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Far from calling a halt to investment given the potential to have their businesses effectively stolen from them, operators including Go North East (pictured) have continued to acquire new vehicles. STEVE HODGSON
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s you will read on p8, the North East Combined Authority has taken another step towards imposing a Quality Contracts Scheme (QCS), after plans were endorsed by its Transport Committee on Friday. Kevin Carr, the respected Go North East MD and Chairman of the North East Bus Operators Association outlines further flaws in the QCS plans. While cynics are of course entitled to conclude ‘he would say that wouldn’t he,’ I hope the politicians responsible do take the trouble to scrutinise the promoters of the QCS – as indeed one should of any proposal, particularly something as radical and as financially risky as the eye-watering sums involved. The crunch decision on the QCS is expected to come on October 21, when the North East Leadership Board will decide on the plans at a meeting before any system can be drawn up. Not to put too fine a point on it, but I understand loo paper has been stockpiled. It’s a deeply worrying time for anyone working in the bus industry, particularly those who are in managerial positions. As always, it is they who will almost inevitably get
the push. I remember being told as a youngster that the higher up the tree you are, the more vulnerable you are to losing your job. However, I dare say lawyers for both sides are burning the midnight oil – particularly those working on behalf of the existing bus operators. The question is, will Stagecoach remove its buses like it has previously threatened if the QCS goes ahead? Developments in Tyne and Wear are understandably being watched with interest by operators and politicians alike for obvious reasons. On that note, I would like to welcome our new columnist Merlin – see p18. The modern day equivalent the oft-lamented Marksman, I can reveal the writer is an authoritative figure. Merlin makes a number of interesting points about the dangers of localism in the postScottish independence referendum era. Put simply, localism is not the panacea some politicians would have us believe. Gareth Evans Editor
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HOLIDAY DIARY
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SUPPLIER PROFILE
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INSIGHT
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UK Bus Awards shortlist announced Award l Milton Keynes Electric Bus Project, Arriva Shires & Essex l Mobile Tickets for Buses, Barclays Bank l First’s Better Journey Card, First West of England l Transport for Edinburgh Official Ticket App, with m-ticketing, Lothian Buses l megabusGold.com, Stagecoach Delivering a Cash-free Bus Network in London, Transport for London
First and Arriva lead the nominations as a record number of finalists are announced A record number of 96 finalists have been selected from over 400 nominations for this year’s UK Bus Awards (UKBA). The shortlist includes representation from all the major groups, as well as municipal operators with 10 nominations and independent operators with six – while there are 12 from local authorities, PTEs and Combined Authorities. Topping the list are Arriva and FirstGroup, both with 15 nominations each, while GoAhead has 11, closely followed by Stagecoach with 10. Tony Depledge, Chairman of the UKBA said: “This year’s entries embody the vibrant and creative spirit showcased by the UKBA scheme and I’m delighted we have another year of strong competition.” The shortlist includes:
AWARDS FOR PEOPLE Chris Moyes Memorial Award for Top National Bus Driver sponsored by Traffilog l Clare Akehurst, First Manchester l Jaison Annear, First West of England l Malcolm Burton, First South Yorkshire l Ian Greenfield, Arriva Midlands l Paul Prosser, National Express West Midlands l Stephen Reed, Stagecoach West Scotland l Les Roome, Nottingham City Transport l Justyna Wawrzycka, Arriva North East
The shortlist announcement this year was held at the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden on Thursday, October 9 Engineer of the Year in association with IRTE l Tony Cockcroft, Stagecoach Merseyside l Stuart Drummond, First UK Bus (North Region) l Jason Jackson, Ensign Bus l Evran Kiazim, Arriva Southern Counties l Leigh Vardanega, London United Busways Unsung Heroes Award sponsored by Backhouse Jones l Shayne Howarth, Stagecoach Yorkshire l Chris Icely, Stagecoach Manchester l Brian Reeves, Abellio London & Surrey l Andrew Wright & Neale Murphy, First UK Bus (North Region) Young Manager of the Year sponsored by CILT UK l Matthew Ashton, Arriva
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Yorkshire l Nick Faichney, Arriva London l Richard Hoare, Arriva North West and Wales l Rob Hughes, FirstGroup l Stephanie Maher, National Express UK Bus
TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS Environment Award sponsored by Volvo Bus l Milton Keynes Electric Bus Project, Arriva Shires & Essex l Carbon Smart Project, First UK Bus (North Region) l Luton Dunstable Busway, Luton Borough Council l Electric Bus Project, Nottingham City Council l The Volvo 7900EH Electric Hybrid Bus, Volvo Bus l Yellow Buses Go Green, West Yorkshire’s Combined Authority Alexander Dennis Innovation
Local Authority Bus Project of the Year, sponsored by The TAS Partnership l Lewes Road Sustainable Transport Corridor, Brighton & Hove City Council l Luton Dunstable Busway, Luton Borough Council l Beach Bus, New Forest National Park Authority l Portsmouth Park & Ride, Portsmouth City Council l BusTrackerSEStran, SESTran
Making Buses a Better Choice: the Peter Huntley Memorial Award sponsored by Heathrow Airport l Arriva Watford - Perfect 10, Arriva Shires & Essex l simpliCITY Network, First Glasgow l Luton Dunstable Busway, Luton Borough Council l pink shuttle - better for everyone, Reading Buses zoom - making buses better the quick way, trent barton Putting Passengers First sponsored by Euro Bus Expo l The Arriva Angels, Arriva Yorkshire
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The Award for Marketing Initiative of the Year sponsored by Passenger Transport magazine l X1/1/1b - people disappearing every 15 minutes, Arriva North East l Student Campaign, First UK Bus (North Region) l Fairer Fares, Bristol Fare Consultation, First West of England l Nightbus Home safe. Midnight to 4.30am, Lothian Buses l Skegness Seasiders, Stagecoach East Midlands l Freeride Sunday, trent barton The Award for Sustained Marketing Excellence sponsored by Exterion Media l Business to Business - Go Growth!, Arriva Yorkshire l Arriva Social Media - Never Miss the Buzz, Arriva UK Bus l First Manchester - Growth Strategy, First UK Bus (North Region) l Marketing for Growth, Go North East l listen, innovate, improve - the evolution of Reading Buses, Reading Buses
OPERATING AWARDS Top City Operator sponsored by INIT Innovations l Arriva Merseyside l Go North East l National Express West Midlands l Nottingham City Transport
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Coach registrations strong
Coach registrations were up 3.3% in September, up 5.4% for the year so far. However, the purpose-built bus market dropped 26 units. There was a 10% fall year-todate. Overall registrations were down 23.9% during the month. “Solid growth in coach registrations of 5.4% couldn’t offset an overall decline in the market for September,” said Mike Hawes, SMMT CEO. “Purposebuilt bus registrations are stabilising but the fall in converted bus registrations and a strong September last year resulted in this overall decline. However, rolling year figures still show moderate growth, so there is positivity within the bus and coach market.”
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LONDON AWARDS Top London Bus Garage of the Year sponsored by Transport for London l Battersea, Abellio London & Surrey l Hounslow Heath, London United l Kings Cross, Metroline Travel
Luke Rees-Pulley Charitable Trust Award for Top London Bus Driver sponsored by Transport for London l Alex Burrows - Bexleyheath, GoAhead Group l Richard Emerton - Fulwell, London United Busways l Natasha Lambert - Merton, GoAhead Group l Chola Mitchell - Croydon, Metrobus l Damien Nota - Battersea, Abellio London & Surrey l Andrew Phillip - Battersea, Abellio London & Surrey l Mohammed Shabir - Ash Grove, HCT Group l Trevor Stotten, Epsom Buses
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Go North East slams QC proposals ahead of authority vote Kevin Carr criticises the scheme, which has seen promised savings drop by £2m per year and promises of extra buses scrapped Go North East has criticised the proposed north east Quality Contract scheme, which is being scrutinised by councillors who vote on October 21. Another step towards the Quality Contract implementation came on Friday, October 10, when the North East Combined Authority’s transport committee endorsed its plans. Kevin Carr, Go North East Managing Director and Chairman of the North East Bus Operators Association, said: “We’ve always believed that risks and uncertainties of this unproven proposal were under-estimated, and the bene�its would evaporate as reality set in. Just one year on the claimed savings are being scaled back, and the extra buses airbrushed out. Overall, this has effectively taken £40m of bene�its out of the proposed scheme.” The scheme as �irst presented in July 2013 promised savings of £7m a year, 18 extra buses, and that a contingency fund of £78m would be adequate. In the revised scheme now being considered by the North East Combined Authority, the annual
Kevin Carr highlighted that many of the scheme’s benefits have been revised down since it was first conceived savings have shrunk to £5m, the 18 extra buses have been scrapped and the contingency fund has increased to £80m. Kevin Carr continues: “Bene�its for passengers have been revised downwards, too. The claim for fares reductions, described last year as being as much as 2.5%, now appears to be around 1%, but in reality all fares under the scheme would rise by at least 10p a year – far more than recent bus fare rises for most people. “Bus operators pointed out that the government is reviewing the bene�its that passengers receive through Bus Service Operators’ Grant (BSOG), but the bus contract scheme has ignored this potential risk of a further £100m ‘hole’ in the
scheme. “The scheme would also give the Combined Authority unlimited powers to increase fares as often and as high as it might wish and to reduce the number of buses in service by up to 10% without renegotiating the scheme contracts. “The scheme is only feasible if the �ive local authorities in Tyne and Wear can commit to funding it to the tune of £51.2m a year, as well as underwriting the potential loss of BSOG of up to £10.1m annually. “Despite Nexus’ claims to the contrary, the contract scheme creates new risks for our cashstrapped local councils, with no certainty of protecting Tyne and Wear’s bus system.”
Arriva app breaks 300,000 downloads Arriva UK Bus is celebrating after more than 300,000 downloads of its mobile app. The mobile travel companion, which received its full nationwide launch earlier this year after a successful trial in the North East in early 2014, is designed to put the most up-to-date travel information at the �ingertips of passengers, giving them access to real-time maps and service updates. The success the app has had has not only been re�lected in the volume of downloads, of which 62% remain active users, but also by mobile industry insiders, having been shortlisted in both the 2014 UK User Experience Awards, and at The Appster Awards, part of the annual AppsWorld Expo. Mike Woodhouse, Senior
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The number of passengers carried on the Cambridegshire Guided Busway in the year up to August 6
The app is still actively used by 62% of passengers who have downloaded it Marketing Manager for digital and CRM from Arriva UK Bus, said: “This app has been a major leap forward in the UK bus industry
by providing information to our bus users in real-time, so we are delighted that its bene�its are being recognised by not only our customers, but also our peers in the digital and mobile sector. “Mobile apps are ideal for users of public transport, who want to regain control of their journey planning whilst on the move. Our app enables customers to have the latest information about all our services at their �ingertips - allowing them to plan their travel more ef�iciently and enjoy a smoother, more enjoyable experience. It sets the benchmark for where operators need to be in order to both improve the customer journey, but also the perception of the bus industry as a whole.”
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TfL board asked to approve 200 further New Routemasters
Transport for London (TfL) is considering the purchase of a further 200 New Routemaster buses and is looking to improve ventilation on the fleet. The TfL board previously authorised managers to buy 600 of the vehicles from Wrightbus and is being asked by TfL’s Finance and Policy Committee to sanction the purchase of an additional 200, to be used in service by the end of April 2016.
EYMS puts Whittle up for sale
Whittle Coach and Bus has been put up for sale by its owners, hull-based EYMS Group, following several years of operating losses. EYMS Chairman, Peter Shipp, said that he was extremely disappointed at having to make the decision, the group having bought the Kidderminster-based company from Ron Whittle in 2004 with every intention of growing and developing it for the long term. However, he said competition in both the bus and local coach market has eroded the Whittle’s financial situation, not helped by factors outside the company’s control. The Government’s 20% cut in BSOG in 2012, pressures on local authority budgets which have reduced concessionary travel reimbursement to bus operators and the money available for local authorities to support unprofitable services were also highlighted as problems. EYMS Group said it
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The original order is worth £212m to Wrightbus which is currently in negotiations with TfL over the cost of the additional 200 vehicles. Papers for the meeting claimed the buses are popular with passengers, claiming that 86% of passengers interviewed agreed the New Routemaster is accessible and convenient, and 71% recognised the green technology used by the vehicle and said it is a
new London icon. However there have been regular complaints from passengers about the lack of opening windows and the high temperatures within the vehicles. The documentation says: “TfL is currently assessing the air cooling systems on double deck buses in the fleet with the aim of improving comfort, particularly in response to especially high temperatures experienced in summer 2014.
Whittle has an annual turnover of over £4m and over 50 staff. TONY HUNTER could no longer afford to support its loss-making Whittles subsidiary. EYMS said it is hoped that a buyer can be found for the business, or at least parts of it, and its absolute priority is to try and save jobs. Efforts to contact possible interested parties have already begun. Whittle has an annual turnover of almost £4m, split between local bus services, coach operations, including day trips, private charter and holiday tours, and significant operations on contract to National Express. The company employs over 50 full-time staff, plus a number of part-time and casual
employees, and operates 35 buses and coaches. During a Face to Face interview (CBW1118, December 2013) Peter Ship told CBW that Whittle’s National Express contract work has ‘undoubtedly helped to support the Whittle business.’ He said at the time that the private hire and coach touring side were also doing well, but running the business was proving ‘more difficult than we thought.’ On the announcement of the business going up for sale, Peter Shipp, said: “Despite great efforts over the last few years, it has not been possible to reduce the losses
“Current options under consideration include better insulation around areas such as the engine compartment, improved ventilation and remote monitoring of saloon temperatures. “More powerful air-conditioning systems are not advocated as these would prevent the bus fleet achieving Mayoral air quality goals, including reducing nitrogen oxides by 20% compared to 2012 levels by the end of 2015.” and after a great deal of soul searching we have decided that we have no option but to try and sell the business. “While it has not worked for us, it could well be that for one or more other operators perhaps based in the area, there could be some synergies which would make the operation worthwhile and we are contacting anyone we think might be interested in buying all or part of the business. “It is important to stress that neither Whittles nor EYMS Group is in actual financial difficulties so payments to suppliers, and pay and all other monies due to our employees up to the date of sale or closure are not at any risk, and Whittle’s coach business will continue as normal at least until the end of the year. “This is a huge disappointment for me but, of course, it will be an even bigger disappointment for the staff at Whittle and we will be giving them every opportunity to talk to our managers in the next few weeks so that they can discuss the issues which will undoubtedly affect them, and we will offer advice and practical help wherever we can.”
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NEWS › COACH B R I E F LY l WELSH TRANSPORT MINISTER, Edwina Hart, has given the go-ahead for the A465 dualling between Gilwern and Brynmawr. Work on the fivemile (8km) stretch is expected to begin at the end of the year. It will involve widening the existing road which passes through Clydach Gorge alongside the River Clydach. The new section will link up with Section 1 (Abergavenny to Gilwern) completed in 2008 and Section 3 (Brynmawr to Tredegar) due for completion in 2015 to provide a continuous dual carriageway from Abergavenny to Merthyr. l AS PART of the Scottish Government’s ambitious programme to dual the 88 miles (142km) of the A96 from Inverness to Aberdeen by 2030, the preferred option for the Inverness to Nairn (including Nairn Bypass) scheme has now gone on public display. Efforts are currently focused on dualling the 18.6 miles (30km) section between Inverness and Nairn. A consultant is expected to be appointed early next year, with a view to publishing draft orders for this £30m contract scheme in 2016. l PLANNING PERMISSION for a new Ely Southern Bypass can be given by Cambridgeshire County Council, the Secretary of State has ruled. Proposals to build the 1.06-mile bypass had been backed unanimously by Cambridgeshire County Council’s Planning Committee, subject to the decision made by the Secretary of State after he had issued a so called ‘holding decision.’ The bypass aims to reduce journey times between A10 and Stuntney Causeway by 56% and reduce delays for drivers leaving the station by 50% at peak times. Closing the level crossing will also mean more freight can travel by rail.
