since Chas H Roe started building bodies in its legendary Leeds factory is set for 22 May. The parade is scheduled to start in Hunslet, home […]
Buses
Alexander remembered
Another book on legendary Scottish operator Walter Alexander has been published by prolific transport author Henry Conn following the discovery of 5,000 previously-unpublished photographic negatives.
Buses
Facilitating the future
UTAC CERAM Millbrook recently unveiled the successor to its Variable Temperature Emissions Chamber (VTEC). VTEC 2 is so much more than that, though, as Peter Jackson found out Millbrook is a name synonymous with vehicle […]
Features
Super Deduction – a financial marvel?
Adam Bernstein and Will Silsby consider whether operators might be able to take advantage of a temporary new 130% tax allowance The Chancellor’s recent Budget Day announcement of a new style of capital allowance which […]
Last Stop
Yellow Buses staff enjoy more ‘fruitful’ shifts
Yellow Buses and Yellow Coaches staff are now eating healthier, thanks to a tie-up with local supplier Faast. The Bournemouth-based company, which across both its bus and coach divisions operates a fleet of 126 vehicles […]
Coaches
Future-Proofed
Continuing our review of the PSVAR-compliant coaches currently on the market, Richard Sharman takes an exclusive first look at the new Volvo 9700 It’s a brave new world – we have just reached the penultimate […]
International
Volvo supplies 64 hybrids to Belgium
Volvo Buses has received a large order for electrified buses from Belgian operator OTW. The order for 64 buses is the largest order yet for Volvo’s latest selfcharging hybrid electric bus, the 7900 S-Charge. The […]
Bus News
Irizar artics for Bayonne e-BRT
In late April, Keolis started operating the second 100% electric Bus Rapid Transit (e-BRT) line as part of the Chronoplus transport network, linking Tarnos to Bayonne, in the south-west of France. Keolis operates the route […]
International
MCI unveils battery-electric commuter coach
NFI Group subsidiary Motor Coach Industries (MCI) has unveiled its new zero-emission commuter coach, the D45 CRT LE Charge, and launched its new D series of coaches. Charging to 100% in less than three hours, […]
Coach News
Bakers Dolphin drivers praised for supporting ambulance firm
Drivers from Bakers Dolphin have been praised for their professionalism during a pandemic partnership with a Bristol ambulance firm. Twenty of the operator’s drivers have spent the past 14 months with Bristol Ambulance Emergency Medical […]
