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21 May 2008
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WEST Coast Motors this week launched services from Campbeltown and Oban to Glasgow, in competition with Scottish Citylink.
17 July 2008
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SCOTTISH Citylink and West Coast Motors have reached a deal which sees West Coast withdraw the services from Oban and Campbeltown to Glasgow which it launched in May in competition with Citylink.
28 September 2007
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Who Buys What
NEW for West Coast Motors is this compact Alexander Dennis Enviro200Dart, used on a local service in Dunoon.
04 June 2013
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UK
West Coast Motors is purchasing Bowman’s Tours, the Mull-based bus and coach operator.
07 May 2012
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International
FirstGroup's BoltBus operation expands next week with the start of a service between Seattle and Portland, with fares starting at $1 (60p).
13 March 2012
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Who Buys What
Glasgow Citybus is modernising its fleet with 15 ADL Enviro200s.
International news
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Nine Solaris Urbino artics with Allison H50EP hybrid drives have entered service with Ustra in Hanover. Issue 323
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AC Transit is introducing 54 new Gilligs to its services. Issue 323
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Tests of Volvo plug-in hybrids in Gothenburg show an 80 per cent reduction in fuel consumption compared with diesel buses. Issue 323
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Two electric BYD eBus models are starting a two-year trial in Copenhagen, running for Arriva and City Traffic. Issue 323
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Warsaw’s municipal transport operator has ordered 35 Solbus articulated buses fuelled by LNG. Issue 323
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The first battery-electric school bus in the US has been unveiled by TransTech Bus. Issue 323
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Product news
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A new messaging system that claims to herald the arrival of “true real-time communication with bus customers . Issue 322
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Nottingham City Transport has developed a new website that it claims will make travel and journey planning even easier for all passengers. Issue 322
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Hydrovane has won the order to supply compressors to power the pneumatic systems on all 600 of the next batch of Borismasters being manufactured by Wrightbus. Issue 322
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A new process to produce rubber for tyre manufacture from dandelions is being pioneered by the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME in Germany. Issue 321
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The Hollies is one of the oldest transport cafés in the UK, located on the A5 just 2 minutes from the M6 junction 12 . Issue 319
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Formed in 2009 to support users of Bright Tech route/destination equipment with spare parts, repairs, and software updates, Candella is now embarking on its fifth year of successful trading. Issue 319
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People in the news
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Long-serving Optare commercial director CHRIS WISE is leaving the company to join seat manufacturers Esteban and Isringhausen as commercial director in January. Issue 323
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FirstBus has named the managing directors for the three new businesses it has created in the south-east and the Midlands. Issue 323
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The European Mobility Group has a new president, CAMPBELL McKEE, and a new secretary, JACQUI JONES. Issue 323
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Stagecoach has recruited CLARE KAVANAGH from Transport for London. Issue 322
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Scotland’s biggest bus operator, First Glasgow, has appointed FIONA KERR as its new managing director. Issue 322
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JOHN YOUNG has moved across the Pennines from Stagecoach Manchester to Stagecoach Yorkshire where he becomes acting commercial director. Issue 322
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28 November 2013 | UK
The battery-electric bus service planned for Milton Keynes will start in January.
28 November 2013 | UK
Go North East has followed Stagecoach's lead in criticising the proposals for quality contracts by Nexus, the Tyne and Wear ITA.
28 November 2013 | UK
A planned budget cut of 10 per cent threatens 45 jobs at the South Yorkshire PTE.
28 November 2013 | UK
Bus service improvements valued at £10million have been announced for the Black Country by Centro, the West Midlands PTE.
28 November 2013 | UK
New buses, improved punctuality and selective fares reductions have contributed to rises in passenger numbers on First's services in Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire.
27 November 2013 | UK
A Borismaster has been running this week for Ipswich Buses, operating on the free town centre shuttle.
Latest vehicle deliveries
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Johnsons Coach and Bus Travel of Henley-in-Arden has invested in two new Scania OmniLinks for its services between Birmingham and Stratford-upon-Avon routes. Issue 323
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The Kings Ferry, based in Gillingham, Kent, has added two new Plaxton Cheetahs to its fleet. Issue 323
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Princess Coaches of Southampton has taken delivery of three new Scania Irizar i6 coaches, further strengthening its ties with Scania as it builds a modern fleet to enhance its links with cruise operators in the south of England. Issue 323
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The first Plaxton Leopards are now entering service, and the first to leave the factory is in operation with award-winning Scottish business Prentice Coaches of Haddington. Issue 322
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New for Sharpes of Nottingham is this impressive Van Hool TDX21 Altano. Issue 322
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Swindon-based Barnes Coaches has added another new Volvo B9R to its 30 vehicle fleet. Issue 322
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Coach tourism news
See our special e-dition on the RDA Workshop and Cologne. Click above to view.
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The EACT European Alliance for Coach Tourism annual meeting took place at Busworld Kotrijk last month and included discussions on a Taxation Working Group synopsis on the fiscal discrimination and the administrative burdens for coach tourism operators in Europe. Issue 323
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World Travel Market reported a 5 per cent increase in attendance with more than 50,000 delegates over the four days 4-7 November. Issue 323
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Jackfield Tile Museum, one of the ten Ironbridge Gorge Museums in Shropshire’s World Heritage Site, is offering groups a special Terrific Tiles package to highlight a new collection. Issue 323
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ocated in the area of the First Battle of the Marne, the Musee de la Grande du Pays de Meaux, which opened on 11 November 2011, houses a large permanent collection covering 3,000 sq m of exhibits covering the First World War. Issue 322
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MyFerryLink offers a luxurious, stylish crossing from Dover to Calais in just 90 minutes operated by two passenger vessels, the Rodin and the Berlioz. Issue 322
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Newly-appointed tourism minister Helen Grant joined Visit Kent for her first visit to a popular visitor attraction, calling at Kent Life, the 28-acre Kent Rural Heritage Experience, at Sandling, near Maidstone. Issue 321
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