Brian Noone to launch new Turas 900 at Euro Bus Expo 2014 Company calls the new development a ‘radical new design’ which offer 33 seats Brian Noone Ltd of Maynooth, Ireland has confirmed that its ‘all new’ successor to the highly popular Vario based Turas 800 will be introduced at the forthcoming Euro Bus Expo 2014 trade show. The Mercedes-Benz Atego-based Turas 900 will be exhibited in association with the company’s agent, Doncasterbased Minis to Midis. The new model, which the company describes as a radical new design, will offer 33 seats plus courier, cab and saloon airconditioning, double glazing and approaching six cubic metres of luggage space. The nine metre body mounted on 9.5 tonne chassis will be available with two
Moseley to launch two new midi coaches
The Associated Moseley Companies have announced the launch of two brand new products at Euro Bus Expo 2014. Based on the Mercedes-Benz Atego chassis, and available in two different weights 10 tonne (33 passenger seats) and 12 tonne (3537 passenger seats), is the Indcar Next midi coach. The Next 12 tonne will also be available with the option of a wheelchair lift, glass roof, and a novel sliding rear podest which will enable a 37-seater to be reconfigured as a 35-seater with a larger rear boot. The second exciting new product to make its UK debut is the Sitcar Voyager, a 25 seat midi coach built on the seven tonne Iveco chassis. It features Lazzerini reclining seats, air-conditioning, double glazed tinted windows and retarder. Moseley claims it offers luxury
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engine options and Brain Noone says it will feature easy nearside entry for passengers and crew and a whole new interior design. Mark Noone commented: “Free from the constraints of weight associated with the 8.2 tonne Vario we have been able to take the 33 seat coach to a whole new level whilst retaining the important attributes of easy entry and low operational costs.” Speaking for Minis to Midis, Alan White added: “The new design has been well received in individual presentations to customers and we can report pre-launch orders already in double figures.” The first UK operators to commit to purchasing the new vehicle were Cardiff-based Wheadon’s and Golden Boy of Hoddesdon. The first delivery will go to Sovereign of Rousdon near Lyme Regis.
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National Express is green for Glastonbury
As Glastonbury tickets for next year went sale on October 5, official coach provider National Express claimed that festival-lovers this year made record-breaking energy savings equivalent to making over one hundred million cups of tea. The operator said the carbon
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emissions saved by the 28,000 people who travelled to the legendary Somerset festival by coach as opposed to choosing the car are comparable to brewing up more than 100,000,000 times. National Express has frozen its 2015 ticket prices, making a commitment to keep prices to next year’s festival locked at this year’s levels until the New Year. The national coach operator’s vehicles take passengers and their luggage directly to the gates of the top music event, while departing from 70 locations across the UK.
Pictured from left to right: Karen Clydesdale, Sales Manager at the Trinity Mirror newspaper group, Tony Bamber and Richard Bamber of Anthony’s Travel, and Lucy Meacock from ITV Anthony’s Travel is celebrating after being crowned the winner of this years’ Corporate Social Responsibility Award at Cheshire Business Awards 2014. Held in Chester Cathedral on Friday, October 3 and hosted by ITV’s Lucy Meacock, the judges spent over 80 hours selecting worthy winners in 10 award categories. In what the judges said was one of the most competitive awards, they said: “Anthony’s Travel demonstrates an amazing amount of community-based activity across a range of organisations and charities. It was a really strong entry, and they have really gone the extra mile.” Richard Bamber, Partner of Anthony’s Travel, commented: “It’s amazing that a company my father founded with one minicoach in 1985 has been deemed worthy of such an
honour. “We are very proud of our roots within Halton and Cheshire and our family ethos has always been to help others, which has been the foundation of our business. Each one of the wide selection of community partnerships we believe in and don’t simply pay lip service. “Hopefully what we have done as a small company with limited resources can inspire other small businesses to make a difference in the community they trade in.” Joining Anthony’s Travel at the evening ceremony was a number of its community partners. This is the second time that the well-known Runcornbased operator has received an honour for its work within the community. As reported in CBW at the time, in March 2012 the company received the prestigious Chester High Sheriff’s Award for Corporate Social Responsibility.
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NEWS › REGIONAL SOUTH WEST A NEW PARK & RIDE service will allow bus users to travel from Milehouse to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, the Halesowen News reported. The PR1a route, which will operate from Monday, October 27, is part of a shake-up by First to improve connections for staff, patients and visitors using the hospital. The service will run every half hour, with a single fare between Milehouse and Derriford Hospital costing £1. There will also be extra journeys introduced on the number 15 bus between the city centre, Derriford Hospital and Woolwell to assist Derriford staff and patients. This will include one additional early morning journey from the George Park & Ride to the hospital and some new early evening trips from Derriford back to the George. A return between the George Park & Ride, the University of St Mark and St John and Derriford Hospital on the 15 and 86 will cost £1. Paul Smith, First’s Devon Operations Manager, said: “With the reduction in parking spaces at the hospital this year, we were more than happy to work with the Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust and the city council to find solutions to the challenges this would present its staff, patients and visitors. “Following discussions, we are introducing the new service PR1a which will exclusively serve the
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visitors going to and from the hospital will have peace of mind that there will be regular bus services to ensure they arrive on time for work and for their appointments. “Also, at just £1, the single fare between the Milehouse Park & Ride and Derriford Hospital is more good news for bus users and represents excellent value for money. “What is more, this service will be particularly useful for drivers coming up from Cornwall or coming off A38 at Manadon from the east.”
STAGECOACH SOUTH n WEST celebrated the first anniversary of its flagship luxury
Stagecoach Gold bus service on September 30, which connects the English Riviera to Plymouth. Such is the success of this premium bus route that, in May of this year, Stagecoach responded to customer demand by doubling its frequency between Torquay and Plymouth. Buses now run every 30 minutes, Mondays to Saturdays and up to every hour on Sundays. In addition, commuters now benefit from a pre-0900hrs arrival into Torquay and the last departure from Plymouth leaves at 2230hrs, coinciding with theatre finishing times and providing late evening connections to Ivybridge. Michael Watson, Managing Director of Stagecoach South West, said: “Since its introduction last
year, the Gold service has proved to be a resounding success and I am grateful to our passengers for their loyal support during the past year. “The leather seats, free WiFi and extra leg room all add some every
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hospital between the city centre and the two Park & Ride sites at the George and Milehouse at peak times every half an hour. At the same time, service 15 will include extra morning and evening journeys to help staff, patients and visitors getting to and from the hospital. “Feedback from the bus users’ surgery at Derriford Hospital has been very encouraging and customers welcomed our proposals for enhancing the services. These changes are good news for Plymouth as they will ensure that staff, patients and
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A MIDDLESBROUGH hospital cross-site shuttle bus was due to be launched on Monday, October 13, following recent changes to children’s and maternity services at the Friarage Hospital, the Northern Echo has said. The new service will be available to families who may need to travel between the Northallerton hospital and The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough if a child is transferred and they have no other means of getting between sites. The service will operate 10 times a day – Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays – from 0800 to 1700hrs, with pick-up points at the Friarage Hospital’s main entrance and the women and children entrance at The James Cook University Hospital. The five-month pilot scheme is expected to cost the Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby Clinical Commissioning Group and local NHS around £30,000 to run. Dr Charles Parker, HRW CCG governing body member and Topcliffe GP, said: “It was clear during the public consultation that transport is an important topic. We’ve listened to people’s views and put in place this new service. “The aim is to provide safe and appropriate non-urgent transport with the assurance that people can travel between the hospitals in a reasonable time.” WORK ON THE FINAL phase of Castleford’s new multi-million
team investing in their vehicles and also raising standards. “I wish them all the very best for the next 12 months.” As well as linking Torquay with Totnes and Plymouth, Gold also provides regular connections between Totnes and Dartmouth. A day of unlimited travel on the entire length of the Gold service costs £7.50 for an Adult Explorer ticket. For regular commuters, a one week Megarider Gold provides seven days of unlimited travel for £26. Both of these tickets can also be used for unlimited travel on any of the operator’s other services within Devon. Pictured from left to right are: Malcolm Rundle (Torbay Engineering Manager), Simone Smith (Torbay Operations Manager) and Michael Watson (MD, Stagecoach South West).
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NEWS › REGIONAL pound bus station was due to start on Monday, October 13. Transport Authority WY Metro started work on the new £6m facility in January and said it is on target to open early next year. During the work, passengers and buses will not be allowed into the bus station site and the temporary bus exit onto Booth Street will be closed. The three remaining bays for waiting buses within the bus station site will also move. Cllr Peter Box, West Yorkshire Combined Authority Chairman, said: “As well as representing a huge improvement in levels of convenience and comfort for local bus users when it opens in spring next year, Castleford’s new bus station will provide a new, welcoming gateway to the town. “Wake�ield Council and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority have worked closely to develop this new passenger facility that will bene�it Castleford residents, local companies and people visiting the town for leisure, shopping and business.” The plans for the new bus station include a fully-enclosed waiting area, real-time information screens, a Metro Travel Centre, retail unit, CCTV coverage throughout and public toilets. A GHOST BUS TOUR bus service has launched in York. The service is intended to give tourists and visitors a more leisurely approach than the traditional ghost walk, with passengers told they will be entertained, educated and scared. “The Ghost Bus Tours are a comedy theatre company that specialise in site-speci�ic theatre onboard The Necrobus,” a spokesman told the York Press. “Currently there is a Ghost Bus Tour in London and Edinburgh, as well as The London Time Tour Bus.” The spokesman said passengers on a customised 1960s Routemaster bus will learn about the sinister side of many of York’s most famous landmarks including Clifford’s Tower, York Minster and Dick Turpin’s grave and visit some of the city’s many haunted buildings.
A NEW TRANSPORT interchange point has been built at Malin Bridge in Shef�ield to improve connections between the Supertram system and bus services serving the Stannington area. From Monday, October 13, a new and improved bus stop, closer to
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the Malin Bridge tram terminus, will offer an extended bus shelter and layby with a new bus lane through a former traf�ic island to provide SL2 Supertram Link services with a route back out of the city. Financed by the Local Sustainable Transport Fund and delivered by South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE) together with Shef�ield City Council’s contractor Amey, the scheme aims to remove waiting buses from the busy Loxley New Road, ease the �low of traf�ic, improve access and connections to SL2 services, and provide shelter for those waiting for public transport services.
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ACCORDING TO A SCRUTINY report presented to Northamptonshire County Council, new housing estates in the Northampton area are at risk of not getting a bus service, the Northampton Chronicle reported. A review of bus services in Northamptonshire has resulted in a series of recommendations being adopted by the county council to try to improve the bus service provision. One of the key points raised during the review was the fact that bus operators such as Stagecoach were not consulted about new large housing estate proposals. The report found that Section 106 funding, which is paid by developers for the provision of local services, is not necessarily available to private bus companies, such as Stagecoach but it was assumed that they would provide services for new developments if they felt the service would be pro�itable over a reasonable period of time. At a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, members agreed to invite all bus service and community transport providers to participate in the consultation process for new housing estates and ensure that consideration is given to suitable bus access/exit facilities in consultation with MGWSP/ Highways. Members also agreed that Northamptonshire County Council would encourage borough and district planning authorities to ensure that all county bus service and community transport providers are made aware of, and are invited to participate in public consultation concerning signi�icant developments in the county.
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■ October 19 TransportFest 2014 London Bus Museum, Brooklands, Surrey. 01932 837994 www. londonbusmuseum.com
■ January 24 Northampton Transport staff reunion Monks Park Working Mens’ Club, Northampton. Contact organiser Matt Cooper by email on ntfirstreunion@gmail.com or by phone 07816 116283.
■ October 19 30 Year of Tracline Running Day Aston Manor Road Transport Museum, Shenston Drive, Aldridge, Walsall. 01922 454761. www.amrtm.org ■ October 23-24 Young Bus Managers Network Conference Novotel, York www. youngbusmanagers.org.uk ■ October 26 Swansea Bus Museum Running Day SA1 Business Park, Langdon Road, SA1 8QY. www.swanseabusmuseum.com ■ October 28-31 International Bus and Coach Trade Fair Feria de Madrid Avda del Partenon, 5 28042 Madrid, Spain www.ifema.es ■ November 4-6 Euro Bus Expo 2014 NEC Birmingham www. eurobusexpo.com ■ November 4 – 7 QV Associates Introduction to Bus & Crew Scheduling course Birmingham. 01905 613527. http://qv-associates. com ■ November 16 Dewsbury Bus Museum Silver Jubilee Open Day. Foundry Street, Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury, WF13 3HW. 1030 – 1630hrs. www. dewsburybusmuseum.co.uk ■ November 18 UK Bus Awards Presentation Ceremony London Hilton Park Lane www.ukbusawards. org.uk ■ December 6 Ensignbus Christmas Bus Special Vintage buses through Lakeside www. ensignbus.com ■ December 6-7 The Christmas Cracker Museum of Transport Greater Manchester Boyle Street, Cheetham. 0161 205 2122 http://gmts.co.uk
■ January 24 – 25 Excursions 2015 Alexandra Palace, London. www.excursions.org.uk ■ January 29 CPT Annual Dinner Lancaster London Hotel, Lancaster Terrace. Contact Ling Tang on 020 7257 2502 or email lingt@cpt-uk. org. ■ April 14 –16 CV Show 2015 NEC, Birmingham 020 7630 2102. Email enquiries@cvshow.com www. cvshow.com ■ April 18 – 19 UK Coach Rally Alton Towers Resort, Staffordshire 01753 631170. www.ukcoachrally. co.uk ■ April 23 UK Coach Awards Ceremony Mercure Piccadilly Hotel, Manchester. 0870 900 1450. www. ukcoachawards.co.uk ■ May 3 – 4 Friends of King Alfred Buses Running Day Winchester www.fokab.org.uk ■ May 11 – 13 ALBUM AGM & Conference Carden Park Hotel, near Chester www.album-bus.co.uk ■ June 21 Welsh Coach Rally National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. For details, call Ashley Lovering on 07814958379. ■ October 16 – 21 Busworld Kortrijk Kortrijk, Belgium http:// kortrijk.busworld.org
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Heritage hits back at PI claims More to the PI than meets the eye, says the operator The owners of Heritage Group have said there is more to the story than that raised at its recent Public Inquiry (PI). Chris and Russell Stepe have hit back at aspects of the report carried in last week’s CBW. On the matter that Traf�ic Commissioner (TC) Nick Denton warned the pair that their licences could be suspended or curtailed if they failed to hand over “necessary material” by October 10, Chris said: “As
contained in a letter dated September 23 from the Of�ice of the Traf�ic Commissioner, it is clear from the ‘Section 99 letter’ that no speci�ic dates for information were requested and DVSA have acknowledged to me that this was an omission on their part. “Our Solicitor, Philip Brown had advised us not to meet at the DVSA of�ices on July 29, 2014. I quote from a letter dated July 17, 2014 to DVSA Traf�ic Examiner Philip Breen: ‘In light of the nature of the complaint which has been lodged, we have further advised our clients that
before they meet with any DVSA enforcement of�icers or respond to any requests that the issues raised by the complaint should be addressed and dealt with.’ “Heritage Group was given another 10 days at the P.I. to come up with details because the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) failed to provide details of the periods and records required. The DVSA also failed to attend meeting arranged on July 29, 2014 and never actually cancelled.” As for the quote attributed to TC Denton that Heritage’s licences may be the subject of
regulatory action if the deadline is not met, Chris said: “Why take legal advice, when you instruct a solicitor, if you are going to ignore that advice? When that advice is given by the ex-TC who was also the ex-Senior TC, who has dealt with more PIs than most, then you would not go against that advice or be very foolish if you did, as that is the point of obtaining legal advice and representation and acting on that advice.” Turning to the ‘party bus,’ Chris added: “The matter of the ‘party bus’ is for the courts to decide, but having stopped the bus on previous occasions and accepted the operation of the service on several checks over a period of years, to then change their mind when they stopped it on the June 28, 2014, you could hardly call that disputed. On July 6, 2013, they challenged the legitimacy of how we ran ‘Special Regular Services’ and said they would investigate and come back
FirstGroup predicting steady growth last 6 months FirstGroup has reported a trading update for the six months to September 30, 2014, ahead of its half-yearly results due to be announced on Wednesday, November 5, 2014. CEO Tim O’Toole said: “Trading during the �irst half has been in line with our expectations for the group and we continue to make progress with our transformation plans. “We were encouraged that the early pricing improvements on our First Student contract portfolio were maintained through the whole bid season, with contract retention towards the top of our expectations.
