Airlink double-deckers introduced after rise in patronage
The X30 Airlink route connecting Stansted Airport and Southend Airport has seen a rise in patronage First Essex has introduced…
Coronavirus COVID-19 and coaches: What risks?
What danger does the coronavirus (COVID-19) pose to the coach industry? A significant one, but with a major caveat: Its…
Marshalls Coaches orders electric Yutong TCe12
Marshalls Coaches of Leighton Buzzard has ordered two examples of the battery-electric Yutong TCe12. They will be used on its…
Rotala places £29m Wrightbus order for 163 buses
Rotala has placed an order with Wrightbus for 163 vehicles worth over £29m. They will be delivered throughout 2020. 128…
Stagecoach Cambridge to place Enviro400EV in service
Stagecoach Cambridge will be the first provincial operator to place the battery-electric BYD ADL Enviro400EV double-decker into service. Two will…
Fishers Tours explores legal action over PSVAR
Coach operator Fishers Tours of Dundee is threatening to sue the Department for Transport (DfT) for damages relating to exemptions…
Horseman Coaches: ‘No risk’ to staff and customers after repatriation
Horseman Coaches has defended its reasons for drivers not wearing PPE while picking up repatriated Britons flown in from China…
Leeds CAZ: £528,000 paid for coach and bus upgrades
Leeds City Council (LCC) has so far paid approximately £528,000 to nine non-scheduled coach and bus operators to help them…
UK Bus Summit 2020: A new ‘golden age’ for bus?
Focus was on investment, green growth and a long-term strategy for the industry at this year’s UK Bus Summit. Buses…
Buses receive £5bn government funding
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a five-year, £5bn funding package for buses. He says the investment “will overhaul links…
