Buses
20-prefix vehicles hit the road
Brand new 20-prefix vehicles started to enter service from Sunday 1 March. Richard Sharman takes a look at some of the vehicles that were delivered ready to enter service on the day of the 20 […]
Coach News
New future for Temsa under Sabanci and PPF
Sabanci Holdings and PPF, an affiliate of Skoda Transportation, last week agreed and signed a letter of intent to become the new joint owners of Temsa. Due diligence is expected to be completed in an […]
Bus News
Student goes home free for a year with Stagecoach in Oxfordshire
Stagecoach in Oxfordshire has announced the winner of its annual student giveaway. Rebecca Pengelly, 19, who is currently studying interior architecture at Oxford Brookes University, was the lucky recipient of the Oxford Tube annual pass […]
Bus News
Scottish Government to offer concessionary travel to under 19s
Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Finance Kate Forbes has reached an agreement with the Scottish Green Party to ensure passage of the Scottish Government’s budget at all stages in parliament, as part of which the Scottish […]
Bus News
Service changes for Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
Changes are being made to services on the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway following feedback from the local community. A Stagecoach East spokesperson said: “We carried out an extensive consultation exercise ahead of these changes and have […]
Coach News
National Express acquires Lucketts Travel Group
As the group announces ongoing strong growth in the company’s trading re-port for 2019 it has made a further acquisition which strengthens its position in the private hire and excursions market The National Express Group […]
Bus News
London Country 50
A 50th anniversary tribute to London Country organised at the Epping and Ongar Railway saw classic buses operating old routes on a windy February Sunday. AEC RTs, RMCs and RFs were among the 20-plus vehicles […]
Coaches
Time for more shouting from the rooftops?
Delegates attending last week’s annual Coach Tourism Association Conference and Workshop were left in no doubt that an increasing awareness of the environmental benefits of coach travel, combined with the spring publication of CPT’s forthcoming […]
Bus News
L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti announces largest order of electric buses in U.S. history
Mayor of Los Angeles, CA, Eric Garcetti has announced that the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) has placed the largest order for electric buses in U.S. history, comprising 134 BYD e-buses. “The clean transportation […]
Bus News
Setra buses and Sprinter minibuses for South Pacific archipelago
Bus operator Carsud in the French overseas territory of New Caledonia, which lies around 1500kms east of Australia in the South Pacific, has put 24 new Setra S 416 LE Business low entry buses into […]