“The slow pace of economic recovery for our core Greyhound customers, and in some of our local UK Bus markets, is balanced by the contract pricing and cost reduction progress made in First Student and
good performances in First Transit and our UK Rail operations. “As usual, the second half of our �inancial year will make a larger contribution to full year pro�its than the �irst half, principally due
to the seasonal nature of First Student’s business. Despite the variable trading conditions across our markets, we are con�ident that our �inancial performance will continue to improve during the second half and for the full year, and that the multi-year plans we are executing across the Group will return us to a pro�ile of sustainable cash generation and value creation in the medium term.” In First’s UK Bus business, likefor-like passenger revenue and passenger volumes are expected to increase by 2.1% in the �irst half. The group expects a total cash out�low for the full year of approximately £100m.
The Northern Echo has reported that Classic Coaches, based near Stanley, County Durham, has closed its depot. The company, which is part of the Arriva group, says 42 full-time and part-time workers have been made redundant. It added that 11 drivers and four
further employees have moved to positions within Arriva. Classic also operated school services, which Arriva said have been switched to other travel operators in the region. An Arriva spokesman said: “We can con�irm that Classic Coaches unfortunately closed on Tuesday, September 30. “We have worked closely with the trade union to make what has been dif�icult process as smooth
as possible. “We were able to offer the majority of employees other jobs within Arriva, and a number of drivers and some engineers have taken that option to transfer while some employees have chosen to take redundancy. “Classic Coaches also operated a number of school contracts and where these have been transferred to other bus operators, staff have transferred
along with them.” The company was known for running a number of day trips, including services to Skipton, in North Yorkshire, Castle Howard, near York, and excursions to see Blackpool’s illuminations. Classic operated as a part of the Tellings Golden Miller (TGM) Group, which is a company within Arriva, and is known for its services at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports.
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to us, which they have never done – until the June 28, 2014, one year less a week since the last investigation. Why wait that long if they believe it is operated illegally?” On the subject of Sussex Bus route 31, Chris said: “The TC apologised that we had not been provided with the report of their findings in order to discuss the level of compliance and because of the DVSA error, he would not be discussing this on the day of the PI. It was agreed that we would be sent the report and then we would investigate and agree between ourselves and the DVSA if there was a compliance issue on or before the October 31, 2014.” Chris said the alleged vehicle safety concerns were not serious. “We brought the maintenance records and the daily ‘Walk Round Check’ sheets to the PI for the TC to go through. He picked up from these sheets that one had a cracked windscreen due to
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tree damage and a fuel tank leak. They were not prohibited – the driver had overfilled it on a hot summer day.” As for the sentence which read “The company claimed it was a complaint by one ‘heavy-booted’ driver, before Mr Denton pointed out it had been logged by six drivers,” Russell pointed out the vehicle had been mentioned on the “walk round check sheets.” However, he said it was “not the same issue, as some found it unusual to drive due to their driving style and being fitted with a speed limiter meant you did not drive it with your foot to the floor like a Dart as it was a bus body fitted on a Scania coach chassis. The vehicle was one of a number of a conversions carried out by the previous operator (Stagecoach). Turing to Mr Denton’s quote in the story “If you have a vehicle as big as a bus that can either only crawl along or go full throttle, that is a problem and it’s slightly
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then timekeeping is affected when you are stuck with delays that you have no prior knowledge about and other operators can relate to this as it is caused through no fault of your own.” Responding to Heritage Group, the Office of the Traffic Commissioner told CBW: “The TC has adjourned the public inquiry and further evidence will be examined when the public inquiry resumes. “He imposed a deadline on the operators to produce further documentation to the enforcement body within 10 days. The companies are also required to meet with DVSA officials, on or before October 31, to discuss any matters arising from the evidence provided to the agency. “Complaints against individual officials in the DVSA are subject to a separate process which the TC made clear is not under consideration with the regulatory matters before him.”
disconcerting that you are trying to belittle it,” Russell responded: “Six drivers out of 60 plus drivers is a low percentage and they always had a choice not to take the bus out whilst others enjoyed driving the bus.” Chris added: “The TC was not aware until the actual hearing that there were no specific dates in the section 99 letters and that the BOAM timing sheets were not produced until the hearing in the afternoon as the DVSA had forgotten to send them to the operator in order for the evidence to be heard at the PI. Therefore, the 30% non-compliance allegation could not be answered, hence the instruction to meet with DVSA officials on or before October 31, 2014 to determine the level of compliance and respond to the evidence” in order to ascertain if there were timing issues. Bearing in mind the level of road works going on during that period which affected all of our routes
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Dangers of localism CBW’s new columnist will be commenting from time to time on issues affecting the bus industry. He starts with some thoughts on the dangers of localism
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llow me to introduce myself. I’ve spent my career in the public transport industry and I have enough of life behind me that I have been asked to share some of my musings with you, perhaps to get you thinking, hence Merlin’s the name. Some things have changed for the better, others for worse, but I can still be occasionally surprised. A bitter lesson to learn is that forearmed is forewarned and you can never take your eye off the ball in this business. With a few exceptions where I’ve noticed evening and Sunday tender operators recently looking particularly poor, I think the industry’s record is getting better all the time where it is in control of its destiny. I therefore thought about those aspects which are not under its direct control and which adversely affect its performance – that which can be put down loosely to what is called ‘politics.’ Politics towards the bus in terms of traffic management is of course the most fundamental of things we rely on externally to achieve the most critical of customer requirements: that buses are on schedule all the time. The politics of ‘localism’ is slowly but surely heading to define where an operator can or cannot expect to deliver services most effectively. The same is true for the appointment of omnipotent mayors in Metropolitan areas or aspirant City Regions. Six months ago I would not have predicted that the Scottish independence referendum would be going to play such a critical role in the task of providing successful, high quality, customer focussed (as opposed to politically inspired, centrally planned and imposed)
Reasserting localism will no doubt rekindle PTE’s hopes for Quality Contracts public transport networks in the UK. I now feel that it is going to shape the politics of transport planning for the foreseeable future. The speed with which the Westminster parties panicked into reasserting the doctrine of localism, engendering its sentiments of ‘Home Rule for Yorkshire, Cornwall, Metropolitan Area X, City Region Y’ etc, will no doubt have rekindled the hopes for Quality Contracts for PTEs where the political ideology is not supported by either the business case or funding (or reality), and which have in recent weeks been more silent on the subject. Localism may be very well in theory, but to be effective it requires high calibre politicians capable of understanding technical arguments as opposed to political populism. Britain is not alone in not seeming to have an abundance of such talents. I remember well the reaction of the BBC’s John Humphreys when asking for a show of hands at a CPT Dinner of those who thought Britain was well served by its politicians. The result was the lowest he had seen! Put one council leader with prejudices against buses or at best who is indifferent to what is needed to deliver good public transport in a key position and the fortunes of the bus operators and their customers could be prejudiced for a generation. Producing strategy documents like
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‘A Vision for Transport Planning’ which the CILT has been writing since 2013 is no effective medicine against the wrong person stepping forward. Transport by its very nature transcends administrative boundaries. How many of us have seen worthwhile cross border services wither and perish when one local authority has been willing to pay its share and the other has not? It was just the same before deregulation.
Localism may be very well in theory, but to be effective it requires high calibre politicians capable of understanding technical arguments The Deputy Prime Minister’s ‘Northern Futures’ initiative is apparently designed to fast track devolution proposals over roads, rail and buses to ensure that the English regions are “not left behind in the wake of the Scottish independence vote.”
The fact that the initiative is also apparently intended to “end the free for all of privately run buses” makes one despair that his own party’s former minister with responsibility for buses, Norman Baker, never told him how he discovered that the industry was actually well run. Even worse, perhaps he didn’t want to believe him! To avoid another period of constant visiting and revisiting the structure of the industry and deregulation as we have had to put up with for the last decade or more, the industry needs to be incessantly reinforcing positive messages to the politicians. That includes increasingly the nonspecialist local authority directors who are supposed to try and carry out policies on the ground. There are so many good news stories around that some day somebody has to believe that what is not broken does not need to be fixed! If your show on the road is not as good as you can possibly make it with what you can control directly, then you may very well have to fear for a localism future… If you think that you could be a ‘Merlin’ for the coach industry giving it a voice please contact Deputy Editor, Andy Izatt on andrew. izatt@coachandbusweek.com
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North Wales Holiday Bus Diary What happened when Phil Tonks found himself in North Wales for a few days as a tourist without a car? Easy to get around? Or a minefield for a nonlocal? It’s a bit of a ‘seaside special’…
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ith its plethora of ABOUT THE AUTHOR hotels, B&Bs and guest houses, and Phil Tonks is a long-standing ease of access and respected advocate of by road and rail, good public transport. He Llandudno remains a popular has worked for both Bus location to base a holiday. Far from Users UK and Passenger being down at heal, the resort Focus. He continues to attracts coach loads of tourists travel the UK to find out and is tempered somewhat by almost all the year round. In and comment on what services the windows being covered around the town, visitors can are on offer. in seagull ‘deposits.’ enjoy open top Citysightseeing bus When I wrote an article tours and the vintage coach Great for CBW just after they were launched, I noted Orme Tour operated by Alpine Travel, not to that Arriva would have to keep on top of this. mention the delightful Great Orme Tramway. However, it appears they haven’t. Indeed, just However, there are places within easy reach like three months after launch, the Sapphire is Prestatyn, Bangor, Anglesey and Rhyl – but just looking decidedly grubby inside, with dust how straightforward is it in reality by scheduled on the ledges and the front upstairs bulkhead local bus services? bearing the hallmarks of many dirty shoes. All it needs is a wet rag. MONDAY Regardless, I arrive into the ‘Queen of Welsh Resorts’ and hop off outside the Palladium – Smethwick Galton Bridge Railway Station. once the venue of stars, now a Wetherspoons Arriva Trains Wales will take me as far as pub. My guest house is a five-minute walk. Llandudno Junction in one go, where I can The lady of the house is fascinated by my change to a 10-minute trip to Llandudno itself. obsession with buses, and, without prompting, Notoriously, the class 158 trains used on this remarks about “those new buses on the 12 route have an appalling lack of legroom, and route” (Sapphire) and how they “keep turning this one is no different. Although it is Monday up together.” morning, the train – a four-car unit – is already Despite what we like to think in the bus world, quite full, and it gets worse after Shrewsbury this is what non-bus people notice. Bunching when it has been chopped down to two cars. I may be being managed behind the scenes, but decide to bail out at Rhyl and try an altogether people notice it on the street. more sparkly Arriva offering – the Sapphire bus I retire to Llandudno’s oldest pub – The Kings service to Llandudno. Head, next to the Great Orme tram station – and It’s £3.50 for a single for the hour and a am delighted to see it complete its day’s work quarter run along the North Wales coast, and with the last couple of runs. It’s a very pleasant there’s some spectacular scenery, although this 20 | COACH & BUS WEEK | October 14, 2014 020_024_CBW1159_Phil Tonks.indd 20
Arriva’s service 4 squeezing through the Menai Bridge to Anglesey
evening as I later sit myself in the window of the local tandoori and watch the Sapphires still running back to Rhyl, late into the night.
TUESDAY
I end up in conversation with an elderly couple over the breakfast table – and they too have a Sapphire story –they’ve been refused entry because they have English concessionary passes. “Nice buses,” they remark. They’d
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The Sunday service timetable is obscured by a notice for an event that happened months ago
arrived ‘in the dark’ aboard a National Express coach (where they did have a discount) and had passed through Rhyl under the cover of darkness. Undeterred by their refusal to board, they were going to pay up to try the sparkly bus – but only after a tour on the open top bus to Conwy first. I discuss the difference between a ‘full English breakfast’ and a ‘full Welsh breakfast’ with the man of the house. He tells me the English version is “stodgy.” Today, I’m off to Holyhead. I’ve been warned www.coachandbusweek.com
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that “there’s nothing there,” but it’s the link to Ireland and I’m curious…. I’m catching a 5 or an X5 to Bangor first from Gloddaeth Street. This is one of those frustrating routes that can’t show its destination simply because of some strange European legislation. Instead, it shows ‘Bangor – connect for Caernarfon’ when it will simply go all the way through. Whilst waiting for this, I notice that Conwy County Council has still not updated the Sapphire timetable since its July launch. And the Sunday service is obscured by a notice for an event that had taken place in May. And they wonder why people don’t have confidence in buses? A very nice new single deck arrives. A £5 Arriva day ticket purchased and I’m away, accompanied by dual English/Welsh announcements and a screen showing them. However, the free WiFi fails to work (yet again). In Bangor, it’s a quick swap to the 4. Soon the Arriva driver is showing his skills by edging slowly through the Menai Bridge and onto the Isle of Anglesey. We pass through the village with the extremely long name (yes, THAT one), but the “gogogoch” seems to have disappeared from the end. We travel along open countryside, occasionally diverting off to serve a small village, until we eventually arrive at
Holyhead. There isn’t too much to do here. Much of the town centre has been pedestrianised, but the local motorists inevitably don’t take much notice of that. I peruse the offer outside the local grocers – ‘free tub of coleslaw with every £5 spent on fruit and veg.’ I visit the ferry terminal to view the huge vessels which shuttle between here and Ireland, and the railway station next door. I munch on a sandwich in the small café and the lady there tells me that she has to keep the door shut these days as the seagulls wander in too often… I stroll across the artistic bridge back to the town centre where local operator Goodsir seems to have the lion’s share of local work. However, my X4 return journey fails to show. I busy myself by taking more pictures of Goodsir services, much to the amusement of the locals, who obviously don’t have bus enthusiasts up these parts very often. Eventually, one lady tells me that a Goodsir driver has told her that the Arriva service has broken down. A 50-minute wait for the next one ensues, as the 4/X4 doesn’t have a fitted timetable (the one after that is only 20 minutes later). Someone spots some aquamarine in the distance and everyone shuffles forward, including me, but ‘sorry not in service’ disappoints us all. Eventually, the next scheduled X4 arrives on time, and we’re off, accompanied by an excitable gentleman who seems to know everyone on the service, but not me. Eventually, he finds an excuse to speak by asking if I can open a window, as he’s “too small to do it.” Back in Bangor, I take more pictures. Bus use here seems fairly good, but it’s approaching the
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PASSENGER PERSPECTIVE › TRAVEL DIARY evening peak, so I guess some of these will be local commuters. The X5 to Llandudno is only two minutes late and it’s a decent load.
WEDNESDAY
I’m off to Prestatyn – home of the ‘Holiday on the Buses’ movie from the 70s and caravans as far as the eye can see. But before I board my bus in Llandudno, I come across a classic bit of confusion that so worries the occasional bus user. My Conwy bus timetable book tells me my hourly route 13 departs from Stand C on Gloddaeth Street. My Denbighshire book lists this as “Palladium” on the other side of the road. There is further concern when the bus stop on Stand C makes no reference to route 13 at all. Over the road, the 13 IS there, but going only a couple of streets away (to Builder Street). I go for Stand C as the best guess, but who would be con�ident, given that this service runs only once per hour – and there isn’t any reference to it at the stop? I spot the rear end of a bus with 13 on the back, but a few minutes later – on time – it’s at Stand C. I was right, but no thanks to Conwy County Council! I buy another £5 Arriva day ticket and we’re off on this hour and half romp across Conwy and Denbighshire. The drivers change at the Coach Station with minimal conversation. Our seven-year-old bus is one of the oldest I’ve seen in Llandudno, but it’s the best presented – immaculate inside and out. The route mirrors some of the Sapphire 12 through Colwyn Bay and is fairly uneventful, save for two elderly ladies cracking open a tube of biscuits to the sound of a horror movie-like scream from the rear of the bus, which turns out to be someone’s mobile phone ring tone. I am more spooked than they are. Our driver – a baldheaded Phil Mitchell-lookalike from Eastenders drives perfectly. We eventually arrive in Prestatyn via the local hospital, where a lot of people get off. A road sign makes reference to the town being a winner of a category in ‘Britain in Bloom,’ but there are no �lowers to delight me in Prestatyn
Goodsir provide local services in the Holyhead area
Arriva’s X4 from Holyhead to Bangor finally turns up after the previous one failed to show!
Eifions operate this ex Padarn vehicle on it’s Bangor service
bus station. A Spartan, if seemingly recently-ish rebuilt affair, there are four stands. And not a lot of love. Nowhere is there a ‘where to board your bus’ information point. What appear to be digital information screens have long been switched off – apart from one, which tells us it is perpetually “installing” something. One displays a homemade notice for a missing whippet, another dates for the local Weight-Watchers meetings. If bus travel has an image of being ‘downmarket,’ it has sadly found a home in Prestatyn. One of the trunk route 11 services – normally a
double-decker – between Rhyl and Chester pulls in, but it is unusually a single-decker. It is packed to the rafters. An altercation ensues between the driver and a woman with a pushchair. The bus drives off and said woman stomps over to me as I’m innocently taking pictures. “Do you know when the next bus to Rhyl is?” she barks. “That driver wouldn’t let me on unless I fold down this pushchair. What am I supposed to do?” I resist the temptation to reply along the lines of “Well, fold it down then,” as she seems like she’s going to attack something or someone. I make my excuses and scuttle off.
