Monday, March 20, 2023
Yellow Coaches business and brand purchased by Xela Group

Xela Group completes Yellow Coaches purchase

In a shift from what had been expected, Eastleigh business Xela Group – which includes Xelabus and Xelacoach – purchased the Bournemouth-based Yellow Coaches...
Rotala purchases Midland Classic

Midland Classic bought by Rotala as group grows reach

Rotala has acquired Burton-upon-Trent operator Midland Classic. The acquisition is worth a total of £2.58m to the purchaser for a business that generated revenues...
Megabus and Falcon retail activity to be sold to Scottish Citylink JV

Megabus, Falcon retail activity to go to Scottish Citylink

Stagecoach has reached agreement to sell the retailing activities of its Megabus and Falcon scheduled coach businesses to Scottish Citylink, the well-established joint venture...
Stagecoach takes over Lea Interchange

Stagecoach London welcomes Lea Interchange to its business

Stagecoach London has added to its business the former Tower Transit depot, staff and operations at Lea Interchange in the east of the capital....
Cymru Coaches joins FlixBus UK as partner

Cymru Coaches joins FlixBus UK as partner operator

FlixBus UK has added a second Welsh operator to its list of partners after Waunarlwydd-based Cymru Coaches began running daily services between London and...
Go Ahead Group sale potentially to proceed after offer recommended

Go-Ahead sale possible after offer acceptance recommended

A consortium made up of Australasian bus operator Kinetic Group and transport concession manager Globalvia Inversiones has nosed ahead in a race to purchase...
Wrightbus wins Ireland NTA framework contest for up to 800 buses

Wrightbus wins contest for up to 800 electric DDs in Ireland

The National Transport Authority (NTA) in Ireland has signed a single-supplier framework agreement with Wrightbus that provides for the delivery of up to 800...
Stagecoach agrees to purchase Tower Transit Lea Interchange operation

Stagecoach to acquire Tower Transit Lea Interchange operation

Stagecoach has agreed to purchase the east London bus operations of Tower Transit parent Kelsian Group, including its Lea Interchange depot. The deal is...
FirstGroup mulling I Squared Capital approach

FirstGroup ‘evaluating’ I Squared Capital purchase approach

FirstGroup is “currently evaluating” the latest in a series of unsolicited and conditional proposals from Miami-based private equity firm I Squared Capital Advisors in...
DWS Infrastructure takeover of Stagecoach set to progress

DWS bid for Stagecoach set to progress as acceptance gained

The bid by DWS Infrastructure to purchase Stagecoach in its entirety took a major step forward on 20 May after the DWS subsidiary Inframobility...

HJS delivers bus retrofit program in Northern Ireland

HJS Emission Technology, in partnership with Translink and Technical Transport Products (TTP), has successfully completed a retrofit bus exhaust emission reduction program across 105...