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Friday, 20 April 2018

Bus and Coach Buyer

• Northern star still shiningChris Peat sat down with Philip Hitchen and his fellow Director, Ian Bragg, to find out what makes the business such a success

Coach and Bus Week

• Legislation passed to protect English National Concessionary Travel SchemeThe scheme will no longer need a review every five years and is expected to continue for the foreseeable future

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Lothian clears the air in Edinburgh with upgradeDriven by a quest to meet low emissions targets, Lothian Buses is accelerating its fleet upgrade with secondhand buses fully refurbished and retrofitted to Euro 6 standard.
• Big Lemon hits electric bus target with bond issueJust three weeks after The Big Lemon launched a £405,000 bond to raise money to buy three new electric Optare Solos, plus a secondhand fourth to be retrofitted from diesel to electric, it has hit its target.
• Innovation is moving ever fasterThe pace of change is ever faster, with innovation its key driver. A tri-axle BCI hybrid ‘decker, quietly slipping into service on one of London’s relatively few ‘express routes’ fitted with free wi-fi and USB ports - features taken for granted in many provincial areas - will do little to change the face of the capital.