Arriva’s Sapphires continue to sparkle – but are they getting cleaned enough? This pair was photographed at Rhyl bus station
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There is no sign of any timetable for route 13 from Llandudno to Prestatyn
The 5 service runs from Llandudno to Caernarfon – but it cannot show this simply because of legislation Not long after, another bus to Rhyl arrives. With no sign of ‘aggrieved woman,’ I jump on this wellloaded 36. There isn’t any room on here either for a buggy, so it’s a good job she’s disappeared. The heaters are belching out on this elderly Dennis Dart, so no doubt I lose a few pounds on this fine September day. We soon arrive into Rhyl, where I find another woman arguing. This time it’s on the stand for the Sapphire 12. It appears the 12 has driven off without stopping to let her on. “They can’t wait,” explains the Arriva Inspector, and goes on at great length to explain the pros and cons of bus scheduling and timetables. And it’s all lost on our passenger, who merely replies with “Well, he COULD have waited…” Back on the Sapphire to Llandudno and the bus I caught two days previously was sadly not a one off. This one too is coated with seagull excrement and the interior is similarly grubby with litter rolling about. And the WiFi doesn’t want to connect on this one either. The screen on the upper deck informs us that the Sapphire drivers are “specially selected from our most trusted staff.” Does that mean my previous 36 driver is less trusted? I spend the evening discovering where Arriva park their buses in Llandudno – it is at the Alpine Coaches depot on Builder Street West. On the walk back to my guest house I gently persuade myself that I’ve earned a beer or two…
THURSDAY
I’m heading home to the Midlands today, but not before I have a long chat with the owners of my guest house. They tell me that they encourage guests to explore the area by public transport, but it is often difficult to explain it to them. Many want to visit Snowdonia, and whilst it is possible to do this by bus, it involves a few changes on frequencies that aren’t always very good. I understand people’s dilemmas entirely. I’ve done the trip down to Betws-y-Coed and jumped on the Snowdon Sherpa through the stunning scenery to Llanberis – and the bus is definitely the best way to see this. But then you have to complete the circuit using different operators to Bangor. It isn’t difficult to an old 24 | COACH & BUS WEEK | October 14, 2014 020_024_CBW1159_Phil Tonks.indd 24
Inside a shelter in Bangor, it seems the digital age is dead
No information at Prestatyn bus station – only info regarding a missing whippet
Some of the Arriva Sapphires carry a generic livery, i.e. not for route 12. Here are two contrasting rear ends bus head like me, but people are naturally wary of changing buses on low frequencies – what if it doesn’t turn up, like happened to me in Holyhead? We also chat about the trains. There are some upcoming reductions to the link with Manchester, and it isn’t going down too well. “All politics!” declares the owner. It usually is. There is another discussion about Chinese visitors, who are keen to use buses to get around, but also find it all too often difficult, and another about links to airports. However, I have a train to catch myself. And I wave goodbye to this most beautiful of seaside resorts from the magnificently recently restored Llandudno railway station – which now fittingly gives the town a station to be proud of once more. There’s been a lot of money spent on buses and on the station in this town in recent years,
and that is very welcome. But I still think a trick is being missed in pushing the local network to ‘strangers’ who, if they have a car, will still find it all too easy to jump in it. n
VERDICT
Seaside Sunshine:
l Lots of new buses; l Cheap Arriva Day Ticket; and l Excellent drivers.
Seaside rainclouds:
l Sapphire service already looking grubby; l Conwy County Council info at bus stops out of date / not there; and l Need for marketing local network more at tourists.
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marketing bees James Day speaks to Claire Johnson, Director, and Hannah Connick, Account Manager, at JR Buzz, a small but thriving marketing and commercial support business
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R Buzz is a charming small company, currently employing three people and providing various forms of marketing and commercial help to coach and bus operators who need it. It was established in May 2011 and became a limited company in September 2012. The business was created to help coach and bus operators with their marketing needs, as many operators either don’t have their own marketing team or do not have a big enough team. Claire Johnson, who heads up the business, has valuable experience from her previous role as Commercial Director for First Manchester and the rest of her team have their own valuable skillsets which allow the company to supply a full marketing package.
A strong start
The business started with one client, which was Finglands of Manchester. The business then grew very quickly to cover First South West, First North, First Scotland, Greyhound, Ipswich Buses, Blackpool Transport, System One, Chalkwell, Blackpool Council, the Greater Manchester Bus Operators Association and the Confederation of Passenger Transport, all within the space of 16 months. “I think we grew because of word of mouth really,” Claire said. “I didn’t do any advertising at first, because my little boy was just 13 months old when I left First and I wanted to spend some time with him. I told a few people what I was doing and asked them if they knew anybody who needed my help. “Then I started receiving phone call after phone call. There was obviously a need for someone to support a lot of marketing projects happening at the time. “Smaller operators and locally-owned business like Network Warrington and 26 | COACH & BUS WEEK | October 14, 2014 026_028_CBW1159_JR BUzz.indd 26
The JR Buzz team. (L-r) Hannah Connick, Account Manager, Claire Johnson, Director and Chloe Wilson, Account Co-ordinator Blackpool were looking at how they could really focus on their marketing. There was a bit of a switch in the industry when people started realising that marketing is quite important. “It was good timing I think. People were investing after a period of lying low and not spending a lot of marketing money. It all happened very quickly, I didn’t think I’d be a limited company for example, I thought I’d just carry on being little old me. “That was why it was great to get Hannah onboard, having worked with her at Network Warrington. She was the person I needed to help with the small operators, which gave us a good balance in experience. One of the first things which Claire explains to the teams she works with is that JR Buzz is there to help. The company is not in the business of replacing people.
“It’s quite nice to go in and support the local team. It’s one of the most enjoyable parts of the job,” Claire continued. “When you first go in people are worried, because they think we’re going to replace them, but that’s not what we’re about. It’s about helping them to do their job better.”
A varied business
For some clients, JR Buzz is effectively their marketing team, carrying out day to day marketing in line with annual marketing plans which are created for the operator when the company first gets involved. This is a job which is done on an ongoing basis. JR Buzz also supports existing marketing teams as an extension, or helps mentor new staff into the role. It also provides commercial advice on all aspects of coaches and buses. Sometimes this does involve promotional activity, including adorning a variety of interesting costumes. “Basically, we provide everything from a high level marketing plan and budget to www.coachandbusweek.com
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About the brand JR Buzz’s branding includes a logo depicting a bee and carries the slogan ‘Are you buzzin’ yet?’ The company name partly came from the fact that Claire wanted to create a ‘buzz’ about public transport. The JR comes from the initials of Claire’s maiden name and married name. She said: “I always say the name is because we’re creating a buzz around marketing, and everyone always replies ‘no, it’s because you’re a Wiganer and you can’t say bus!’ “Bees are really useful as well – they are so important to the food cycle. We like to think that we’re quite useful, like bees. “We get more bums on seats!”
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mystery traveller to all marketing collateral,” Claire explained. “We tailor everything to what the client wants – we are not an ‘off the shelf’ package.” Currently, JR Buzz is involved with both large operators and small companies to a similar extent, both of which it very much enjoys working with. “The work we do is a lovely mix of the two extremes. Equal amounts of our time is spent working with smaller clients to develop their plans and ideas, support them and even going out and helping them with the customers, as is spent giving the commercial advice. “With smaller operators we tend to work for them on more long term basis – over a year or two years, supporting their marketing team or doing all of the marketing for them. A lot of them don’t have a marketing plan when we go in to see them. They have fantastic ideas which we build in and work with. “We go in there, make sure they’re getting all the basics right and look at how we can grow the business and then hand it back.
“I always think it’s a bit like Nanny McPhee” Claire enthused.
Building the client base
At First North, JR Buzz covered the Marketing Manager role in the interim until the company had recruited and then supported a permanent staff member. It now provides project support on an ongoing basis as and when it is needed. At First South West, JR Buzz provided support for the BRT eclipse project and again helped with interim marketing support and mentoring. The company has also provided marketing and commercial support for First Scotland. “It was quite a while before I was initially contacted by First,” Claire explained. “I was working with other clients, like Network Warrington and System One. I worked with First in the South West, because the MD who I worked under when I was Commercial Director, (Richard Soper), was from that area and they needed some help, so he recommended me and put me in touch with them. “I didn’t work with my old north region team
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Claire Johnson “I started at First Manchester as a PA, 13 years ago. I quickly moved into Marketing and progressed to Commercial Director at 28. JR Buzz was born when I left First over three years ago and decided there was a gap in the market for marketing support for coach and bus operators. “I spotted the potential for the company after working within First and meeting marketeers in the industry and having conversations with them about what they had on. Often people would be brought in to support each other on certain projects. “In First we had group teams to support big projects, but obviously you can’t keep people on payroll for work which might or might not show up. I thought to myself that there was maybe a bit of an opportunity here.”
Hannah Connick “I was a Microsoft Engineer until a career change beckoned and I joined Network Warrington as Marketing Executive. I worked with Claire while I was in this post, then decided to join JR Buzz when they expanded and gained four new contracts in a year. “I’ve always been a bit creative – a lot of my jobs before my role in IT were creative. I used to be a photographer and used to do a lot of digital imaging. I already had some knowledge of graphic design and such. “The job at Network Warrington was initially looking for someone who was a bit of a novice that they wanted to train up, which doesn’t come along very often in this industry or in marketing in general. I decided I’d give it a go.” “I’m really glad I did it and it was a great learning experience. Joining Claire and JR Buzz was an exciting opportunity to gain more industry knowledge and experience and was a natural progression for me.”
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JR Buzz designed the livery used on Ipswich Buses’ Park & Ride service until the last 14 months. It was quite strange going back. All my old original commercial team were all still there and I was returning as a ‘consultant’. The structure had changed dramatically – it had gone from being a Manchester operating company to being a whole north region with Yorkshire. “I did most of my work with them over in Leeds launching the Hyperlink route and doing brand launches.” It’s fair to say that FirstGroup is in a transition phase at the moment, with its Better Journeys for Life initiative in full swing. Lots of changes are being made to all aspects of the business, which has been easy to see for Claire as she has worked with the company in many different areas. “First is changing a lot of things at the moment,” Claire added. “Even now I’m doing some work with First Scotland – two route launches up in Falkirk and in the Lothian area – and we’re doing something completely different to the normal First livery. “It’s really exciting to be doing something which is really about the local area, rather than something which is much more strict. “It’s lots of fun to see them getting the local teams involved.” For Ipswich Buses, JR Buzz provides sole marketing and commercial support, working closely with its Managing Director, Malcolm Robson. “It’s really us and Malcolm at Ipswich. We work closely with him and we like to challenge him in the same way he likes to challenge us,” Claire stated. “That’s one of the tricky things, getting the balance right. These people we’re working with have an enormous amount of industry knowledge, but we challenge them to do things differently which might push them a bit out of their comfort zone. Sometimes people will go for it and other times it’s a bit difficult at first.
“Malcolm has developed the business and taken Ipswich Buses in a new direction. He really has been up for it and we really enjoy working with him. He takes some of our craziest ideas and runs with them when nobody else would.” “At Blackpool Transport, we’ve been working with Robert Mason and their local team to deliver marketing activities involving both bus and tram which has given us a new experience”.
Enjoyable projects
It’s fair to say that marketing can involve some very interesting and unusual projects in order to capture the public’s imagination. Claire and Hannah flagged up some of their favourite experiences. “I really enjoyed working on the BRT eclipse project,” Claire said. “It was a great mix of people to work with and I learned a lot. “I got to work with Hampshire County Council, who were very different to the usual local authority experience in the North.” “It was a great team effort between operator, local authority and multiple agencies involved. “When I was at First, we never worked with anyone we always did everything in house, so I hadn’t had that opportunity before. “We get to meet all kinds of different people, teams and agencies to deliver a whole package. It’s lots of fun - I certainly wouldn’t still be doing it if it was boring.” Hannah said: “The most memorable experience for me was transporting a giant musical cracker from Warrington to Ipswich for a Christmas promotion in the worst snow ever. “We told Malcolm we were going to bring down a giant cracker and do a nice photo shoot. The team are so up for doing things, it’s really enjoyable. “I picked up Claire at 0300hrs with a very big cracker, in a Mini. We’ve both upgraded
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Claire has returned to First in the North of England in the last 14 months in the capacity of a consultant ourselves to bigger Minis now after that experience!” “We’ve still not accepted that we might actually need a van at some point,” Claire said. The Ipswich Buses Park & Ride service was another memorable project. “At Ipswich Buses we were involved with the tender and livery for the Park & Ride,” Claire said. “I was involved in writing the tender with Malcolm. Having done that we got some ideas of what we wanted to do differently. “When we designed the livery, at first we didn’t think about it being on a bus and just drew up four or five crazy ideas to make it more lively and friendly, warm and different to what was there before. “Suffolk County Council were really enthusiastic and gave us free rein. “Of course, after we did this we realised we had to get it to fit on a bus. We came up with a few different ideas, just something really bright.” Of course, when you work in marketing, there’s always the danger of having to dress up as a giant animal on occasion to help sell the product. “We’ve worn most of our client’s mascots for photos,” Hannah added. “Anything to get some good coverage. “Our lovely new recruit Chloe is chief mascot, dressing up as the Easter bunny for a photo at a bus stop, where we went to the most rural bus stop we could find so nobody would see us, although the traffic suddenly built up just as we got there!”
Thoughts on PR in the industry
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local initiatives, but I’m not sure it’s overall getting people to feel the love. There’s still this challenge of changing the perceptions of the general public.” “Changing perceptions needs to be a concerted effort. Our aim is to change people’s perceptions of the industry, although I probably won’t need to work anymore if I achieve that!”
Future developments
Chloe from JR Buzz handing out goodies in Blackpool town centre for Blackpool Transport during Catch the Bus Week this year savvy, although there is still work to be done to change some people’s perceptions. “I think the industry is very PR savvy – they know how to get themselves coverage within the industry and in their local areas but perhaps need to spread themselves further,” Claire explained. “ We want to change perceptions of coaches and buses and it can be hard to do this if you are inward looking. “Our industry does a really good job and have some quite media savvy MDs and operations people in place. “The problem for the industry as a whole is that we’re very good at talking to each other about how good we are, and we do our little
Claire said: “It’s an interesting time for JR Buzz. We’re moving into different areas (geography wise) like Scotland, and have grown the team from two to three with Chloe, which allows us to grow other sides of the business such as mystery traveller, which we have been working on in the background. “We want to make it totally different to usual bus/coach surveys, in a way which gives more immediate feedback to drivers – basic things which are quite easy to fix. We want to move away from lengthy reports with a huge amount of detail. “The basic things which people want us to get right are quite easy to fix if you feed it straight back literally to the driver. It makes it nice and easy and neat for the operator. “Chloe was customer service trained by Emirates, which has given us a whole new perspective on customer service. We’re using that experience to build on what we’re hoping to deliver. “It’s a whole new level but still keeps it simple. “From our point of view it helps us as the marketeers if the product is spot on. It gives us a hugely better message to tell. It goes hand in hand and if we can help to make some of those improvements it can certainly help us to deliver better marketing.” n www.coachandbusweek.com
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arly last month National Express (NX) and the Highways Agency (HA) made history with a groundbreaking Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) – the �irst time the Department for Transport’s executive agency responsible for overseeing and maintaining England’s motorways and A roads had made such an agreement with a commercial business. The timing was signi�icant as the HA changes to become a Government-owned company which is committed to being more focused on the needs of road users. NX feels stakeholder engagement is more important than ever before, and driven by its Head of Public Affairs Matt Goggins, it has overhauled its strategy around speaking with in�luencers. The HA MoU is a prime example of that delivering a new way of thinking. So what’s the story behind it? CBW felt it was time to �ind out.
