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Lothian gets first Scottish SRs

Lothian Buses has purchased its first-ever Optares with six 30-seat Solo SR midibuses.

New look for Skills on Volvo 9700

Skills Holidays has unveiled a new livery with the delivery of its first Volvo 9700 Prestige Plus.

Go North East adds more Euro 5s

As part of a continuing upgrade of its services, Go North East has introduced a fleet of 26 Euro 5 Mercedes-Benz Citaros to two cross-city services, one in Newcastle, the other in Sunderland.

Wrightbus to show two hybrids at NEC

WRIGHTBUS will be exhibiting two hybrid buses at Euro Bus Expo in Birmingham in November – a UK-specification double-decker, and a StreetCar RTV for operation in Las Vegas.

Open letter to London mayor

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE MAYOR OF LONDONBoris Johnson Mayor of LondonGreater London AuthorityCity HallThe Queen’s WalkMore LondonLondon SE1 2AADear BorisNow that you are scrutinising entries for your Routemaster competition, I thought it timely to write to you on the subject.

Awards mark quality and innovation

THE shortlist for the 2008 UK Bus Awards has been announced, selected from over 190 entries.

Go-Ahead best on emissions, says TAS

AN emissions report by the TAS Partnership consultancy says that Go-Ahead has the youngest and greenest bus fleet of the five major UK transport groups.

No precedent for OFT Cavalier clearance

THE Office of Fair Trading will not refer the acquisition of Cavalier Contracts by Stagecoach to the Competition Commission – but warns that it will “remain on guard” against bus mergers likely to reduce competition.

Improvements before congestion charge

THE planned Manchester congestion charge will not be introduced until at least 80 per cent of the public transport improvements planned under the Transport Innovation Fund proposals have been put in place.

The big school bus bill

DEDICATED school buses should be introduced across Britain to all primary and many secondary schools.


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Stagecoach 700-bus Papal challenge

Stagecoach is to transport around 85,000 people to Glasgow’s Bellahouston Park on Thursday 16 September where Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate an open-air mass.

Revenue up but profits down at Go-Ahead

Revenue was up – by 0,7 per cent – but pre-tax profits dropped dramatically by 24,4 per cent at the Go-Ahead Group in the year to 3 July 2010.

McGill’s expands in Renfrewshire

McGill’s Bus Service is expanding its operations in Renfrewshire with the purchase of Gibson Direct, based in Barrhead.

Volvo offers starting solution on B9TL

Volvo is to offer its I Start system as an option on the B9TL double-decker.

Four routes switch in London tenders

The latest London tenders will see successful bidders needing over 100 new buses in 2011, although a significant number of awards are on the basis of retaining existing vehicles.

BSOG list shows who gets most

Figures showing how Bus Service Operators Grant has been spent among the 900 operators receiving it have been published by the Department for Transport.