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Friday, 17 December 2021

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• North Tyneside Council releases new images of transport hub and town square as plans submittedThe proposals are part of North Tyneside Council’s Ambition for North Shields and the Fish Quay Masterplan, aimed at transforming the town centre and riverside and providing the right environment for businesses, leisure users and retail.

Coach and Bus Week

• Safety success for National ExpressNational Express UK Coach has been awarded a five-star rating from the British Safety Council for the eighth consecutive year. Organisations from over 77 countries across the world put themselves forward for a thorough Health & Safety Audit by an external assessor. The tests go beyond legal health and safety minimum requirements to judge companies on absolute best practice in safety culture, leadership, and well being. Chris Hardy, Managing Director of National Express UK Coach, commented: “The safety of our customers, employees and the general public is at the heart of everything we do, and we set ourselves high standards to work to.
• Promech Technologies to launch new UK bus rangeUK-based commercial vehicle technology, chassis and powertrain integration specialist Promech Technologies has announced a partnership agreement with Renault Group and its specialist vehicle subsidiary, PVI.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• RHA ‘National Coach Week’ will promote sector starting next yearRHA has announced it plans to promote the coach sector with what is describes as the first-ever National Coach Week, set to take place from 1 April 2022.
• Switch Mobility to develop Spanish manufacturing centreSwitch Mobility is to build an advanced manufacturing and technology centre in Castilla y León, Spain, with construction scheduled for January 2022.
• Zero-emission coaches pass million kilometre mark in UKZero-emission coaches have covered over one million kilometres on UK roads, importer of the only such model yet available here Pelican Bus and Coach has revealed.
• UrbanThings’ Bus Checker X goes live with e-ticketingTickets are now supported through UrbanThings’ UK Bus Checker app, which entered its 10th version (Bus Checker X) this week.
• Switch Mobility hosts shadow ministers at Sherburn factorySwitch Mobility welcomed Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Louise Haigh to its factory in Sherburn-in-Elmet on 10 December. The visit demonstrated to the two Labour frontbenchers how zero-emission buses can contribute to the transition to a green economy.
• Nine BYD ADL Enviro200EV buses arrive for Stagecoach East ScotlandAlexander Dennis (ADL) and BYD have supplied nine BYD ADL Enviro200EV single-deck buses to Stagecoach East Scotland to be used on local services in Perth.
• Enel X and Optibus partnership delivers EV bus management solutionEnel X, part of electricity and gas distributor Enel Group, has announced a partnership with Optibus to provide what it describes as an end-to-end electric bus operations solution.