Bus and Coach

Bus Recovery Grant support in England has been extended to the end of March 2023 after the Department for Transport (DfT) injected another £130m into the scheme. The BRG was set up to support commercial bus operators in England due to…

National Express is partnering with Stansted Airport to trial an electric bus for holidaymakers and passengers using its airside gate-to-plane operations. The Cobus 2700 bus can run for up to eight hours a day carrying a maximum of 88 standing…

Pelican Engineering has begun work on its new Yutong Bus showroom and workshop facility in West Yorkshire. The new 20,000ft2 premises in Castleford will be used to fit out, commission and support new and used Yutong fully electric passenger vehicles,…

Nottingham City Transport (NCT) has taken delivery of its first of a new batch of 23 bio-gas double deck buses in a £7m investment. The engines and chassis of the Enviro400CBG City buses have been developed by Scania and are…

Rochdale manufacturer of size-appropriate buses, Mellor, says it has had strong initial demand for its new Sigma range of zero-emission models. The firm, which unveiled its new range of electric buses last December, has secured orders from UK and Europe-based…

A battery electric bus developed in Norfolk is on its way to Argentina to begin in-service trials ahead of mass manufacturing plans. Equipmake’s ZED-powered Agrale MT17.0LE, a 12-metre single deck model capable of carrying 70 passengers, will be operated over…

Engineering consultancy Ricardo has repowered a double decker bus with a hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system ready for zero emission demonstration. The project, part funded by the Department of Transport through its Hydrogen Transport Hub Demonstration competition, has seen Ricardo…

Pelican Bus and Coach has supplied four new Yutong E12 battery-electric single-decker buses for a new bus service on routes connecting Leicester’s three main hospitals. The new Hospital Hoppers will become part of the new Greenlines electric bus network, which…

Bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis has delivered a new Plaxton Panther coach to one of the largest private hire coach companies in Scotland. Hunters Executive Coaches has taken delivery of the 53-passenger seated vehicle, built on a Volvo B8R chassis with…

Wrightbus has received an order to build the first double-deck battery-electric buses to join Ireland’s national fleet. The National Transport Authority will roll out the Streetdeck Electroliner BEVs in Dublin and Limerick as part of a national framework agreement to…