Bus and Coach

11 January 2024 #Bus and Coach

First Bus has announced a £750,000 investment in its Rochdale bus depot as it prepares to take responsibility for running Bee Network services in the area from March. The investment in the former Transdev site on Corporation Street will see

04 January 2024 #Bus and Coach

Asset Alliance Group has launched a new bus and coach rental offering, in a move designed to significantly expand its market share in the sector. After providing specialist finance for the bus and coach industry for more than 20 years,

21 December 2023 #Bus and Coach

Lockerbie-based luxury coach and bus operator Houston’s Coaches has begun taking delivery of four new Volvo B8RLE-MCV eVoRas, for use on the 240-mile round-trip between Dumfries and Edinburgh. The new order consists of three 10.8m B8RLE-MCV eVoRas and one larger

14 December 2023 #Bus and Coach

First Bus has partnered with an Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology firm to revolutionise services for its customers following a successful rollout in West Yorkshire and the West of England. The new three-year £4.5m partnership is with Prospective.io, an AI company

07 December 2023 #Bus and Coach

Bus operator Stagecoach has placed an order for 20 of the new Alexander Dennis battery electric Enviro100EV model, launched in November. The Scottish Government’s ScotZEB challenge fund supported the acquisition and the vehicles are expected to be allocated to operating

30 November 2023 #Bus and Coach

Oxford Bus Company has taken delivery of 21 zero-emission battery electric Wrighbus StreetDeck Electroliner double-deck buses for its operations in the city. The new Brookesbus fleet, which is owned and run by the operator, will replace the existing fleet of

23 November 2023 #Bus and Coach

Project CAVForth has taken the headline Vehicle of the Year prize at the inaugural Self-driving Industry Awards. The trophy, which was handed out at a ceremony held at the Turner Contemporary in Margate on 17 November, recognised the project involving

16 November 2023 #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

16 November 2023 #Bus and Coach

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

09 November 2023 #Bus and Coach

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

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