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Friday, 25 April 2014

Bus and Coach.com

• Wright forecasts electric breakthroughThe next five years could see a breakthrough in the viability of battery electric buses, according to William Wright, the former chairman of the Wright Group.
• Stagecoach confirms 10pc cut in WalesA major reduction of its operations in South Wales from July has been confirmed by Stagecoach with the closure of its 30-vehicle depot in Brynmawr.
• Crystals closes with contract lossCrystals Coaches has closed down after being excluded from bidding for a contract to carry children with special educational needs for the borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
• Tougher rules for sporting eventsRevised guidance for coach travel to sporting events in England and Wales has been published by the senior traffic commissioner.
• Catch the Bus Week comingMonday sees the launch of Catch the Bus Week 2014, a campaign coordinated by Greener Journeys and designed to encourage people who do not normally travel by bus to leave the car at home.
• Wales funding for co-ordinationWelsh transport minister Edwina Hart has announced £200,000 to support more efficient ways of co-ordinating conventional bus, community transport and local authority services in the Vale of Glamorgan and Ceredigion, including the use of council vehicles to help people get access to health and social care.
• Beagrie to step down from EvoBusMIKE BEAGRIE, interim chief executive officer and managing director of EvoBus UK is to leave the company in June when MICHAEL THIELMANN takes control of the business.
• Weimar leaves FirstFirst UK Bus chief operating officer JEROEN WEIMAR has left the company.
• Award for De Courcey's GodwinSeven coach industry professionals secured Gold Awards in the 2014 UK Coach Awards.
• Carter for FirstFirst UK Bus has appointed ALEX CARTER as managing director for its south-west business, which covers bus operations in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset.