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16 July 2010
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UK
The UK’s first fleet of Green Bus Funded-vehicles are now in service in Oxford.
16 July 2010
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UK
Alexander Dennis is planning to launch a left-hand drive single-deck hybrid bus in continental Europe this autumn.
15 July 2010
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UK
Plaxton Aftercare has refurbished 14 Tridents for operation by Norse Commercial Services on park-and-ride services in Norfolk.
15 July 2010
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UK
Arriva Yorkshire is the latest bus company to have its own Facebook page.
15 July 2010
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UK
Lothian Buses has launched a simple-to-use guide to help visitors to Edinburgh to use its services.
14 July 2010
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UK
Volvo is intending to bring a complete bus to the UK, perhaps as early as 2013.
14 July 2010
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Features
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UK
The rapid pace of change in all business sectors means that today’s manufacturers need to invest heavily in nurturing new technologies that will improve their performance and their customer’s bottom line.
12 July 2010
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UK
The bus industry has issued dire warnings of what it calls “Beeching-style cuts” to services if the government scraps Bus Service Operators Grant.
12 July 2010
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UK
Optare is refocussing its assembly operations with the production of all integrals at Leeds, including its new double-decker now under development.
12 July 2010
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UK
Go-Ahead’s London Central company has lost three routes requiring 40 buses to Abellio London, the former Travel London business.
12 July 2010
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UK
A man who complained that a First Manchester driver refused to use the doorway ramp to help his wheelchair-bound mother get off a bus used his mobile phone to video the incident, which is now posted on the Manchester Evening News website.
09 July 2010
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UK
Optare has won a €3million (£2,5million) order for 25 Optare Solos from a leading Netherlands operator.
09 July 2010
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UK
A change to the management structure at MAN Truck & Bus UK sees Vince Welsh relinquish his current bus and coach responsibilities to become UK aftersales director.
08 July 2010
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UK
The European parliament this week approved new rules designed to give bus and coach passengers the same right to compensation as those travelling by air and rail, although negotiations are continuing on some of the details of their application.
08 July 2010
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Features
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UK
Wrightbus is now firmly committed to its role as a complete vehicle builder.
07 July 2010
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UK
Against a background of a planned police investigation into money laundering by bus and taxi companies, Scottish traffic commissioner Joan Aitken has spoken up in defence of McGills Bus Service in Greenock and attacked “the festering presence of gossiping innuendo” about the company.
07 July 2010
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UK
New luxury express services, Citylink Gold, were announced this week running between Glasgow and Aberdeen and Glasgow and Inverness.
07 July 2010
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UK
The government this week announced a further £15million of funding for low-carbon buses in England.
07 July 2010
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UK
Transport minister Norman Baker has confirmed that funding for the A65 bus corridor in Leeds will not be cut in the forthcoming spending review.
06 July 2010
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UK
A report commissioned by the Department for Transport concludes that the big five UK bus operating groups appear to be earning average returns above the cost of capital, a measure which the report’s authors say marks what would in theory be earned in a fully competitive market.
06 July 2010
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UK
London TravelWatch has urged Transport for London to reflect passengers’ priorities when cutting spending, as it becomes clear that there will be fewer electronic Countdown real-time information displays at bus stops than originally planned, in part because of advances in other areas of technology.
06 July 2010
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UK
Transport Scotland has confirmed a pilot scheme which will allow buses to use the hard shoulder on an 8km section of the Glasgow-bound M77 motorway in the morning peak.
06 July 2010
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Features
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Product
With quite a few months of successful trading under his belt, ex Bright-Tech operations director, Graham Cope, does not regret setting up Candella.
06 July 2010
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Features
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Product
Had the thickness of your brake discs checked lately? If not, then maybe you should.
05 July 2010
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News
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International
An improvement in fuel economy of 10.
05 July 2010
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International
Around 350 workers will be made redundant at the end of August when school bus maker Blue Bird closes its factory in LaFayette, Georgia, and centralises production at its main Fort Valley plant, also in Georgia.
05 July 2010
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News
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International
A number of bus and truck industry trade associations are supporting a summer campaign to reduce engine idling time in the Washington DC and Baltimore regions.
05 July 2010
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International
UTC Power is claiming durability records for its latest generation bus fuel cell system.
05 July 2010
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International
Two consortia have made it to the final round of tendering to run bus services in Malta and Gozo for the next 10 years.
05 July 2010
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International
Scania next month starts delivery of 85 ethanol-powered buses to Nobina, which operates on behalf of the Stockholm regional public transport company, Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL).
05 July 2010
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International
The government of British Columbia is spending $12.
05 July 2010
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People
GoSkills has a new board of directors.
05 July 2010
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People
KEITH LUDEMAN, group chief executive of the Go-Ahead Group, is to be awarded an honorary degree by the University of Salford for his achievements in transport services.
03 July 2010
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UK
First bus drivers in West Yorkshire have been told they cannot wear shorts during hot weather.
03 July 2010
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Bus-related crime in London fell by 8 per cent in 2009-10 from the previous year, with a figure of 11 crimes per million passenger journeys.
03 July 2010
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The trial of two former employees of the failed McKindless bus business in Lanarkshire is not going ahead.
03 July 2010
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The Dublin Coach & Bus Show organisers are expecting Ireland’s first hybrid bus to be unveiled at the event which takes place in November.
03 July 2010
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UK
Optare has confirmed that talks with a potential partner are at “an advanced stage”.
02 July 2010
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UK
A two-week operation to clamp down on anti-social behaviour in and around Oldham bus station is underway.
02 July 2010
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UK
First Bristol is using new low-floor buses to replace coaches on the Bristol Airport Flyer service, which links the airport with the city centre.
02 July 2010
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Pupils from four Walsall schools have launched a short DVD to raise awareness about travelling to school without using the car.
02 July 2010
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UK
The IRU and the European Cities Marketing have joined forces to emphasise the need for partnership between operators and city authorities across Europe while promoting and facilitating coach travel.
02 July 2010
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The demand-responsive CallConnect service, launched in the Stamford area in September, is this week being expanded to include Rutland, following its introduction to Peterborough in March.
02 July 2010
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UK
The Department for Transport is consulting on proposals to allow VOSA examiners to stop coaches and trucks for inspection throughout Great Britain.
02 July 2010
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Rapid Transit
Transport for London has been forced to put back the planned opening of the Docklands Light Railway Stratford International extension, following what it terms ‘delivery delays’ by its contractor Skanska/Volker Rail JV.
02 July 2010
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Rapid Transit
The opening of the largest section for the much delayed Cambridgeshire Busway is still several months away, according to the latest report from scheme promoter Cambridgeshire county council.
02 July 2010
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News
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Product
Tachodisc reports that more than 2,000 commercial vehicle drivers have downloaded its free iPhone App.
02 July 2010
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Product
The new Chinese ambassador to Britain visited Birmingham-based Grayson Thermal Systems as part of an initiative to increase trading links between the company and vehicle manufacturers in the Far East.
02 July 2010
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News
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Product
The irtec licensing scheme for technicians will benefit from a nationwide network of assessment centres as a result of a new partnership between the Institute of Road Transport Engineers (IRTE) and the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI).
02 July 2010
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Product
UK distributor for Spheros, Webasto is introducing the new Compact Cooler CC145, designed for minibuses and van conversions.