Hatton’s Travel honours late founder with new Enviro200
Hatton’s Travel has both honoured its late founder Kenny Hatton and celebrated the business’s 35th birthday with a new Alexander…
A happy New Year for coaches in 2023?
As 2023 approaches, routeone speaks to three coach operators around the UK to gauge the mood going into the new…
Constellation debuts on First Potteries StreetDeck fleet
A batch of Wrightbus StreetDecks currently being delivered to First Potteries represents the first new double-deckers supplied to the Staffordshire…
The Christmas carol of a family coach operator
On the first day of Christmas, the coaching gods sent to me a Transport Manager’s CPC. On the second day…
Up to 420kW/h and 300 miles for Mellor Sigma line-up
The Mellor Sigma battery-electric bus line-up will come with a maximum of 420kW/h of energy capacity and a claimed range…
‘Over 130’ operators go with £2 England bus fare cap
Over 130 bus operators in England outside London have accepted the Bus Fare Cap Grant (BFCG) offers put to them…
Swans Travel takes delivery of first TCe12 electric coach
Swans Travel of Chadderton has taken delivery of its initial Yutong TCe12 battery-electric coach. It is the first such vehicle…
Electrification and the smaller bus operator
With ZEBRA funding heading the way of larger bus operators, the route to electrification for smaller businesses is less clear.…
How Belfast Glider became a blueprint for BRT success
Translink’s Glider service in Belfast shows how BRT can become a unique brand on which to hang the benefits of…
Is HVO as a fuel a viable bet for decarbonisation?
Decarbonising the more challenging areas of the coach and bus industry will be difficult. For coaches, zero-emission technology is presently…