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Gareth Evans and Jade Smith talk to Matthew Goggins, Head of Public Affairs at National Express UK Coach about how the �irm is working in partnership with stakeholders get. We know the number one factor for putting people off travelling by coach is the potential for service disruption or delays on the road network,” explained Matt. “Around 85% of National Express coaches arrive within 10 minutes of their schedule, but we are working on bringing that number up to 90% and within range of the railways. Internally, there are all sorts of things we can do. For example, we are working with drivers and staff to make sure we deliver on-time departures and we’re tweaking timetables. “Externally however, we are working with people who control infrastructure. We realise that the majority of the 80m miles we cover annually are in the hands of the HA and we
need to work with them. We see it as akin to the relationship between a train operator and Network Rail.” When Matt started in his current role last year, he saw a real opportunity to strengthen some of the vital links which naturally ebb and �low as people move on from different organisations. “Therefore, the priority was to re-establish these connections and improve relationships. That culminated in the MoU.” He added: “We can pick off the low-hanging fruit, such as creating strong links between our respective control rooms and early warnings of roadworks, which will allow us to pre-plan to minimise the disruption. That’s starting to have an impact already. www.coachandbusweek.com
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Left: The importance of the relationship was demonstrated by the fact both CEOs came together at Victoria Coach Station to sign the agreement on September 9 – it showed there was high level support. Matt Goggins is pictured on the left “We can share our 40 plus years of experience and data. It’s put coaches on the HA’s radar. Feedback from our passengers can be passed to the HA, which can then be used to feed into investment strategies. Up to now such data has largely been made up from private cars and some haulage companies.” It’s something which is especially important next year when the HA becomes a Governmentowned company. That will involve it being committed to being more focused on the needs of road users. Historically the HA has had annual funding settlements, something which is set to change. Network Rail has control periods – and the HA will have what have loosely been termed ‘road periods.’ Asked why stakeholder engagement is now
most rail services cannot do this without at least one change. Fortunately, airports recognise this.”
HA wins?
Back to the HA, what is it going to get out of it? Matt replied: “Coaches are the ultimate high occupancy vehicle. An average coach takes a mile of traf�ic off the road network, which means less delays caused by congestion.” National Express has 550 coaches in service in the UK each day, which already has a positive impact on the HA. Matt continued: “It’s very much a two-way partnership. It’s also bene�icial to the strategic aim of the HA – to keep the nation moving. “Part of the agreement between National Express and the HA is that we open data up to each other. We’re opening up our uTrack and
‘Around 85% of National Express coaches arrive within 10 minutes of their schedule, but we are working on bringing that number up to 90%’ deemed to be more important than ever before, Matt replied: “National Express’ coach network is unusual in that it does not receive much by way of direct grants or subsidies like some other forms of public transport. One way to increase growth is to improve reliability. To do that means working with stakeholders, i.e. the HA. “A third of our journeys are to airports such as Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Luton. We already work in partnership with them. You don’t always need a formal agreement in place though. “Airports have challenges. One of the key factors is the sustainability debate, i.e. staff and passengers travelling to and from there on public transport. Therefore, it’s very much on the agenda of airports to work in partnership with public transport operators. Coaches can take people straight to the terminals – whereas
Traf�ilog data to the HA, which depicts coach movements in real-time. The HA can layer this information over its own travel data. In addition to this, we can provide historic data on our own coaches. “This gives the HA a public transport measure, which can be built into cost bene�it analysis when it comes to investment decisions. Due to the amount of miles we cover, it is important that the impact on coach passengers is considered.” Another aspect of the partnership has been that of understanding each other’s roles. Matt continued: “We’ve been to the control centre at Quinton and HA staff have been to see us at ours at Hagley Road in Birmingham. We arranged a job swap, which has helped to share practical experience as well as data and knowledge.”
The Highways Agency is to benefit from data gleaned from National Express’ uTrack and Traffilog technology
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Tom Stables, MD of NX UK Coach with Rosalyn Golds, Head of Media – National Express UK Coach and Eurolines with Matt Goggins at a parliamentary reception organised by Matt last year to celebrate the launch of the firm’s coach tickets being sold in Post Offices across the UK
Other partnerships
When it comes to working with other organisations and stakeholders, universities are on National Express’ radar in particular. Indeed, the firm currently serves 20 universities directly. “Our services to places like Southampton University have been successful, so we have now begun to look elsewhere and have recently introduced a new stop at the University of Bristol,” explained Matt. “Most universities are located close to city centres which we already serve – so it is important to see where else can benefit from a direct service. Our flexibility means we are looking to operate direct journeys to universities. A large number of our passengers are students.” Older Active Persons (OAPs) form another important part of the firm’s customer base. Matt took up the story: “The Government’s recently launched older workers’ champion scheme approached us to partner them. Joined by some of our older members of staff – a coach driver and two station managers – we supported the launch of the government’s new Older Workers’ Champion, Dr Ros Altmann at Victoria Coach Station. They felt our workforce fitted our passenger profile, with a balance of young and older employees. It’s important our workforce reflects our range of passengers. “The Government wants to stress the value of an older workforce. That’s opened up a number of lively lines of communication, such as that 34 | COACH & BUS WEEK | October 14, 2014 032_034_CBW1159_NX.indd 34
One element of the agreement is the early notification of incidents so National Express can react more readily to divert coaches and keep them on track as necessary with the Age Action Alliance (AAA). “We know that over half our tickets are bought online. We are aware there are many who are perfectly confident at using the internet. However, some of them, particularly among the older members of society, are not computersavvy. They’re not comfortable with using the NX website or may not have a computer at all. AAA wants to help older people by offering IT classes and signposting them to people who can help them access the deals online. This direct contact with OAPs makes it easier for them to buy tickets and travel, thus increases business. This is an example of a different stakeholder relationship that isn’t usually associated with public transport.” TfL is also clearly a key stakeholder. “Hundreds of our services go in and out of
central London daily. The capital’s roads suffer from heavy congestion – and coaches can help reduce some of that,” said Matt. “I feel we already have a great relationship with TfL. It’s crucial to all we do. TfL operates Victoria Coach Station. We both ensure we’re being good neighbours but we’re always looking for ways we can make things even better. Working together, we can minimise and respond to issues in London. We operate most of our journeys on London Service Permits. We have just got to ensure we do things right and to the best of our ability. “That requires team work among our respective members of staff. The words ‘partnership approach’ covers all relationships.” One thing Matt was keen to stress was: “The joining with the HA is just the beginning.” n www.coachandbusweek.com
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October 2014
MINIBUS Nissan has now elected to produce its own NV400 (pictured) and NV200 models and seems likely to drop its existing relationship
Unclear future for some LCVs
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ews this last week indicating Renault is to produce a new van for Fiat, based on its Tra�ic platform is certainly an interesting move but there has been no indication, as yet, from Fiat whether this means the end of its own Scudo. Presumably it does. Similarly, Citroen and Peugeot have not said anything about their respective Dispatch or Expert models which are based on the Scudo. Logic dictates they will follow suit – but no doubt all will be revealed in due course. The process of so called ‘badge engineering’ has been a popular concept with major OEMs because it means the main producer bene�its from much higher production levels and thereby greater economy of scale. The principle has worked well for Peugeot, Citroen and Fiat with small and large vans. The same has been true for
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Vauxhall, Renault and Nissan with shared platforms – although Nissan has now elected to produce its own NV400 and NV200 models and seems likely to drop its existing relationship. Volkswagen tried an alliance with Mercedes-Benz which resulted in a Sprinter-based Crafter. However, this agreement ends in 2016, with VW intent on developing its own large van platform – which it claims will be a ‘world product’ suited to meet the needs of a wider global market. So, it seems while the shared costs of production and development appeared to have worked well for some time, there is now a sense of brand identity and individuality becoming more important to some of the players. Martin Cole MINIBUS Editor
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Nissan launches VIP electric minibus
Nissan says the vehicle can access all current and future clean air zones, as well as drive inside buildings Zero-emission access all areas claimed to cost two pence per mile to run Nissan revealed its 100% electric e-NV200 compact van at the IAA show, in the form of a new zero-emission concept for VIP transport – the Nissan e-NV200 VIP Concept. The benefit of being zero-emission means it can access all current and future clean air zones, as well as drive inside buildings, for the ultimate in discreet convenience. Displayed with a two-tone exterior and luxurious interior it incorporated seats covered in premium quality white leather with blue accents, black carpets and a piano black finish on the control surfaces. The top half of the cabin, including the headlining, window surrounds and pillar covers were also white to create a spacious feel. The two ‘Club Class’ rear seats come with integrated seat belts, armrests and extending leg rests.
By positioning the rear seats well behind the sliding door not only is access to the passenger compartment made as easy as possible, it also extends legroom up to 670mm and could accommodate the tallest of passengers. Behind the seats there is ample room for luggage, making the e-NV200 VIP Concept ideal for business travellers at airport transfers. The rear passengers can be entertained by a 21.5-inch DSP monitor, which can display movies or other images from a passenger’s digital device, such as a smart phone, tablet, or computer. The central console between the rear seats incorporates controls for the monitor and room lights as well as housing a drinks fridge. A large LED roof lamp spreads diffused light through the rear compartment, while each seat has an individual reading lamp. The e-NV200 VIP Concept is equipped with Nissan’s Smart
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Rear-View mirror which enables clear rearward visibility under all conditions. It is housed within the structure of the conventional rear view mirror, with a built-in LCD monitor which can be activated in place of the conventional mirror. A high-resolution camera, mounted on the rear of the vehicle, provides the driver with a clear view of the rear, giving the ability to check blind spots and other traffic conditions. The e-NV200 VIP Concept is powered by the same 80kW AC synchronous electric motor and advanced 48-module lithium-ion battery as developed for Nissan LEAF and e-NV200. The drivetrain has proved to be reliable, powering in excess of 135,000 Nissan LEAF vehicles globally. The driving range will be close to the homologated range of the standard production vehicle and can be easily and rapidly extended by using any of the over 1,200 CHAdeMO-compatible quick chargers across Europe, just like the standard e-NV200.
Dany Boulenger, Nissan’s Global Corporate Sales, Division General Manager said: “Based on demand some of its features could easily be offered as affordable aftermarket conversions.” Nissan claims its e-NV200 costs just two pence per mile to run and is exempt from the London Congestion Charge thanks to its zero emissions 100% electric powertrain. Users also benefit from low maintenance costs for unrivalled total cost of ownership - £1,200 lower than a conventional diesel van over four years. It is priced from £13,393 in panel van form (incorporating PiVG). In a separate but related move, Nissan has just launched an informative web hub called e4Business, offering fleet operators real-world testimony and insights into its e-NV200. Visit e4Business at www. nissan.co.uk/GB/en/experiencenissan/brandhub-futuretodaye4businessteaser.html or follow @NissanLEAFUK on Twitter.
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Senior Traffic Commissioner confirms CTA conference attendance Senior Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell has confirmed that she will speak at the Community Transport Association (CTA)’s England Policy Conference in November. The one-day annual event, hosted
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by RBS, takes place on November 26 in London. It will open with a keynote speech from Baroness Kramer, Minister of State for Transport. With other key speakers from government and across the transport and voluntary sectors, the CTA says it is a ‘must-attend’ event for everyone leading, delivering or working with community transport in England. The conference will also see the launch of CTA’s State of the Sector report for England, which will be an indispensable resource for
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members and policy-makers in the run up to next year’s general election. Topics will include demonstrating the value of the sector (looking at how community transport can demonstrate the positive impact it has), measuring social value, innovations in commissioning, social isolation and improving perceptions of community transport. Book online at www. ctonline.org.uk/events/ctaevents/
Patrick Gallagher chooses accessible Elegance Patrick Gallagher Coaches of Donegal has taken delivery of a Euro 6 Mercede-Benz Sprinter 516 Cdi EVM Elegance from the company’s Kilbeggan facility. Based near near Letterkenny, the family-run firm is located just three miles from the picturesque village of Churchill. It operates local coach hire for companies and clubs and private groups to tours of Ireland for local and in-coming tour groups. Powered by a 163bhp engine, coupled to a five-speed automatic gearbox, the new EVM retains its original front windscreen but is fitted with an electric plug-type entrance door and integrated three-stage entry steps with LED strip lights and stainless steel inserts. It also retains its hinged rear doors. Rear seats are installed on recessed tracking for quick removal to create space for a wheelchair or luggage. An integral, fully automatic passenger lift
provides wheelchair accessibility. The saloon can accommodate up to 19 passengers on fixed-back EVM Comfort seats with three-point seatbelts, folding armrests to aisle sides and trimmed in moquette with leather headrests. Two full length parcel racks in brushed aluminium feature strip lighting, blue LED night lights and individual passenger service units.
In-Dash air-conditioning combines with Mercedes-Benz saloon air-conditioning with forced air ventilation ducted through service units. A heater booster was also supplied. A Bluetooth-ready Sound 20 Radio/CD head unit with saloon speakers was also specified. EVM’s X-Clusive body moulded side skirts were added too.
One of the final Euro 5 MercedesBenz Sprinter City 45s has joined the Cuckmere Community Transport (CCT) fleet, joining the organisation’s existing fleet of Mercedes-Benz minibuses. The new vehicle offers passengers a high level of comfort
and easy access via a mechanical folding ramp and a lowfloor area providing spacious capacity for a wheelchair. It can seat up to 22 people and is also equipped with a Sound 5 radio, two-way front loudspeakers and bus stop signalling system. CCT has been serving the Cuckmere area of East Sussex since 1976. Retaining a strong focus on accessibility and communitybased travel, CCT became a local success by running popular routes
through the beautiful East Sussex countryside to create essential transport links for local residents with nearby towns for shopping and appointments. Leisure trips to the South Downs National Park are also a popular feature. Supplied by Mercedes-Benz Minibus Sales at EvoBus UK, the vehicle is powered by a MercedesBenz OM 651 engine, generating 95kW, coupled to a five-speed automatic transmission.
Lowfloor City 45 joins Cuckmere fleet
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The vehicle is equipped with a Palfinger lift
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VW announces new T6 Volkswagen announced new T6 Transporter at the IAA exhibition in Hanover. The new platform features a range of efficient new engines offering more performance and lower fuel consumption, new safety equipment, greater comfort and a host of new technologies. CEO of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Dr Eckhard Scholz, did not give any indication of when the new model will be available but as the current demand for T5 models runs well into 2015, with record production levels requiring additional overnight shifts at the Transorter plant in Hanover, it is unlikely to appear before late next year or perhaps into 2016. Dr. Scholz said the company’s medium-term target was to internationalise production plants and products and had embarked on a high investment programme, both to expand the existing plants in Hannover and Poznan as well as build a new plant for the Crafter in Wrzesnia, Poland. Construction work will shortly take place at the new site in Poland, which is scheduled to start production at the end of 2016. The successor to the current Crafter will be Volkswagen’s first genuine world vehicle, aimed at satisfying a wide variety of global market sectors.
M62 fatality – minibus driver admits driving dangerously Minibus driver James Johnson, 62, of Wyke, Bradford, has admitted to a dangerous driving charge. The accident on the M62 during April 2013 saw 11 women seriously injured and the death of 18-year-old Bethany Jones. The minibus was involved in a collision with a lorry and overturned. Johnson will return to court on October 21 for sentencing. The lorry driver involved in the same incident, Kevin Ollerhead from St Helens, has also been accused of causing death by dangerous driving. He denies the charge and will go on trial next month.
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Mobility Networks success at RehaCare exhibition New version of the FlexiRamp suitable for the Ford Tourneo Connect proves a draw for converters The Mobility Networks Group has successfully debuted at RehaCare International, Düsseldorf, where it exhibited the new FlexiRamp for the Ford Tourneo Connect WAV in partnership with API of the Czech Republic. Formerly TMN Europe, Mobility Networks Germany hosted a comprehensive product selection including WAV wheelchair lifts, wheelchair hoists, access ramps and the FlexiRamp from API. The FlexiRamp is a respected lowered �loor kit which converts speci�ic OEM cars into wheelchair accessible vehicles. Launched at RehaCare, Mobility Networks displayed a new version of the FlexiRamp suitable for the Ford Tourneo Connect. This now complements the other models in the range, produced for the Citroën Berlingo, VW Caddy and Peugeot Partner. In addition to
its suitability for the Connect, this latest FlexiRamp also incorporates wheelchair tie-down retractors which are embedded in the �loor well – delivering greater convenience and improved aesthetics. As with all the FlexiRamp models, this latest version will provide time saving bene�its to vehicle converters. It will also offer a trusted, quality solution for wheelchair passengers who can bene�it from safe transportation, easy transfers and personalised positioning. Stephan Schwartz, Mobility Networks DE GmbH Managing Director commented: “Our representatives from across the world were busy on all four days demonstrating the extensive range of accessible vehicle solutions we had on display. Several vehicle converters expressed interest in our range of precision powered lifts manufactured by PLS in the UK, which is part of the Mobility Networks Group. The new API FlexiRamp for the Ford Connect also generated signi�icant
enquiries as it provides such a high quality solution, with seamless and fast integration. Our complete �itting, servicing and maintenance programmes were also of interest to many global visitors. Overall, the show atmosphere was positive and we would like to thank the event organisers for providing the ideal platform for us to debut our latest innovations.” Mike Simmonds, Mobility Networks CEO added: “RehaCare 2014 has added to the momentum of the Mobility Networks Group as it continues to expand. Our representatives met with key purchasers and speci�iers throughout the event, whilst also engaging face-to-face with end users – both equally bene�icial. Having the opportunity to listen, discuss and understand the needs of our trade customers and product users is always essential in terms of future innovations. We believe this is critical and RehaCare once again delivered a unique opportunity not to be missed.”
