Features
First time tour
Having never really felt the urge to take a coach holiday before, Angela Youngman had a change of heart, travelling to Germany with Galloway Coaches – and she doesn’t regret a thing As a confident […]
Face-to-Face Interviews
Maynes’ next generation
Most family-run coach businesses are struggling to encourage younger generations to get involved. Not Maynes Coaches though; Peter Jackson spoke to 19-year-old Holly Mayne who’s gone against the grain to follow in her family’s footsteps […]
Features
Matter of course
The next deadline for completing periodic driver CPC training isn’t far away, warns John Lewis – and operators need to take action Bus and coach drivers who got their vocational licences before September 10 2008 […]
Bus News
Volvo helps Inowrocław go green
POLAND Volvo Buses has received an order for eight fully electric and eight electric hybrid buses from Inowrocław in Poland. It is the first order from a Polish city for both models. The manufacturer says […]
Bus News
FlixBus to trial electrics
GERMANY OmnibusRevue in Germany has reported that Yutong and BYD electric coaches are to be trialled on FlixBus routes in France and Germany respectively. Two 12.4m 53-seat Yutong ICe12s are to operate between Paris and […]
Bus News
Amman orders Otokar
Jordan’s capital city to make major investment in Otokar JORDAN Shortly after winning a contract to supply Bucharest Municipality with 400 buses, Turkish manufacturer Otokar won an order from the Great Amman Municipality for 100 […]
Coach News
Lucketts installs defibrillator machine at HQ
Fareham-based operator Lucketts Travel has installed a defibrillator outside the front of its head office. The potentially life-saving device has been installed to benefit locals; should anyone in the community suffer a cardiac arrest, the […]
Coach News
UKIP: Get shot of Driver CPC
Brexit provides the British road transport industry with an excellent opportunity to get rid of the ‘damaging’ Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (DCPC) – according to UKIP Transport Spokesman, Jill Seymour. Speaking in a debate […]
Coach News
Obituary: Fred Edwards
The coach industry in North Wales has lost one of its respected figures following the passing of Fred Edwards of George Edwards and Son, Bwlchgwyn. Fred Edwards, 84, died peacefully on March 9 at Wrexham […]
Coach News
Nefyn Coaches’ authorisation cut
Traffic Commissioner Nick Jones finds the loan of an O-licence disc between two Gwynedd independents “was done without appreciating it was illegal” Nefyn Coaches has had its O-licence authorisation cut by a third to 10 […]
