Some Stagecoach vehicles in Sheffield are switching from diesel to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) engines as part of a £1m scheme. Clean Bus Technology Funding from the DfT is being used to retrofit five buses […]
Transport Minister Norman Baker has launched the country’s largest fleet of electric buses in Nottingham.
Optare is to exhibit its Solo midibus on the Ashok Leyland stand at IAA Hannover from September 20 – 27. While the UK-based manufacturer had a stand at Busworld Kortrijk in 2007, this is the […]
Six new Wright StreetLite vehicles were launched by Reading Buses last week. The 34-seater StreetLites have replaced Optare Solos, which were over a decade old, on the 19 and 19a Woodley routes, 27/29 Lower Caversham […]
Veolia Transport has completed the exit of its UK operations with the sale of its remaining businesses to former chief executive and chairman John O’Brien. It is understood the Welsh operation, which now comprises depots […]
Optare is to end production of the original Solo design and continue with the later developed SR model only. First introduced 14 years ago, the Solo has sold over 4,000 units including those for export […]
Crowned Low Carbon Vehicle Operator of the Year at the 2011 Low Carbon Champion Awards Stagecoach Group has been named Low Carbon Vehicle Operator of the Year at the 2011 Low Carbon Champion Awards in […]
Sunderland Connect’s 700 route is now being served by a fleet of new hybrid buses. The Optare Solo SR hybrid vehicles, launched on October 14, run a route through key locations and attractions in […]
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