Buses
55 buses on the 65!
Nick Larkin reports on a successful event held by the London Bus Museum, with more to follow The London Bus Museum is celebrating a highly successful running day which saw classic buses running on several […]
Buses
Delaine re-opening event postponed
A planned Delaine Bus Museum open day scheduled for the weekend of 8 May has been postponed, but the Lincolnshire operator has some good news for later in the year.
Coaches
Urko needs urgent rescue
The last surviving complete Volvo B58-chassied Irizar Urko will be going for scrap in the next few days unless a saviour comes along, its owners say.
Last Stop
Driving and drawing
We were recently contacted by Steven Drake who, alongside his partner Julie Hazlewood, was a tour driver for Shearings. Alongside her driving duties, Julie was a keen amateur artist working mainly in coloured pencil.
CBW News Pick
Volvo Bus officially launches 9700 coach in UK and Ireland
Wednesday 28 April marked the official launch of the new Volvo 9700 integral coach to the UK and Irish markets. The vehicle announcement was made at 1200hrs via a specially created reveal video hosted on […]
Bus News
FirstGroup becomes first UK public transport operator to commit to net zero target
FirstGroup has become the first bus and rail operator in the UK to formally commit to setting an ‘ambitious science-based target’ to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 or earlier. A science-based target (SBT) provides […]
Bus News
Cardiff Bus orders 36 Yutong E12s
Pelican Bus and Coach has received an order for zero-emission buses from municipal operator Cardiff Bus Cardiff Bus has confirmed it has placed an order for 36 battery-electric buses, which it believes to be the […]
Coach News
Coaches in confusion after Government ‘guidance’
Following recent developments, RHA Coaches has issued a statement in regards to what it said was a lack of clarity for the coach sector. A spokesperson said: “We remain critical of confusing and contradictory Government […]
Coach News
Kura and HomeRun partnership tackles rising school run air pollution
Shared home to school transport provider Kura has joined up with sustainable school travel app Homerun to combat the threat it says low occupancy car-travel poses to students, staff and parents at a time when […]
Bus News
Ride to Refuge scheme launched by National Express
National Express West Midlands (NXWM) is giving free bus tickets to survivors fleeing domestic abuse during the coronavirus pandemic. The bus company is working with Women’s Aid organisations across the West Midlands to help people […]
