Humberside Fire & Rescue Service has become the first UK fire and rescue authority to introduce a new generation Scania (Great Britain) Ltd of Milton Keynes L-series fire appliance.

The importers of Yutong coaches and buses, Pelican Bus & Coach, has sold the first Yutong TCe12 all electric 12m,18t gvw coach to Westway Coach Services Ltd.

Richard Crump, managing director of Pelican Bus & Coach, the UK importer for speaking at Bus & Coach 2019 in Birmingham last month said the electric bus product had done extremely well in demonstrations and now believes that more contracts are not too far away.

Britain’s Yutong dealer, Pelican Bus & Coach has sold its 500th vehicle in its centenary year.

Yutong dealer, Pelican Bus & Coach, which is the sole UK agent for buses and coaches built and supplied by Zhengzhou Yutong Group Co Ltd since 2103, has announced it is currently constructing of a 3,000 square foot building at its headquarters in Castleford solely to store parts for the Yutong brand.

Britain’s Yutong dealer, Pelican Bus & Coach of Castleford, UK is planning to bring a two-axle DC charging double deck to the UK, according to Richard Crump, managing director of Pelican Bus & Coach speaking at Bus & Coach 2019 in Birmingham last month.

Arriva Bus and Coach, the official importer for Turkish bus and coach builder, Temsa SA, used Coach & Bus UK Expo in Birmingham last month to announce a redesigned series of coaches; the 12m HD12 RHD and its mid-size companion, the 9m, 39 seat MD9 RHD.

Following news in the last issue of Truck & Bus Builder (October 2019) announcing the collapse of the Wrights Group of Ballymena, Bamford Bus Company Ltd, a newly formed subsidiary company of AB&C Manufacturing Ltd (2006) set up and owned by Joseph Bamford, on October 22, 2019 announced it had acquired Wrightbus.

Mellor Coachcraft launched a new vehicle specifically designed for the Demand Responsive Transport market at Busworld Europe in Brussels last month.

A UK consortium led by autonomous systems provider, Fusion Processing Ltd, together with British bus builder, Alexander Dennis Ltd, one of the UK’s largest passenger transportation operators,  Stagecoach Plc, and three others, are to begin public trials of five autonomous diesel buses in Scotland starting in 2020.

Alexander Dennis Ltd is to supply six electric buses to Fullers360, a subsidiary of Weiheke Bus Company, commencing the conversion of bus services on New Zealand’s Waiheke Island to a zero emission operation. 

Having recently been installed in its new multi-million flagship manufacturing base in Belton, Cartwright Conversions, a division of the trailer builder, Cartwright Group, has already been earmarked for further expansion.