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25% of West Midlands fares now paid for using contactless

19/02/2019 Madaline Dunn

A quarter of all bus fares in the West Midlands are now paid for with contactless cards, less than a year after the system was introduced. National Express West Midlands, rolled out contactless ticket machines […]

Bayliss’ Sunsundegui-bodied coach outside the club’s headquarters

19/02/2019 Madaline Dunn

The new coach looks “absolutely cracking,” says Sheffield United Manager Chris Wilder Bayliss Executive Travel has taken delivery of a new Volvo B11R Sunsundegui SC7 for Sheffield United. After successfully transporting the Sheffield United first […]

Oxford Bus Company partners with RebelRoam

19/02/2019 Madaline Dunn

Oxford Bus Company has forged a partnership with RebelRoam, an on-board WiFi traffic optimisation service provider, to improve its WiFi delivery service. Through this partnership, passengers taking their journeys with Oxford Bus Company, Thames Travel, […]

Ian Brooksbank, Head of Commercial Finance at Arriva Bus and Coach, and Aykan Cavlak, Temsa UK Sales Manager, celebrate the sponsorship deal with Rhinos players Tui Lolohea, Konrad Hurrell, Carl Ablett, and Head Coach David Furner

Temsa becomes official transport partner of Leeds Rhinos

19/02/2019 Madaline Dunn

Temsa has been chosen as Rugby Super League team Leeds Rhinos’ new official transport partner, after signing a deal worth almost £250,000. Temsa has seen substantial growth in the UK with an additional partnership with […]

L to R: Derby City Council leader Chris Poulter and deputy leader Matthew Holmes with Trent Barton MD Jeff Counsell

Trent Barton trials electric Enviro200

19/02/2019 Madaline Dunn

After securing £1.8m worth of funding through the Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme, Trent Barton has begun trials of a BYD-powered Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro200EV. The operator plans to invest in eight electric buses in total, […]

(L to r) Gerhard Ros, Matthias Olyschläger, Boris Höltermann, Alex de Jong & Dietmar Roggon with the EBUS award. VDL

VDL Bus & Coach wins German EBUS Award 2019

19/02/2019 Madaline Dunn

GERMANY VDL secures important German environmental award presented in Berlin VDL Bus & Coach has won an EBUS Award 2019. Said to be one of the most important German environmental awards for the public transport […]

Nearly 140 Solaris vehicles have been delivered to Katowice in Poland. SOLARIS

Solaris continues to deliver for PKM

19/02/2019 Madaline Dunn

POLAND Solaris Bus & Coach has signed a contract with Przedsiębiorstwo Komunikacji Miejskiej (PKM), a local transport operator in Katowice, for the delivery of 25 diesel-powered Urbino 12 city buses. The manufacturer has 330 days […]

The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter City 75 has made its debut with German operator Frank & Stöckle. DAIMLER

First Sprinter City 75 enters service

19/02/2019 Madaline Dunn

GERMANY The first Mercedes-Benz Sprinter City 75 has entered service in Göppingen and the surrounding area on regular-service routes. Rolf Grüb, Sales for Mercedes-Benz Buses, and Max Witzel, Head of Sales for Mercedes-Benz Minibuses, officially […]