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08/07/2024

Ashcrofts Mini Travel to join FlixBus network on 1 August >>> https://bit.ly/3RWTHy6

Ashcrofts Mini Travel of Golborne is another coach operator that has agreed to join the FlixBus UK network, with a pair of Yutong GT12s.

08/07/2024

Weardale Motor Services adds a second Enviro400 double-decker >>> https://bit.ly/3XR1r8H

Weardale Motor Services has taken delivery of an Enviro400 double-decker bus, supplied by Alexander Dennis.

08/07/2024

Go-Ahead's Hannah Man wins at everywoman awards >>> https://bit.ly/3Wc0970

Hannah Man, Communications Manager at Go-Ahead London, won the Customer award at the everywoman awards in Transport and Logistics in London.

07/07/2024

Goldline Executive Travel takes its seventh Irizar integral coach >>> https://bit.ly/3Weapvy

Goldline Executive Travel of Ilford has taken delivery of an Irizar i6S Efficient integral, supplied by Irizar UK.

07/07/2024

Midland Bluebird launches the Trossachs Explorer >>> https://bit.ly/3W7VcvI

Midland Bluebird has introduced a new service to cover popular tourist destinations in the Trossachs over the summer months.

06/07/2024

Beverley Bell Consulting and Training marks seventh anniversary >>> https://bit.ly/3RUe8eW

Beverley Bell Consulting and Training has marked its seventh anniversary as it looks towards further growth over coming years.

06/07/2024

Mercedes-Benz Tourismo joins A Lyles and Son fleet >>> https://bit.ly/3L9O5wL

A Lyles and Son of Batley has taken delivery of a Mercedes-Benz Tourismo M/3 coach, supplied by Daimler Buses UK.

05/07/2024

First Bus names longest-serving employee after 58 years in the job >>> https://bit.ly/3xBJzE6

First Bus has marked the career of its longest-serving employee, Kenny Beckers from Port Talbot, who has been employed for 58 years.

05/07/2024

BASE and Centrad underline importance of CCTV on vehicles >>> https://bit.ly/4eOQnim

BASE Coach Sales and Centrad are celebrating almost a decade of working together on the fitment of CCTV systems to vehicles.

05/07/2024

Ratho Coaches adds a Yutong GT12 to its fleet >>> https://bit.ly/3Liz6jP

Ratho Coaches of Newbridge has taken delivery of a Yutong GT12, supplied by dealership Pelican Bus and Coach.

05/07/2024

Volvo and Sunsundegui stop 9700 and 9900 coach partnership >>>
https://bit.ly/3xyyVh

Volvo Buses and Sunsundegui have abandoned plans to move body manufacture for the Swedish OEM’s 9700 single-deck and 9900 coaches to Spain.

04/07/2024

Tartan Army's vintage bus to hit the roads again >>> https://bit.ly/3ztRgNb

A vintage bus used by Scottish supporters at the 1998 World Cup in France will be restored to provide heritage tours from the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum.

04/07/2024

Maynes Coaches takes delivery of Neoplan Tourliner trio >>> https://bit.ly/4cnWqc3

Maynes Coaches has taken delivery of a three-strong Neoplan Tourliner batch, supplied by MAN Truck and Bus UK.

04/07/2024

Arthur Spriggs extends aftersales work to Mercedes-Benz eCitaro >>> https://bit.ly/4cnWpVx

Arthur Spriggs and Sons has grown its aftersales support offering for Daimler Buses products to the battery-electric Mercedes-Benz eCitaro.

04/07/2024

Caledonian Leisure sees turnover grow by 40% to £55m in 2023 >>> https://bit.ly/3W6xbFj

Caledonian Leisure, which includes the Caledonian Travel coach holiday operation, saw 40% growth in turnover to over £55 million in 2023.

04/07/2024

Bus operators offer free travel on Armed Forces Day >>> https://bit.ly/3L8p1pB

Bus operators are again offering free travel to military and ex-military personnel on Armed Forces Day (29 June). Stagecoach is allowing free travel on bus and tram services, excluding Megabus and the Transport for London and Transport for Greater Manchester networks, on both Saturday and Sunday, to...

03/07/2024

Equipmake enters Wrightbus StreetDeck battery-electric repower >>> https://bit.ly/3VY7Jlu

Equipmake is a further party to enter the market for the repower of Wrightbus StreetDeck diesel double-deckers to battery-electric.

03/07/2024

Great British Rail Replacement is formed by CMAC Group >>>

Great British Rail Replacement has been launched by CMAC Group. The move represents what is described as 'a fresh approach' to those services.

03/07/2024

CitySwift extends partnership with NXWM >>> https://bit.ly/3xQCUWr

CitySwift has announced a three-year extension of its partnership with National Express West Midlands (NXWM).

03/07/2024

Latest order makes Stagecoach largest UK operator of Yutong EVs >>> https://bit.ly/4cnWqsz

Stagecoach has confirmed a further 158 orders of single-deck electric Yutong vehicles from Pelican Bus and Coach

03/07/2024

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03/07/2024

First marks electrification of York depot >>> https://bit.ly/3xwCLrk

First Bus has marked the full electrification of its depot in York with the removal of the fuel tank. The garage in James Street is now the first in Yorkshire to use only electric charging as fuel for its buses. The operator has worked out of the site for more than 30 years and work […]

02/07/2024

Oxford Bus Company apprentice's call for more women engineers >>> https://bit.ly/3RPqBAE

An apprentice at Oxford Bus Company has called for more females to follow her path to mark International Women in Engineering Day.

02/07/2024

Abbey Coaches adds another Plaxton Panther-bodied Volvo B8R >>> https://bit.ly/3XPArGr

Abbey Coaches of Glasgow has returned to Alexander Dennis for the supply of another Volvo B8R with Plaxton Panther bodywork.

02/07/2024

George the Poet and First Bus link up to push bus's social value >>> https://bit.ly/4eF4Xcd

First Bus has teamed up with acclaimed wordsmith George the Poet, who has released a poem and accompanying video celebrating the social value of buses.

02/07/2024

Opinion: 'A survival guide to the coach industry peak summer season' >>> https://bit.ly/4eLeWww

The coach industry peak summer season is here - and one operator offers some tips in how to get through it unscathed.

02/07/2024

10 Arrival battery-electric development buses among auction lots >>> https://bit.ly/3RPb042

10 Arrival battery-electric buses in various states were part of a second auction of vehicles and sundries from the manufacturer.

02/07/2024

First Bus orders 169 Yutong electrics for ZEBRA 2 successful bids >>> https://www.route-one.net/news/first-bus-orders-169-yutong-electrics-for-zebra-2-successful-bids/

First Bus has ordered 169 Yutong battery-electric buses to fulfil four successful ZEBRA 2 bids it is involved in in England.

01/07/2024

McGill's owners declare 'war' on Strathclyde bus franchising plans >>> https://bit.ly/45KxQj7

McGill’s Bus Group owners James and Sandy Easdale have escalated their opposition to plans for bus franchising in Strathclyde.