20 Wrightbus StreetDeck FCEV hydrogen buses for Birmingham
Birmingham City Council (BCC) has placed an order with Wrightbus for 20 hydrogen fuel cell-electric StreetDeck FCEV double-deckers. They will…
Transdev takes over 784 service as First leaves Skipton
Transdev took over former First West Yorkshire service 784 between Skipton, Ilkley and Otley from Monday 5 October. It is…
Pilkington Bus reveals £250,000 investment in HQ
Bosses at Pilkington Bus have announced a raft of investments across the business, including £250,000 worth of improvements on its…
Job Support Scheme ‘not a viable propositon’ for coach tourism
Measures put in place by Chancellor Rishi Sunak to help protect jobs beyond the end of the Coronavirus Job Retention…
East Yorkshire Coaches relaunches with new livery
East Yorkshire Coaches has unveiled a new fleet livery as part of what it describes as “the dawn of a…
Visitor economy guidance updated to include coach tours
Updated guidance on the visitor economy has comprehensively addressed how the ‘rule of six’ in England applies to coach tours.…
Alpine Travel wins Tripadvisor award for Marine Drive tour
Alpine Travel has won a 2020 Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Award for its Marine Drive tour around the Great Orme in…
TfL gives details of coach and bus scrappage and retrofit fund
Transport for London (TfL) has announced details of its scrappage and retrofit scheme to help smaller coach and bus operators…
Prohibition clearance procedure changes announced by DVSA
Changes will be made to the clearance method for some vehicle roadworthiness prohibition notices from 28 September, DVSA has announced.…
Sunak’s ‘missed opportunity’ for coach industry support: CPT
The Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) has welcomed Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s decision to introduce a Job Support Scheme, but it…
