The Ready Group commits to installing Alcolock devices
The Ready Group, which owns coach operations Readybus, Arena Travel, Turbostyle Coaches and LJ Edwards, is to install Alcolock ignition…
Bus Users UK calls for widespread coach and bus PSVAR reform
Bus Users UK has called for an overhaul of PSVAR. That includes expanding the Regulations to those small PCVs that…
Arriva Wrightbus StreetDeck Electroliner fleet for Leicester debuts
Arriva Midlands has received its first Wrightbus StreetDeck Electroliner battery-electric double-deckers for use in Leicester. The delivery takes to four…
Future of the coach industry: What will it look like?
The coach industry has witnessed a period of high demand since 2021, but challenges for its future remain clear. Staff…
Ascendal Group: Franchising important, bus modal shift more so
Bus franchising has major scope to improve services and grow local markets if it is implemented and funded appropriately, newly-appointed…
Simplicity is key for buses – and for bus timetables
There was a time when every bus operator’s published timetable would say “then at these minutes past each hour,” and…
What scope for more scheduled coach services within Wales?
In August, Newport Transport became the latest operator to partner with FlixBus, diversifying its work into scheduled coach services between…
PSVAR: What is required, and what is practical, are very different
Things that were going to kill off the coach industry: Compulsory seatbelts. Digital tachographs. Euro IV, V and then VI.…
‘Electric vehicle training: Where are the courses and resources?’
As an individual with over 30 years’ experience in the transport industry, I find myself retired but concerned about the…
Rejection of Anthony Hazell’s bid for new licence upheld on appeal
The refusal of a bid for a new three-vehicle O-Licence by former Carmel Coaches Director Anthony Hazell by Traffic Commissioner…