Elegance for the Shetlands
Wastbus of the Shetland Isles has acquired a 22-seater EVM Elegance, based on a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 516 Cdi with a 163bhp engine and 7G-Tronic automatic gearbox. The 22 Brusa Crete 80 Seats are �ixed-back units with three-point seatbelts, folding arm rests to aisle sides and are trimmed in Epengele Moquette with leather headrests. When downseated for 16 passengers, a lightweight removable partition can create luggage space. The original rear doors and front windscreen were retained and OEM side glazing in privacy
Wastbus’ interior is attractive on the eye, as well as being practical
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Pictured with Mike Simmonds, Mobility Networks CEO, the new API FlexiRamp from Mobility Networks for the Ford Tourneo Connect successfully debuted at RehaCare 2014
grey were installed. In-dash air-conditioning and forced air ventilation ducted through service units in the luggage assist in providing climate control alongside a saloon heater booster. Onboard entertainment includes a Mercedes-Benz Sound 15 upgrade for the radio, with an SD card input and saloon speakers, plus a PA system with hand microphone. Located in Weisdale on the west of Shetland, Wastbus is a family-run coach and taxi operator which has been serving the Shetland Isles since 1930 and can accommodate groups from four to 43 passengers. Wastbus selected X-Clusive body moulded side skirts and EuroLiner wheel trims to add further kerbside appeal.
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Sprinter Travel 45 boosts Excelsior Renault to build
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The vehicle was supplied by Coventry-based Mercedes-Benz Minibus Sales at EvoBus (UK). It is seen at Excelsior’s Bournemouth depot Bournemouth-based Excelsior Travel has boosted its fleet with the addition of a Euro 6 MercedesBenz Sprinter 45. Passengers are accommodated in comfort in 19 in luxurious Comfortline upholstered seats, with added leather piping and headrests. Integrated luggage racks and individual airconditioning controls complement the reading lights and curtained side windows in creating the experience of superior luxury
Another Merc for Golden Green Travel Family-run Golden Green Travel, which has bases in both Longnor, Buxton, Derbyshire and Gawsworth, Macclesfield, Cheshire has boosted its all Mercedes-Benz fleet with a new Euro 6 Sprinter Travel 45 minicoach. Supplied by Coventry-based Evobus UK, the 19-seater boasts leather headrests, Comfortline upholstery and three-point seatbelts. It is powered by a MercedesBenz OM 651 DE 22 LA 95 kW Euro 6 engine. The vehicle is being used both on local contract work and for executive private hire. Golden Green Travel provides services for corporate travel,
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The new vehicle is seen awaiting dispatch from Evobus in Coventry group travel organisers and educational travel, as well as offering luxury and affordable trips across the UK. The company’s eight-strong fleet ranges from eight to 49-seaters.
with the Sprinter. Driver comfort is provided by an extensive Driver Assist package, multi-function steering wheel and cornering front fog lights. Mechanically, power comes from a Mercedes- Benz OM 651 DE 22 LA 95kW Euro 6 engine, coupled with a 7G Tronic-Plus automatic gearbox. Safety features on this Sprinter Travel include threepoint seatbelts, an electronic stability program and Start-Off Assist.
Renault has officially opened its new production line at its Sandouville plant in Normandy which will manufacture the new Trafic. From the second quarter of 2016, the new line will also produce a vehicle for Fiat – based on the same Trafic – with a total estimated volume of 100,000 vehicles. The move follows an agreement signed in March 2013, between Renault and social partners, called the ‘Contract for a new dynamic of Renault growth and social development in France.’ Inaugurated in 1964, the Sandouville plant will begin producing commercial vehicles for the first time. The factory is continuing to produce the Laguna and Espace cars until they are replaced. The opening of the new Trafic production line also means Renault now manufactures all of its Europe-bound LCVs in France. The new agreement signed in July between Renault and Fiat-Chrysler calls for Renault to develop and produce a van model based on the Trafic platform. The styling of the Fiat vehicle will be developed by Fiat and will feature unique and distinctive elements. It will be marketed under the Fiat Professional brand.
Stylish EVM lodged in Inverness
Springburn Lodge of Inverness has acquired a new Euro 6 EVM X-Clusive Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 516 Cdi from EVM’s Sales office in Horsham, West Sussex. Owned by the Morison family, Sprinburn Lodge offers an enjoyable and unique experience in the Highlands. The new minicoach will provide shuttle transport for guests and tours of the area. The 16-seater features EVM Executive seats with three-point belts. Finished in two-colour real
The high-quality interior leather, the seats include folding arm rests fold down tables, with magazine nets. John Morison said: “We were impressed with the EVM Sprinter. We also liked EVM’s flexibility in delivering a custom package which exactly matched our needs.”
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Nissan seeks more European market share 2015 version of NV400 to offer greater flexibility for efficient, practical range The 2015 version of the Nissan NV400 is destined to continue Nissan’s offensive on Europe’s light commercial vehicle market. It first appeared in 2011 and began carving a niche in the heavy van and chassis cab sectors thanks to a wide choice of models and the strength Nissan’s established dealer network. The new NV400 offers greater flexibility with a range of efficient vehicles designed to create practical working vans with a low cost of ownership. The choice of dCi engines has grown to five, offering more performance and greater refinement alongside improved fuel economy. All are based on a 2.3-litre common rail/ direct injection, four-cylinder, 16-valve turbo diesel developed by Alliance partner Renault. A pair of single turbo units produce 110hp/285Nm (previously 100hp) and 125hp/310Nm and these are joined by a pair of newly
developed Twin Turbo units, developing 135hp/340Nm and 165hp/360Nm. Also available is a 150hp/350Nm version of the engine which has a variable geometry single turbo and is available only with a robotised semi-automatic gearbox. Twin Turbo models are seen as ideal for heavy-duty work or for longer journeys. The technology uses a small turbocharger to generate increased torque at low revs (up to 1,500 rpm) for more rapid acceleration at city speeds or when fully laden. At higher engine speeds, the larger turbo takes over to provide more power and a usefully wider torque band that is especially appreciated at motorway speeds. Thanks to this increased flexibility, there is less need to change gear to maintain momentum. This not only reduces driver fatigue but also enhances fuel economy. The Twin Turbo models also benefit from Stop & Start technology and regenerative braking via a new Energy Smart Management system which enable the 165hp version to return an impressive economy
figure of 6.9-litres/100km over the combined cycle. NV400 also has a number of on-board eco-driving aids including driving style and gear shift indicators and an ECO mode switch which limits harsh acceleration by limiting available engine torque as well as optimising the climate control system settings. Advanced technologies provide greater safety and enhanced comfort. An Extended Grip feature is available on both frontand rear-wheel drive versions. Operated via a dashboard button, Extended Grip works with the new ESC system to optimise traction in tricky conditions such as mud, sand and snow. Extended Grip transfers engine torque between each of the driven wheels as required and by as much as 25% to help start off and to maintain traction. Hill Start Assist automatically operates when pulling away on a slope with a gradient of more than 3%. Primed by pressing the footbrake, when the driver moves his foot from brake pedal to throttle, the system ensures the
vehicle will not move backwards for two seconds – by then the driver will be ready to pull away. Towing safety is addressed by Trailer Sway Control, which is activated when the tow bar option is specified. Should a trailer start to sway from side to side, the system reduces available engine torque and applies the brakes to the driven wheels to bring the trailer back into line. Passenger versions of NV400, meanwhile, benefit from a Tyre Pressure Monitoring System which alerts the driver to a loss of pressure in any of the tyres via a dashboard warning light. Improvements have also been made to the in-cabin sound system, with a new single-DIN DAB digital radio incorporating Bluetooth hands-free telephone connectivity and a CD player with iPod and USB inputs. The NV400 range encompasses front and rear-wheel drive versions, three wheelbase options, four different lengths and three different heights with cargo volumes range from 8.0 to 17 cu m. Factory-built minibuses are included in the line-up.
Elegance for Furey’s of Sligo
Irish operator Furey’s of Sligo has invested in a new 20-seater EVM Elegance minicoach. The Euro 6 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 516 Cdi 1-based vehicle is equipped with Politecnica Relax Turismo seats, with three-point seatbelts. A courier seat with a tip-up base was also specified. Furey’s selected an Elegance front bumper spoiler, with integrated daytime running lights, body moulded side skirts, bumpers, side moulding and front grille – plus EuroLiner trims. Based at Milltown, Drumcliffe, the firm was established by Martin and Mary Furey in 1972 The couple’s sons Paul and Aidan are also now involved with the business.
The vehicle was acquired from EVM’s sales office in Kilbeggan
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MINIBUS › VEHICLE LAUNCH: PLASTISOL CM MISSION
The CM Mission leads Plastisol’s UK marketing venture Plastisol is aiming to expand its operations in the UK and has fresh offerings in both the minibus and electric vehicle sectors. Martin Cole reports
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aving recently relocated from Chorley to Leyland, Plastisol UK, part of Plastisol Holdings BV, continues to provide compositebodied specialist vehicles and crew cabs for a range of markets including �ire service and military applications. In addition to vehicle assembly, Plastisol UK undertakes refurbishment, not only of its own products but from most other vehicle builders in the commercial and specialist sectors. The group has recently acquired Emoss, an electric vehicle drive system specialist which can provide full electric or serial hybrid drives,
including fuel cells, for anything from cars to heavy trucks – currently up to 26 tonnes. It has successfully converted a number of TX4 London taxis to electric drive and has 16t electric delivery trucks currently operating in Amsterdam. Emoss works with its clients to develop vehicles suited to their speci�ic application, essentially centred on the distance required in daily operation and the payload. Therefore, each development is geared to the speci�ic requirements of the customer. Plastisol’s accessible low�loor minibus is also a prime candidate for electri�ication and is one
of the options available. Now renamed as the CM Mission 3.0D, the accessible minibus is basically what was to have been the Optare Bonito. The partnership between Plastisol and Optare dissolved around 18 months ago having never progressed far beyond the demonstrator stage. Like Bonito, the Mission now employs a 3.0-litre Fiat Ducato driveline which gives the option of either a six-speed manual gearbox or the automated manual ComfortMatic. Within Plastisol Holdings BV, a separate division called Composite Mobility as been established as the section responsible for the marketing of passenger transport products – hence the pre�ix CM to the Mission. The electric version is called the Mission 150e and develops maximum power of 158kW and torque of 385Nm. Plastisol claims it has a range of 160km at 50% payload and it can achieve a top speed of 100km/h. It has a 52kW/h 400v battery and a 22kW/h 400v charger for connection to a three-phase electricity supply. This will deliver a full charge in three hours – or less.
Presentation
Some key examples of Plastisol’s product range were recently presented at an event held at the Millbrook Proving Ground. The CM Mission 3.0D was among the vehicles on display and featured a basic accessibility
The Plastisol-built CM Mission has a composite body which carries a lifetime warranty
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Driver’s area and controls
The Mission’s interior is light, spacious and comfortable
The wide side entrance can be fitted with fold-out boarding ramp if required for level boarding and the powered entrance door is an option
Tip and fold seating helps create wheelchair space without the need for seat removal
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specification interior configured for up to 16 passengers with tip and fold rear seats to create space for wheelchairs. Due to its flat lowfloor design, rear entry via double doors for wheelchairs does not require a passenger lift. The lightweight, folding ramp combined with lowering rear air suspension provides a shallow angle for boarding with very little effort. On models specified without rear doors, a boarding ramp can be placed at the side entrance and optional ECAS lowering suspension fitted to the front reduces the boarding angle substantially for areas where there is no kerb. Where a kerb is present the ramp bridges the gap between the bus and pavement for level boarding. The Mission measures 7.5m long, 2.2m wide and 2.69m high. It has a 5.0m wheelbase and a floor height of 245mm at the side entrance and 340mm at the rear. The saloon interior is uncluttered and
spacious with large windows which let in plenty of light and provide good viewing for passengers. The display vehicle was trimmed in utilitarian, easy to clean materials which seemed somewhat stark. While this is entirely functional it does nothing to promote great appeal. However, there is plenty of scope for customers to either brighten up or soften the appearance to suit their own requirements when specifying the vehicle. Full-length floor tracking can be installed to provide ultimate flexibility over seating configuration and wheelchair spaces and cant rail tracking is also installed to facilitate full wheelchair passenger restraint systems. There is a penned area beside the driver and ahead of the power-operated side entrance door which can be used for stowage. According to Plastisol, the main advantages of a composite body structure are its strength, its light-weight and its corrosion-free constitution which means a long service life with options for refurbishment over replacement – which further reduce the overall cost of ownership and increase value. The body carries a lifetime warranty. The company uses a one-shot injection vacuum moulding process to produce all the body panels and structures including the patented floor – which is self supporting and requires no subframe. Once assembled, the structure is highly resilient and has been fully impact tested and homologated to meet and surpass all current safety standards. The complete structure is around 30% lighter than a comparable coachbuilt body. It is, therefore, both tough and durable while promoting fuel
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MINIBUS › VEHICLE LAUNCH: PLASTISOL CM MISSION
The lightweight folding boarding ramp provides a shallow angle for ease of boarding
Flared bodywork integrates the rear door housing neatly
One of the floor mountings for the boarding ramp
Mission interior from the rear of the vehicle
efficiency and reduced emissions. The nature of the grp ‘sandwich’ material also means it is fire retardant, has good shock absorbent qualities and is relatively easy to repair. Any bodyshop can deal with scuffs and scrapes. More serious damage such as structural or punctured bodywork can be addressed by purchasing new panels or sections direct from the factory. Plastisol’s main production facility at Wanroij, in Holland, contains a dedicated test department where structural tests can be officially witnessed by the VCA, TUV and RDW for certification. A longer tri-axle version of the Mission, capable of seating up to 30 passengers, is a new option currently in development and expected shortly. There is little change from the Bonito to the Mission, apart from interior specification – which is slightly more basic. Bonito was also only to be offered with rear doors but an enclosed rear is optional on the Mission. The current cost of a 16-seat Mission 3.0D is said to be circa £75,000 in this format but with a manually operated entrance door and is a shade
more competitive than Optare’s projected price for the Bonito of £80,000. Standard seats are produced by Rescroft but the vehicle has been tested with Phoenix and Politecnica seating to provide further options. Both Unwin and NMI fittings have also been approved for use. Plastisol UK says it intends to concentrate on supplying the basic vehicle as a shell for multiple applications – such as delivery or command vehicles for emergency services. Appointed agents will be handling the bulk of minibus sales. It is more than likely these examples will be supplied as a rolling shell and finished by the converter or coachbuilder. The electric version should be available as a demonstrator within the next few months and it is this model Plastisol UK will concentrate its own efforts on. Currently there are no definite orders for the CM Mission, although it has received expressions of interest from a number of potential buyers. Organisations which had invited tenders under the process begun by
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Optare have now lapsed – so those particular opportunities will not re-emerge for another two or three years. The vehicle has been selling in Europe, Scandinavia and Switzerland and there is growing interest from further afield. High specification versions with leather seating and uprated air-conditioning have been supplied to Dubai Aiport. Currency exchange rates are currently being worked on to enable supply into Australia and a version for North America and Canada is nearing completion. This model is equipped with a V6 diesel engine and substantially uprated braking system with ventilated discs. Platisol is convinced the Mission will provide customers with the extended life necessary to generate low total ownership costs – making it a worthwhile investment over conventionally produced minibuses. n
For more details, call Plastisol UK on 01772 395000 or write to: Unit 2, Centurion Court, Wheelton Lane, Leyland Lancs. PR25 3UQ.
