Shades Technics: Engineering a niche
Shades Technics supplies bespoke toilets and kitchenettes for coaches. We visit the supplier’s base in Hertfordshire, and speak to the management team on its...
FlixBus UK growth ‘ahead of target’, says MD Schörling
FlixBus recently further expanded its presence in the UK with an additional Anglo-Scottish service and a new routes to South West England and Yorkshire,...
‘We’ll just keep doing what we’re doing’
For a family-owned coach business, succession often sees a father handing over to his son. In Leicestershire, Nesbit Bros is doing just that, but...
Obituary: Dudley Haynes, 1949-2022
Dudley Haynes, for many years the driving force behind Banstead Coaches and regarded as a man who “had the coach industry in his blood,”...
Passenger focus with tech at its heart: Ember
Ember takes a tech start-up approach to running coach services. routeone visits its Edinburgh head office to learn how technology is improving the passenger...
Top-power Tourliner with MAN OptiView cameras: Driven
In 2019, MAN came to the table with rear-view cameras for a coach when its OptiView system was prototyped on a Neoplan Cityliner. After...
Vandalism, or violent attacks?
It’s an age-old problem and one which has no obvious answer: Vandalism. In some areas it is on the rise. What can be done...
PSVAR becomes divisive as exemptions extended
The government has announced the schedule of the next set of PSVAR exemptions. But instead of levelling out the PSVAR landscape, the move is...
Fuel price frustrations: Coach operators’ steps to manage them
Surcharge or absorb the increase? Coach operators are having to deal with yet another threat to their businesses. For most, it’s a truly frustrating...
Time to retire: End of the road for Gillies Coaches
Retirement saw Kent-based operator Gillies Coaches stop trading on 31 March, ending 90 years of a traditional family-run business. For owners David and Lyn...
Coach Options adds a new Yutong TC9 PSVAR midi
Coach Options of Middleton has taken delivery of a further Yutong TC9, supplied by Pelican Bus and Coach.
The PSVAR compliant midi has 37 seats...
