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Friday, 12 April 2019

Coach and Bus Week

• Ghent opts for gasFour gas-powered Scania Interlink LD school buses have recently been delivered to the Belgian city of Ghent. They are replacements for four older diesel buses and the city now aims to change all nine school buses in its fleet to more sustainable alternatives.
• Clarke’s capital connectionExecutive Support Officer, Eugene Clarke, gives his own perspective on his long career and working for Go-Ahead London both in the capital and Singapore
• First Midlands’ investment in Worcester and Leicester fleetsFirst Worcester has re-launched its most popular route with refurbished vehicles and new branding, whilst First Leicester is preparing for the LEZ. Richard Sharman speaks to First Midlands Managing Director, Nigel Eggleton for an update on the division
• Lothian announces new travel hubLothian Country has announced on 3 April, that it will be opening a new travel hub in The Centre, Livingston. The operator also announced that it will be adding an additional service to the area.
• Scania’s new Gatwick premises inaugurated by Swedish AmbassadorHis Excellency Mr Torbjörn Sohlström, Sweden’s Ambassador to the UK, visited Gatwick on Tuesday 2 April to inaugurate Scania’s new commercial vehicle service centre. His Excellency was joined at the ceremony by an estimated 150 transport operators together with senior Scania executives and representatives of the site developer/owner, Gallagher Group.
• Stagecoach releases trading statementAccording to the statement, the company has seen an increase in expected earnings per share thanks to ‘strong trading and positive progress’ in the UK Rail division.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• London’s ULEZ enacted to improve air qualityOperators reminded of charges for non-compliance with Euro 6 emission levels within central zone
• DVLA addresses tacho woes as exemption agreedCompatible workshop cards dispatched to calibration centres; affected have until 30 April to comply
• NatEx celebrates its partnersNational Express (NatEx) UK Coach celebrated its partner operators at its annual awards ceremony in Coventry.
• BASE announces upgrades to its coach rangeHigher version of MOBIpeople Explorer is coming, and a replacement for Barbi Galileo HD will follow
• New name takes top honour at UK Coach RallyThe industry put on another good show over the weekend of 6-7 April when the 65th UK Coach Rally was held in Blackpool. Some old names triumphed; so did some newcomers to the annual event, too