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THE BIG PICTURE We thought we would feature a rather different minibus as this week’s Big Picture. David Bell has been to Buxton to photograph Discover Buxton’s 1990 Electricar milk float, which was purchased from Dairy Crest in 2012. Converted to an eight-seater, it was launched as a ‘tram’ in March 2013 following an official blessing from the local vicar. If the weather is chilly, rugs are provided during the guided tour.
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MINIBUS › EVENT FOCUS: STANFORD 2014
Stanford Coachworks 2014 Event Brands Hatch
4x4 Sprinter ELWB for Treloar School
4x4 Sprinter ELWB for Treloar School
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Martin Cole visits Brands Hatch for a repeat of last year’s successful exhibition event held by the Essex conversion specialist
A
fter last year’s successful exhibition at Brands Hatch, Stanford Coachworks once more chose the racing circuit venue to hold a similar exhibition this year. Again, the event drew a good crowd and by mid afternoon close to 200 visitors had been registered. Lined up for inspection was a large collection of minibuses in various formats, some ambulances, WAVs and a handful of specialist conversions to address niche markets. It was also well supported by industry suppliers with both indoor and outdoor displays.
Keith Parker of Community Transport Training provided three demonstrations during the day. The �irst covered the safe operation of passenger lifts, the second demonstrated correct and safe use of wheelchair tie-downs and passenger restraint systems and the third session covered minibus emergency evacuation procedures with the aid of a smoke generator to simulate a �ire situation. Two demonstrations of emergency accident procedure by ambulance crews were also given by UK SAS. Among the vehicles on show was the �irst four-wheel drive Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
London Hire Renault Master dCi 125
Above: NMI’s new foot operated seat locking system. Right: London Hire Renault Master dCi 125 interior
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MINIBUS › EVENT FOCUS: STANFORD 2014 minibus conversion produced by Stanford Coachworks. Something of a highlight, this unique example has been built for Treloar School in Hampshire and it provides the institution with the ability to ensure children can be ferried to and from the school under conditions where it would be unsafe or impossible to use conventional vehicles. The school is well off the main road and has been snow-bound on a number of occasions, making it impossible for pupils to get to it or sometimes even to leave the school. There have been incidences where staff and pupils have been trapped for a couple of days by heavy snowfalls and a 4x4 had long been on its shopping list. The model in question is a Sprinter 516 Cdi extra long wheelbase equipped with a fivespeed automatic gearbox. It uses the original passenger entrance door with a modified stepwell and a slide-out boarding step to ease access. An underfloor PLS Access passenger lift
at the rear enables wheelchair boarding and the saloon accommodates 15 passenger seats or can be configured with only three seats and up to six wheelchairs. The 4x4 Sprinter was officially handed over to its new owners at the event. One of Stanford Coachworks’ key customers, London Hire, had three vehicles on show – two versions of the Renault Master on dCi 125 and dCi 150 platforms and a Sprinter. The dCi 125 featured an access step at the side entrance, an internal lift, eight seats and could be configured for three seats with three wheelchairs. The larger dCi 150 featured a manual drop-down step at the side entrance and could seat 15 passengers or two with five wheelchairs. It had a PLS Access underfloor lift at the rear. The Sprinter, a 513 Cdi Bluetec, carried a cycle warning system at two points on its nearside. Another Sprinter 513 Cdi, awaiting delivery to the London Borough of Redbridge, was also
shown. It had a slide-out access step at the front entrance and a PLS Access underfloor lift and could accommodate up to 15 seats or up to six wheelchairs with no seats installed. Ford’s new LWB Transit model, with a six-speed manual gearbox, was displayed in the Keen Group livery. It retained the original driver and passenger seats in the cab area while the rear saloon housed only five seats plus an internal Vapor Ricon lift with a split platform. Stanford Coachworks’ high-end Monaco minicoach conversions were represented by the London Hire version, first seen at the CV Show in its Sprinter 513 Cdi Bluetec 19-seat Sensory Bus specification – and a 16-seat coach specification Sprinter 516 Cdi demonstrator which was believed to have been sold during the exhibition. Finished in a gold livery, it carried ‘Wedding Coach’ graphics and the names Danielle and Adrian – September 13, 2014. These had been applied by the company as
Volkswagen Crafter Maxi for Uttlesford Community Transport
LWB Ford Transit for The Keen Group
Uttlesford Crafter interior
Burnt Tree Citroen Relay eight seater or three plus three wheelchairs
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4x4 Sprinter entrance
Burnt Tree Sprinter 313 Cdi 16-seater or three plus three wheelchairs
Ratcliff Palfinger’s outdoor display unit it had recently lent the vehicle to a customer whose son was getting married. The vehicle was used to transport the bridesmaids to and from the ceremony. Another of Stanford Coachworks’ larger customers, vehicle hire specialist Burnt Tree, was also represented with three minibuses from its popular line-up. They included a new Citroen Relay with eight seats or three plus three wheelchairs and a PLS internal lift with split platform, alongside two Sprinter 513 Cdi Bluetec models – one with 16 seats or three plus six wheelchairs and a 22-seat version, or three plus six wheelchairs. Both featured PLS Access underfloor passenger lifts. Another vehicle given an official handover on the day was a Volkswagen Crafter Maxi CR50 for Uttlesford Community Transport of Great Dunmow. It featured a drop-down step at the side entrance and could seat up to 15 passengers or two seats with five wheelchairs.
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The latest Access lift from PLS as seen on its mobile display unit The last of the minibuses on display, a Sprinter 313 Cdi for Care UK was equipped with eight passenger seats or three with two wheelchairs. It had a Braun internal lift fitted. Of the indoor exhibits, the most significant new development was from NMI which had developed a foot-operated system for its seat lockable devices. Although foot operated systems have been seen before, this unit has been developed to cater for sliding seats along the tracking when creating wheelchair space and to facilitate seat removal. Exhibitors also included AT Industries, Koller, Eberpacher, Webasto, Stedall, Unwin, Ratcliff Palfinger, AMF Braun, Burnt Tree, Q’Straint, EMR Technologies, PLS, Vapor Ricon, London Hire, Phoenix Seating, Auto Adapt and CTT. Specialist conversions on view included sports crew or team transporters, a camper van and a very special Landrover aimed at the sports fraternity which could prove attractive to
shooting parties or racing teams. Stanford Coachworks dedicated the day to CTT’s Julie Parker who passed away in early September. Director Jess Rider said: “Julie loved this event and was very supportive. We are extremely sad she could not be here with us this year and so we will be donating half the proceeds of our raffle and sponsorship to her husband Keith for his nominated charity.” This year’s event followed the same format as last year. The exhibition was held in a compound around the restaurant in the bottom paddock. Guests were offered bacon or sausage baps on arrival and a buffet lunch was available from noon. For those so inclined, ‘Hot Laps’ sessions continued throughout the day, giving visitors the opportunity to passenger a racing driver for a few laps of the famous circuit. The overall impression given by guests indicated the event had been a resounding success. n
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Middlesbrough minibus operator disqualified indefinitely by North East Traffic Commissioner Victory Travel’s vehicles are called a danger to passengers and the public, and Traffic Commissioner says the operator was not meeting basic standards The owner of a Middlesbroughbased minibus business Victory Travel has been disqualified indefinitely after the Traffic Commissioner for the North East, Kevin Rooney, found his operation had been a danger to the public at large, as well as those who travelled in his vehicles. Urfan Hussain, who traded as Victory Travel, was banned from running public service vehicles and had his licence to operate revoked on September 26, following a Public Inquiry held at the office of the Traffic Commissioner in Leeds on September 24. During the inquiry, which Mr Hussain did not attend, the Traffic
Commissioner heard that one of his vehicles had been prohibited because of a serious defect. A follow up investigation by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) revealed that the vehicle had been driven nearly 1,200kms while the prohibition was still in force. When a vehicle is under an immediate prohibition, it cannot be used on the road until the defect has been repaired and the prohibition has been removed by an authorised DVSA examiner.
‘This operator’s maintenance has failed to the degree that a vehicle was on the road carrying passengers when under an immediate prohibition for a clearly dangerous defect’
Three year disqualification for Chepstow minibus driver who lied about his identity A minibus driver who gave false information when he was stopped on the A466 near Chepstow Racecourse has been disqualified from professional driving for three years. Louis Moore, of Hardwick Avenue, Chepstow, lied to a Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency enforcement officer because he did not have a licence to drive the minibus. He had also
created a false record by using another name on his tachograph record. At a conduct hearing on September 24 at Cardiff Magistrates’ Court, the Traffic Commissioner for Wales, Nick Jones, heard that Louis Moore only had a provisional licence to drive passenger carrying vehicles and HGVs. After being stopped on the
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Mr Hussain told an examiner he had been on holiday when the incident took place and said that the vehicle was not his. The DVSA concluded that a lack of effective management had allowed a vehicle to be taken out on the road in a dangerous condition – and even carry passengers. There were also problems with safety records for the vehicles operated under Mr Hussain’s licence. In addition, the two vehicles had picked up four prohibitions in 12 months, with examiners refusing
A466, Mr Moore told the examiner his name was Zac Niblett and he was unable to provide any record of the school transport he had undertaken earlier in the day. Mr Moore, who did not attend the hearing before the Traffic Commissioner, later admitted his real identity to a police officer, when it was revealed that he did not have a licence to drive the minibus. The industry regulator also noted that Mr Moore had been convicted for using a mobile phone while driving and had an endorsement for driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence.
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to remove the notices on two occasions. A traffic examiner reported that drivers had been given fixed penalties for a range of offences, including one who did not hold the initial Driver CPC qualification. The driver had been stopped on three occasions carrying passengers without the qualification. Missing mileage, driver records and inconsistencies relating to the work carried out by drivers also raised concerns. Kevin Rooney said: “The shortcomings identified go to the heart of O-licensing. It is one of the most basic requirements that an operator has adequate arrangements and resources to maintain his vehicles. That is clearly not, and has not been, the case here. “This operator’s maintenance has failed to the degree that a vehicle was on the road carrying passengers when under an immediate prohibition for a clearly dangerous defect. “The operator’s inability to explain this and to demonstrate that he has any control whatsoever over the vehicles used under his licence go to the heart of his good repute.” The Traffic Commissioner also concluded that Mr Hussain did not have a primary occupation – which is a key requirement for the type of operator’s licence he held. The Traffic Commissioner commented: “This driver was not entitled to be driving farepaying passengers as he didn’t have a licence authorising him to do so. He gave false details and only admitted who he was when the suspicious traffic examiner asked for a police officer to interview him to ascertain his true identity. “It is exceptionally serious for someone to lie to an enforcement officer. People who lie to enforcement officers, provide false details and provide false records should seek alternative careers to driving PSVs or LGVs where higher standards are expected.”
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Tel: 01823 653000 Moseley in the South
2001 Volvo B10M Caetano Enigma
2000/2001 X/Y Reg Volvo B7TL’S
2006 BMC Falcon
2001 Y Reg Tridents
Auto, MOT April 15, W/C, A/C, boiler, P/A, C/D, DVD. £23,995 + VAT ono
80 seats, Voith gearboxes, Euro 2 engines with traps, or full Euro 3 with traps, Plaxton President bodies, can be DDA with 78 seats. Why pay more for less. FROM £20,000 + VAT
40 seats, low floor bus, Cummins engine, MOT January 2015, ideal vehicle for school bus conversion, in daily use. £11,950 +VAT ono
Cummins C series engines, Voith gearboxes, Plaxton President bodies, 78 seats. Why pay more for less. FROM £18,000 + VAT
EnsignBus 01708 865656
Travelsure 01668 219291 / 07919 215905
Low Floor Euro 6 Sprinter 516 or 519
New EVM Sprinter Classic
2011 Volkswagen Crafter
New EVM Sprinter X-Clusive
Maximum seating capacity of 22 mixed between seating/standing and wheelchair, multiple drop box combinations for luggage storage.
22 seats + driver, automatic, power door, double rear doors, privacy glass, in-dash and saloon A/C, saloon heater, 3 stage entry step, luggage racks.
16 seats finished in moquette, manual, white, large boot, double rear doors, panoramic windows, curtains, emergency exit in saloon, 63,500 miles.
16 executive class seats in leather, auto gearbox, Plug type power door, coach back, large drop boot, in-dash and saloon AC, panoramic windows.
Lowes Coaches 0115 9550104 lowes.coaches1@gmail.com
EnsignBus 01708 865656
£POA
POA
£32,500 + VAT
£POA
EVM Direct – 0845 5205160
EVM Direct – 0845 5205160
EVM Direct – 0845 5205160
EVM Direct – 0845 5205160
1998 Volvo Caetano Salvador
2013 Ford Transit ELWB
New Mercedes Sprinter 519 CDI
2008 Iveco Eurorider Beulas Cygnus
49 reclining seat with seat belts, mid toilet, centre door, monitor + DVD, radio + cassette, courier seat, tax and tested, fitted with air con but needs belts and re-gas.
6 speed manual, radio/CD, digital tacho, electric front windows, heated front windscreen, steering column radio controls, heated rear windows with wash/wipe system, tinted saloon windows.
17 seats, Atlas conversion, Euro 5, 6 speed manual, ABS brakes, ASR, ESP, PAS, digital tachograph. Can be seen at Eurobus 2014.
53 seats + courier, 3 point seat belts OR 49 reclining seats with ONE wheelchair position, plug door, air con, wheelchair lift & access, radio/PA/CD, DVD & monitor, fridge, continental door, driver’s safe, cruise control, digital tachograph, integral retarder, automatic.
£14,500 + VAT o.n.o.
£17,995
£POA
£POA
01833 660471 / 07730 486708 paul.watson@btconnect.com
Autoservice Pontypool Ltd 01495 757111
Autoservice Pontypool Ltd 01495 757111
Tel: 01823 653000 Moseley in the South
2007 Volvo B12B’s
2011 Iveco Eurorider Plaxton Panther
2011 VDL Bova Futura FHD 127.365PR
Iveco Daily
61 seats + courier, 3 point belts, Plug entrance door, double glazing, air con, radio/PA/CD audio equipment, DVD system coupled to drop down monitor, panelled rear, Webasto heater, wired for CCTV, curtains, carpets, reverse camera, retarder.
53 seats + courier, lap seat belts, Plug entrance door, double glazing, air conditioning, radio/PA/CD audio equipment, DVD & twin monitors, Webasto heater, curtains, carpets, reverse camera, retarder.
Euro 5, automatic, 12m, front wheelchair lift, Hanover LED’s, converted and certified with 70 seats and 3 point belts, only 3 available. £80,000 EACH
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£POA – CHOICE
£POA – CHOICE
8 passengers plus driver (COIF for 14 seats), front entrance with lowered step, 3 point seat belts, large tinted panoramic windows, MOT Sept, tax Oct 2014. REDUCED – NOW £3,000 incl VAT
Tel: 01823 653000 Moseley in the South
Tel: 01823 653000 Moseley in the South
Tel: 0121 788 8848 Marsden PTS Ltd www.coachandbusweek.com
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VEHICLES
2000 MAN VanHool EOS 90
Mercedes Benz UNVI Touring
48 reclining seats plus courier, WC/washroom, double glazed windows, forced-air ventilation, radio/CD and PA system, clean condition, MOT Jan, 640,000 kms.
Atego chassis, air suspension, 41 Esteban Ergos seats with 3 pt belts, in Holdsworth moquette, courier seat, air con, double glazed, radio/CD/PA, large luggage capacity, new test.
£21,500
£POA
Coachtraders - 01501 744000
2001 MAN Neoplan
Mercedes Benz Sprinter 516 CD Unvi Vega GT
Mercedes Benz Sprinter 516 CDI Unvi Vega LUX
18 passenger seats, air conditioning, double glazing, manual or automatic gearbox option, radio/CD/PA system with microphone, large rear luggage boot plus side locker, reversing camera.
16 passenger seats, air con, double glazed large panoramic windows, large rear luggage boot, radio/CD/PA system with microphone, manual or automatic gearbox, electric powered entrance door.
£POA
£POA
Coachtraders - 01501 744000
Taylors Coach Sales Tel: 01638 780010
Taylors Coach Sales Tel: 01638 780010
2006 Scania Irizar Century
1995 Scania K113 VanHool Alizee
Mercedes Benz UNVI Touring
Auto, one year’s MOT, 49 seats: new 70 Cogent seats on order and the conversion will be carried out shortly, so pick your own trim.
