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Friday, 27 April 2018

Daily Post (North Wales)

• This is how you can get free bus travel on May 1But passengers can make a donation instead in aid of Ty Gobaith children’s hospice

Bus and Coach Buyer

• Optare delivers to Tranzit GroupOptare has marked the delivery of the first batch of 114 Metrocitys for New Zealand.
• M-Way tyre debris reveals shocking tyre failure factsAlmost three quarters of motorway incidents related to tyre failure could be prevented if drivers carry out simple checks, according to startling new research unveiled by Highways England and tyre company Bridgestone.
• ADL gets connected Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL), Britain’s biggest bus and coach manufacturer, is a past master at introducing innovative new vehicles but their latest product is something very different – AD Connected. It is a radical new, cloud-based, on-line fleet management and pre-emptive diagnostic system.
• Parnham Coaches of Wiltshire closesDrivers were in tears after it was announced Parnham Coaches of Ludgershall, Wiltshire, is to enter voluntary liquidation.
• Wolverhampton wandererAnyone in the West Midlands and beyond will have seen CTT’s smart coaches with their distinctive ‘swallow’ livery.

Coach and Bus Week

• Kelvyn Haines disciplined by TC after lending licence authority to revoked operatorO-licence revoked and indefinite disqualification given after Eastville Coaches was allowed to use Kelvyn Haines’ O-licence to run dangerous vehicles
• Volvo electric artic trialSWEDEN The regular operation of Volvo all-electric buses in Gothenburg will expand in June when two prototypes will be tested by Transdev on part of route 16, which has frequent departures and carries a large number of passengers. The trial is being run within the framework of ElectriCity, which since 2015 has been demonstrating electrified buses on route 55 in the city.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Stagecoach’s ‘Little & Often’ network to drop SprintersStagecoach’s pioneering ‘Little & Often’ network in Ashford, launched last February with 30 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter City 45s, is to be revised and see Optare Solos replace them.
• Phil Medlicott leaves First Manchester First Manchester MD Phil Medlicott has resigned and left the business.
• Lothian to give free travel to mini superheroesThis weekend, Lothian will be allowing children dressed as their favourite superheroes free travel on all city services to celebrate Edinburgh’s ‘City of Superheroes’.
• Reading Buses up for ‘culture award’ 2018Reading Buses has been recognised for its work with arts, culture, heritage and education, with nominations for three awards for the Reading Cultural Awards 2018.