Bus and Coach

Finance provider Rock Road has entered the zero emission bus market, funding 30 Wrightbus StreetDeck Electroliner battery electric double deckers for Abellio London’s route 111 between Heathrow Central and Kingston. The agreement involves a consortium led by Rock and the…

Transport for Greater Manchester has ordered a further 50 zero emission double deck buses from Alexander Dennis, doubling the total on order for the franchised Bee Network bus system to 100. These buses, funded from the government’s City Region Sustainable…

Alexander Dennis has supplied five new single and double deck buses to Notts+Derby, the transport service for University of Derby students. Notts+Derby, part of the Wellglade Group, ordered the three Enviro400 double deckers and two Enviro200 single deckers for an…

National Express West Midlands has moved into a new bus and maintenance garage in Birmingham, with the capacity to house a full fleet of electric buses and chargers. The 6.5-acre site, located on the junction of Wellhead Lane and Aston…

Bus operator Metroline has placed two separate orders with Wrightbus and Volvo for a total of 87 electric buses to run on routes in and around London. One order is for 39 zero-emissions buses with Ballymena-based manufacturer Wrightbus to support…

Stagecoach has confirmed it is planning to increase its electric bus fleet from 184 to 343 vehicles within the next year – an increase of 86%, as the company nears the launch of Britain’s first all-electric city networks. It comes…

Transport for London (TfL) has announced that only three bus routes in the capital will now be ended following a consultation which saw more than 21,500 people share their feedback. Substantial cuts to the central and inner London bus network…

Stagecoach has placed an order for 200 Enviro400 double deck buses from Alexander Dennis, representing the UK bus industry’s largest single order by number of vehicles since 2019. The new buses will be built in Britain and will have Alexander…

Brighton & Hove and Metrobus has launched a partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to help Ukrainian refugees to become bus drivers. The operator, which is part of The GoAhead Group, is inviting Ukrainians to a recruitment…

This week I’ve been at Eurobus in Birmingham, where it was good to see the latest innovations in the bus, coach and minibus industry. It’s a market that has been significantly impacted by the pandemic with diminished ridership, and a…