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Friday, 21 September 2018

Bus and Coach Buyer

• An open letter to Lilian Greenwood MPThis week, the editor has given his blog over to an open letter sent to Lilian Greenwood MP, who chaired the Tranpsort Select Committee into the Section 19/22 guidance, and led the Parliamentary debate on the subject on 10 May.
• Coach operators deserve betterThis is a message for the London Mayor and every city and town currently planning rules for coaches in low-emission zones – you’ve failed before you started.
• The death of diesel?With a population of 16 million, BYD’s home city of Shenzhen is more than twice the size of London. To keep workers on the move, it uses 16,000 buses. Every one of them is an electric. Peter Ringham talks to the operator which runs them.

Coach and Bus Week

• Metroline invests £10m funding into hybrid fleetTransport for London (TfL) operator – and ComfortDelGro subsidiary – Metroline has invested in 37 new Volvo B5LH hybrid double-deckers, using funding from Lloyds Bank’s £2bn Clean Growth Financing Initiative.
• Clearing the airJames Day reports from the CENEX Low Carbon Vehicle Event 2018, where a variety of low carbon bus options were on display
• Reading Buses acquires Newbury & District operationReading Buses has announced the acquisition of Newbury & District’s operation in the Newbury and Thatcham area.
• The States of Guernsey orders 22 Wrightbus StreetVibe busesThe States of Guernsey has ordered 22 additional Wrightbus StreetVibe buses. This follows an initial order of 12 buses delivered in 2017.
• National Express acquires Stewarts CoachesCurrent MD will remain with the company for a minimum of two years
• Equipmake partners with Agrale to develop ‘low-cost’ electric busHethel-based electric vehicle specialist Equipmake has agreed to partner with Brazilian bus chassis manufacturer Agrale to jointly develop a low-cost electric bus.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Wrightbus selected as sole UK fuel cell ‘decker supplierWrightbus has been confirmed under as the sole supplier to the UK for double-decker fuel-cell electric buses, and one of two suppliers - the other is yet to be revealed - for single-deckers, as part of the JIVE project.
• Delaine upgrades fleet and goes contactlessHaving arrived at Heysham Docks on the overnight ferry from Belfast last week, a new Wrightbus Eclipse 3-bodied Volvo B8RLE joins the Delaine Buses fleet this week as the Bourne-based operator modernises and expands.
• Lothian trains policeLothian Buses has begun bus driving training for Police Scotland's Divisional Road Policing Unit in Edinburgh.
• Pickmeup breaks 10,000 barrierMore than 10,000 people have signed up to use the Oxford Bus Company’s ground-breaking on-demand ride-sharing service since it launched.
• Plenty of room up topThe partnership of Vantage Power, dealership Ensignbus and operator Go-Ahead used the Cenex-LCV low carbon vehicle show at Millbrook, Bedfordshire, to publicly display its newly-converted hybrid tri-axle double-decker.
• National Express acquires Stewarts Coach GroupNational Express has completed the purchase of Stewarts Coach Group.