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Coventry Park & Ride gets nostalgic re-launch

Travel de Courcey returns the Park & Ride to its familiar burgundy and cream Some of Coventry’s most famous automotive names are returning to the streets of the city after the re-launch of its Park & Ride North bus service.

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MAN wins articulated CNG bus order from EGO-Ankara

TURKEY MAN is to supply 250 CNGfuelled Lion’s City G articulated buses to Turkish operator EGO-Ankara. 50 of the buses, the first natural-gas-powered articulated buses to enter service in Turkey, are to be delivered by September 2012, followed by 25 vehicles every month until the order is fulfilled by summer 2013. EGO-Ankara also has the [...]

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Maynes of Buckie expands Neoplan Tourliner fleet

Maynes of Buckie has received two new Neoplan Tourliner 49-seater executive coaches, while awaiting delivery of a 53-seater Tourliner. Currently the first two are to be used on David Urquhart Holidays, with the 53-seater expected to see use with Newmarket Holidays. All three coaches will partake in Maynes’ own private hire work.

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Viseon gains Russian airport customers

RUSSIA Two Moscow airport operators have acquired new apron buses from Viseon, the licensed manufacturer of Neoplan airport buses. Vnukovo airport is receiving 10 Neoplan Apron N9122L whilst Domodedovo airport is taking seven.

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£101m allocated for regional bus initiatives

England will see more so-called ‘green’ buses on the roads, reduced congestion and upgraded services, due to a new £101m package of improvements approved by local transport minister Norman Baker Local transport minister Norman Baker has announced £101m of grants from the Green Bus (GBF) and Better Bus Area (BBA) funds.

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Haifa and Tel Aviv take 172 MAN artic chassis for BRT

ISRAEL One of Israel’s largest bus operators, DAN Society for Public Transport, has introduced the first of 172 futuristically designed buses in Haifa. They are to form the backbone of the state-of-the-art Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems in Haifa and Tel Aviv.

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First MAN gas bus ordered

Arriva plans to introduce 98 new low-carbon buses worth £26.7m to its UK fleet comprising 77 Volvo Hybrids and 21 MAN EcoCity CNG buses which will run on biomethane. This investment represents the UK’s largest orders both for Volvo hybrid buses and for MAN EcoCity gas buses.

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MAN strengthens its position in Russia

RUSSIA MAN claims it was the no. 1 European commercial vehicles manufacturer operating in Russia for 2011, with sales of over 7,600 trucks and 220 buses. Lars Himmer, head of the MAN sales region CIS and managing director of MAN Truck & Bus RUS, said: “Last year we saw clear signs of recovery on the [...]

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MAN open days in Manchester

MAN Truck & Bus UK has planned its annual open days event for the weekend of March 3 and 4 at its Manchester facility.

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MAN gas bus viable option, says Reading

“MAN really does seem to have cracked it,” says James Freeman, CEO of Reading Buses Reading Transport has said its CNG-powered MAN EcoCity demonstrator is a “perfectly feasible” option on its urbanintensive Reading Buses operation, four weeks into a five-week trial. “Does it work? So far, yes it does,” said James Freeman, CEO of Reading [...]

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    Volvo Bus social evening in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust’s Warwickshire Appeal, Warwick, 15th March 2012

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    Date: 18th March 2012

    Location: Organised by the Leyland National Group, Nationals on static display and working in service.The British Commercial Vehicle Museum in Leyland.

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