Bus and Coach

A new £2 million competition is launching to encourage businesses and local authorities to work together to develop and trial transport schemes that cut emissions in the long term. The Transport Decarbonisation Demonstrators programme, funded by the Department for Transport…

Family-run operator Angela Coaches of Southampton has taken delivery of a new 13.2m Irizar Integral i8 luxury coach to celebrate its 70th anniversary in business. Supplied with 48 seats, the vehicle is powered by a DAF MX-13 355, 483 hp…

Arriva in London has placed an order with Wrightbus for 34 more double deck battery electric StreetDeck Electroliner buses. The high-spec vehicles will arrive at Arriva’s Enfield depot in early 2024 and will serve passengers on Route 279, taking the…

First Solent is fitting its Hoeford depot in Fareham with EV charging infrastructure ahead of  the arrival of 62 new electric single-deck buses in 2024. The zero emission Wrightbus GB Kite Electroliners, built in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, for First Bus…

Alexander Dennis is to deliver a fleet of 35 new Enviro400 double-deck low-emission buses to Go South Coast’s Morebus and Southern Vectis operating units. A total of 28 buses at Morebus are going into Bournemouth and Poole, offering additional seats…

Kleanbus has begun a pilot scheme to electrify 18 of Edinburgh bus operator Lothian’s open-top mid-life diesel vehicles. The Volvo B5TL buses that will be used in the trial will be repowered with the modular electric platform from Kleanbus featuring…

Alexander Dennis has taken on a lease for additional warehouse capacity at its Scarborough bus and coach manufacturing facility. Located near to the manufacturer’s existing site, the new 104,000 sq ft warehouse will allow the rationalisation of all logistics for…

Rochdale bus manufacturer Mellor has won an order from Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) for 21 of its low emission Strata vehicles that will operate in the city’s new Bee Network. Stagecoach has opted for four Strata Ultra buses –…

Sightseeing company Big Bus Tours has signed an agreement that will repower 10 of its double decker open-top buses in London with Equipmake’s electric drivetrain technology. The vehicles involved are all Ankai double-deck sightseeing buses, with each to incorporate Equipmake’s…

Lothian Buses has placed an order for 50 new Volvo BZL Electric double deck buses, each with MCV bodywork, for Scotland’s capital city. In an investment of more than £24million, Lothian will introduce the new vehicles in two batches across…