Fire destroys third of Western Greyhound fleet
A fire — possibly arson — has destroyed 35 of Western Greyhound's buses. That is approximately one third of the Cornwall independent's fleet...
16 May 2013
Coach wars break out at Luton Airport
The award of apparently exclusive operating rights for National Express to provide an express coach link between Luton Airport and London Victoria has prompted a competitive battle involving at least two other operators...
Reading and Scania step on the gas
The UK's first gas-fuelled Scania buses — 12.2m Alexander Dennis Enviro300-bodied Scania K270UBs — were delivered to Reading Transport in April in time to relaunch key contracted services in the south of the town from 7 May...
Stagecoach starts MegabusGold with Astromega sleepers
In one of his last public appearances as Stagecoach chief executive, Sir Brian Souter launched the first of ten 14.92m Van Hool TDX29 Astromega MegabusGold double-deck ‘sleeper coaches’ at the O2, London in April...
Arriva seeks sparkling growth from Sapphire
Arriva’s first premium Sapphire route began on 29 April when refurbished Alexander Dennis Enviro400 double-deckers replaced four-year-old Wright Pulsar-bodied VDL SB200 single-deckers on service 1 (Chester-Wrexham)...
First quits London with £80m sales
First has taken a major stride towards its target of raising £100million in asset sales with the sale of its London bus operations to two buyers...
10 April 2013
NatEx deal evicts Green Line from Luton Airport
The largest remaining Green Line coach service in London, Arriva the Shires’ 757 between Victoria and Luton Airport, faces the axe on 1 May, as the airport has signed a new agreement for National Express to operate a faster and more frequent service...
Plaxton adds ‘baby’ variant to Panther range
Plaxton is introducing a shorter version of its Panther coach body on the Volvo B9R chassis already available at 12.8m...
MCT shuts Maytree following ‘insurmountable problems’
Manchester Community Transport ceased all operations by Maytree Travel on 4 April, with Transport for Greater Manchester citing unspecified ‘insurmountable problems’ for the abrupt suspension of 40 mainly tendered services around Bolton and Wigan...
Anglian says gas is commercial as well as green
Anglian Bus says its 13 new Euro6-compliant MAN EcoCity compressed natural gas (CNG) buses are delivering the substantial fuel cost savings that were predicted after a low-floor demonstrator completed a three-week trial with the operator in December 2011...
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Fire destroys third of Western Greyhound fleet
Coach wars break out at Luton Airport
Reading and Scania step on the gas
Stagecoach starts MegabusGold with Astromega sleepers
Arriva seeks sparkling growth from Sapphire
First quits London with £80m sales
NatEx deal evicts Green Line from Luton Airport
Plaxton adds ‘baby’ variant to Panther range
MCT shuts Maytree following ‘insurmountable problems’
Anglian says gas is commercial as well as green
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