Converted this year to 70 seater using Cogent seats with 3 point belts, tea machine, TV/DVD.
Atego chassis, air suspension, 37 Esteban Ergos seats in moquette, courier seat, AAAirbus air con, double glazed, fridge, radio/CD/PA, DVD & monitor, MOT April 2015.
Contact Gary – 07930 377051
£90,000 + VAT Milligans Coach Travel 01290 550365
£17,000 Milligans Coach Travel 01290 550365
Coachtraders - 01501 744000
2001 Renault Master Rohill
2003 Mercedes Vario 614D
2002 Volvo B7R Plaxton
Mercedes Benz Vario 814
16 seats with three point belts, 6 removeable seats with tracking for wheelchairs, manual entry ramp, low floor with kneeling facility, destination blind, Webasto, 5 speed manual, radio/cassette, tacho, used daily, MOT Dec.
15 removable seats, or 6 wheelchairs, 5 speed manual, external wheelchair ramp, tachograph fitted, very clean condition, MOT May 2015.
28 seats with 3pt belts, bonded glass, luggage racks with mahogany effect edges, forced air, reading lights and adjustable air vents, coach style rear with deep drop boot, KVC body styling kit, test March 2015.
12 months MOT & tax, full tank of fuel, one owner driver for the last 5 years, 49 seater, toilet, aircon, drivers bunk, alloy wheels, just refurbished, 2 new 22in Samsung LED monitors, black-out windows, TV tuner, DVD system all fitted 8 months ago, good mpg, 3 new air bags, new belts, hoses and interior LED lights just fitted, 600,000km, based in Glasgow.
£25,000 + VAT
£POA
£2,700 + VAT
£5,100 + VAT
53 seats plus courier, automatic, A/C, used only on tour work, removable vinyls, seat belts, available with new test. £39,000 Call Anthony Kelly
Chalkwell Coach Hire 01795 423982 andy.bates@chalkwell.co.uk
Chalkwell Coach Hire 01795 423982 andy.bates@chalkwell.co.uk
PAB Tours – 0113 320 0780 ant@pabtours.com
Coachtraders - 01501 744000
2011 VW Crafter CR50 TDI L MAXI H-R
Vauxhall Vivaro Combi SWB
2006 Mercedes Sprinter 311 CDi LWB
2008 Mercedes Sprinter 311 CDI LWB
16 seats, front entry, luggage racks with blown air and reading lights, show curtains and large boot area. £32,500 + VAT
8 seats, luggage space in the rear, diesel. Choice of 07 to 60 reg. FROM £5,995 + VAT
Side loading door that would have been present when it was a commercial van, seats are full size coach seats with 3 point lap and diagonal belts. £17,995 + VAT
16 seats, front entry, luggage racks with individual reading lights and blown air system, rear A/C, digital tachograph and rear top sliding windows. £18,995 + VAT
UK Minicoaches – 01902 631507 sales@ukminicoaches.co.uk
UK Minicoaches – 01902 631507 sales@ukminicoaches.co.uk
UK Minicoaches – 01902 631507 sales@ukminicoaches.co.uk
UK Minicoaches – 01902 631507 sales@ukminicoaches.co.uk
1993 Volvo B10M Plaxton Premier
2002 Scania VanHool K124
2003 Mercedes Benz Setra
1988 DAF MB230 Plaxton
49 seat with belts, 2 monitors, DVD, centre toilet, centre power door, cool box + boiler, leather headrests inserts, seat back tables, foot rests, good tyres, 6 speed ZF, LEZ box, tax and test ready to work.
£22,000
49 seats, automatic, good condition for year, removable vinyls, choice of 3, only one remaining. £8,950
49 exec, W.C., A.C., 7 speed C-Shift, MOT 30/9/14, excellent condition.
NOW £39,000
£40,000 + VAT o.n.o.
53 seats, automatic, very good condition for year, currently in dry storage, additional vehicle also available. £2,750
0113 320 0780/0035 386 8138165 Anthony ant@pabtours.com
Kingdoms Tours Ltd 01884 252646 / 07702 626542
01833 660471 / 07730 486708 paul.watson@btconnect.com
PAB Tours – 0113 320 0780 ant@pabtours.com
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VEHICLES
2002 52 reg Volvo B12B Jonckheere Mistral 50
2009 Iveco Beulas
7HO
ZF auto, 53 seats, air-con, monitor, radio, fridge, alloy wheels, RPC/LEZ compliant, MOT February 2015, taxed Sept 2014, good condition.
£28,000 + VAT
55 seats on 2 axles, LEZ Compliant, 12.7m, 1 owner since new, full exec, MOT March 2015, in daily use, choice of 2. £78,500 +VAT ono
Diamond Coaches 01243 870010 / 07711 868976
Travelsure 01668 219291 / 07919 215905
1998 Mercedes Sprinter
2004 Iveco Beulas
15 seats, front entry, Mellor conversion, MOT 16/5/14, very good condition, with tail lift.
£ 3,700
1998 Iveco 40 / 10 15 seats, front entry, MOT 22/8/14, very good condition.
£ 2,500
1995 Iveco 49 / 10 19 seats, front entry, power door, MOT 13/1/15, very good condition.
£ 3,000 Kingdoms Tours Ltd
01884 252646 / 07702 626542
2007 Toyota Optimo Caetano
2006 Renault Master PCV
2004 Dennis Tridents
9 seater, tax till Jan, will have new MOT, 190,000 miles, runs well, front and rear air-con, tow bar. £3,500 + VAT
Cummins ISC Euro 3 engines, LEZ compliant, DDA compliant, Alexander ALX400 bodies, dual door 67 seats or single door 77 seats.
26 reclining seats, 3 point seat belts, 6 speed manual, forced air vents, power door, luggage racks, CD player, MOT Sept 2015.
£POA
£26,500
EnsignBus 01708 865656
Lakeside Coaches - 01691 622761
2006 56 plate ADL Enviro School Bus
2002 Volvo Plaxton Paragon B12M
2007 Optare Solo SE 7.8m
27 seats, Mercedes engine, CCTV, Hanover destination.
57 belted seats, Cummins engine, CCTV.
Auto, MOT April 15, W/C, climate control, PA, C/D. £26,995 + VAT ono
£30,000 + VAT
£35,000 + VAT
Henderson Travel 01698 713007 or 07803 002603
Henderson Travel 01698 713007 or 07803 002603
2006 Volvo B12M Plaxton
2004 Mercedes Sitcar Beluga
2012 Ford Transit ELWB
29 seater plus courier, arm rests, seat belts and reclining seats, A/C, entertainment/PA system, excellent example of year.
6 speed manual gearbox, ABS with EBD brakes, PAS, radio/CD player with steering column controls, heated front windscreen, front air con.
53 reclining seats, 3 point belts, air con, WC, TV etc, PLS lift, tracking for 4 wheelchairs, MOT Oct, this coach can be painted in to your livery.
£87,500 + VAT o.n.o.
Tel Adrian – 07717 768315 60 | COACH & BUS WEEK | October 14, 2014
£34,500 ono + VAT
Tel 01249 742000/07717 768315
2006 Transit Tourneo
Hailstone Travel Ltd 0845 388 3848
Auto, 51 seat executive coach, WC, DVD, A/C, drinks boiler, fridge, etc, in exceptional condition for age, MOT July 2014.
Lowes Coaches 0115 9550104 lowes.coaches1@gmail.com
15 seats, 69,500 miles, automatic, one previous owner.
£8,250 NO VAT
Crystals Coaches Ltd Tel: 07971 000111
2007 Ford Transit LWB
Wheelchair accessible, 40,000 miles, FSH, blue with grey interior. Choice of two vehicles.
£12,000 + VAT
Crystals Coaches Ltd Tel: 07971 000111
2006 Mercedes Sprinter 413 CDi
Luxury minicoach, 17 seats incl. driver, Excel conversion, COIF/PSV.
£POA
£16,995
£18,995
Cannon Bus 07436 536259 wcannon@btconnect.com
Autoservice Pontypool Ltd 01495 757111
Autoservice Pontypool Ltd 01495 757111 www.coachandbusweek.com
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VEHICLES
Due to fleet replacement, we have the following vehicles for sale:
Volvo B12B Plaxton Paragon - I-Shift Gearbox 2007 (Euro IV): 5 x 49/53 seats £88,000 + VAT 2008 (Euro V): 6 x 49/53 seats £99,000 + VAT
All are well maintained, low mileage examples (approximately 62,000km per annum) with reclining seats, 3 point seat belts, air conditioning and demountable toilet with hot/cold water boiler and fridge (unused additional seats to increase seating to 53 included in price). Owned by us from new and used on our own holiday programme. All over cream. Price includes new MOT. Sorry no part exchange facilities!
To view contact Neil McMurdy - Alfa Travel on 01257 248003 (Direct Line)
Volvo Double Decker
77 seats, full MOT until June 2015. £3,500 + VAT
1998 Dennis Javelin Caetano Cutless
Recent 70 seat conversion (not Cogent), manual gearbox, 11 months MOT, ideal contract vehicle, excellent fuel economy, sale due to fleet upgrade. Possible px for 33 seater or newer coach.
2002 Dennis Dart SLF Plaxton Pointer 10.1m
2003 Dennis Trident Alexander
27 seats + 30 standees, Hanover LED. £8,500 + VAT Southdown PSV 01342 711840 email: bussales@southdownpsv.co.uk www.southdownpsv.co.uk
62 seats + 20 standees, Cummins euro 1V / ZF. £15,500 + VAT – CHOICE Southdown PSV 01342 711840 email: bussales@southdownpsv.co.uk www.southdownpsv.co.uk
2006 Optare Solo 8.8m
1999 Volvo Olympian Alexander
28 seats, Cummins engine, Look CCTV, Hanover destination.
78 seats + 13 standing, automatic, limited to 90 kph, seatbelts throughout, ideal for school trips and contract hire, Hanover displays.
£15,000 + VAT
£25,000 + VAT
£POA
0115 940 4466
Wilkins Travel 01639 852600 wilkinstravel@hotmail.co.uk
Henderson Travel 01698 713007 or 07803 002603
Steve 0161 775 0800/07445 266345 operations@travel-master.co.uk
2002 Bova Futura
2002 Iveco Beaulas
1995 Dennis Dragon Dominator
1996 Caetano Optimo
DAF engine, air conditioned, twin monitors, DVD, toilet, boiler, fridge, Eminox-LEZ, 49 seats, green cloth trim, manual gearbox, ready to go, MOT March 2015.
£40,000 + VAT
Automatic gearbox, air conditioned,
• 18 seats
twin monitors, DVD, toilet, boiler, fridge,
• MOT January 2015
49 seats, Euro 3, MOT March 15.
£25,000 + VAT
93 seat double deck bus, automatic, imported 1998, for sale at Manheim Auctions, Colchester CO7 7DX, Monday, 15th September at 11.00am.
£POA
• Good runner
£3,500 + VAT
L.J. Edwards Coach Hire 07974 369570 / 01323 440622
L.J. Edwards Coach Hire 07974 369570 / 01323 440622
Manheim Auctions Tel: 0844 502 3001
L.J. Edwards Coach Hire 07974 369570 / 01323 440622
2003 Volvo B12M Jonckheere Euro 3
59 plate Ford Transit
2003 MAN Neoplan Starliner
2011 Iveco Plaxton Panther 2
48 x 3 point belted seats + crew, air con, saloon mounted WC, rear continental door, MOT November 2014. £POA – NO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED
17 seats, full MOT until September 2015, great runner and clean inside. £7,950 + VAT
51 new seats, A/C, TV/DVD, toilet, walk-in kitchen, towbar, good condition, MOT May 2015.
Euro 5, ZF auto, 57/61 seats, A/C, 3 point belts, crew seats, low mileage, good condition, MOT May 2015.
Nigel McCree - 07817 542113
2002 Volvo B12B Berkhof Axial
46/50 reclining blue/red patterned seats, white re-spray, new engine, air con, toilet, Webasto, fridge, TV/DVD, PA, new MOT. £27,500 + VAT
07792 627364 www.coachandbusweek.com
£32,500 + VAT ono
£135,000 + VAT ono
0115 940 4466
Telephone: 01487 843333 david@sunfunholidays.co.uk
Telephone: 01487 843333 david@sunfunholidays.co.uk
2011 Mercedes-Benz 516 CDI Sprinter
2009 Iveco Plaxton Panther
2009 Iveco Plaxton Panther
Euro 5, ZF auto, 53/61 seats, A/C, 3 point belts, sunken toilet & continental door, crew seats, low mileage, good condition, MOT May 2015.
Euro 5, ZF auto, 61 seats, A/C, 3 point belts, crew seat, reverse camera, good condition, MOT March/April 2015. Choice of two.
16 high back leather reclining seats, LED lighting, reading lights, forced air, drop step, coach back end + large boot, MOT June ‘15, LEZ compliant, 39,600 mls.
£42,000 + VAT
£108,995 + VAT ono
£105,500 + VAT ono
Call Karl at Whitegate Travel Tel: 01606 786833 Mob: 07841 110426
Telephone: 01487 843333 david@sunfunholidays.co.uk
Telephone: 01487 843333 david@sunfunholidays.co.uk
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VEHICLES Iveco 16 seater front entry luxury mini coach
2005 Mercedes 814 Vario 29 seater
Mercedes Benz Sprinter 516 CDI Unvi Vega EX
2002 52 reg Mercedes 814D Vario Beaver 2
PSV MOT’d, tidy coach, very nice coach interior, large dropwell boot separate from passengers.
Power door, 3 point belts, forced air, very nice luxury coach, extremely low mileage, reliable and economical, LEZ compliant.
19 passenger seats, air conditioning, double glazed panoramic windows, large rear boot, radio/CD/PA system, manual or automatic gearbox option, electric power door.
Owned from new with 33 highback coach seats with three point seats belts, destination equipment, manual gearbox, interior luggage racks and rear luggage boot, power door, MOT Dec 14.
£4,999
£23,999
£POA
£16,750 + VAT
01404 47502/07790 966667 parnell-coaches@supanet.com
01404 47502/07790 966667 parnell-coaches@supanet.com
Taylors Coach Sales Tel: 01638 780010
Chalkwell Coach Hire 01795 423982 andy.bates@chalkwell.co.uk
2008 Mercedes Tourino
2002 Volvo B7R Plaxton Prima
2009 VW Transporter
2 x 1999 Scania L94 Irizar
10 metre, 30 luxury F1 reclining seats + courier, toilet and servery, PA & DVD, manual gearbox, continental door, MOT April 2015, 380,000 km.
53 belted seats, Euro 4, Eminox exhaust, MOT March 2015, 470,000kms.
T32 130, 2.5TDI, 6 speed manual gearbox, air-con, CD player, semi high roof, side loading door, 2 rear seats with grey leather throughout, lowering suspension for rear folding ramp, tracking and winch fitted, only 35,196 miles, MOT June 2015.
MOT May 2015 & March 2015, 49 seats with belts and toilet, ZF automatic, these coaches are in good condition. Due to new arrivals . . .
£79,950 + VAT ono (PP not incl)
£25,000 ono
REDUCED TO £12,500 + VAT ono
Hunts Coaches 01507 668127 or 07834 053439
£9,995 + VAT
Hunts Coaches Contact Andrew 07834 053439
Chalkwell Coach Hire 01795 423982 andy.bates@chalkwell.co.uk
E&M Horsburgh Brian Martin on 01506 432251
2008 Mercedes Sprinter
2000 Volvo B10M Plaxton Panther
2007 Volvo B12B Plaxton Panther
MAN 14280 or Mercedes Benz 1524L Unvi Touring
LWB, 10 soft leather reclining seats, automatic executive, power sockets, dark tinted windows, huge luggage area, DVD player.
49 seats, PA system, DVD player, climate control, toilet, continental door, water boiler, not subject to LEZ, recent re-trim, sale due to fleet replacement.
65 seats, Hanover displays, WC, front w/chair lift, A/C, 3 point belts fitted, ZF auto, inspection welcome, ready for work, sale due to fleet replacement.
Seating up to 43 passengers, air conditioning, double glazing, continental door, 7.7m2 luggage capacity, DVD & monitor, courier seat.
£POA
£POA
£POA
£POA
Steve 0161 775 0800/07445 266345 operations@travel-master.co.uk
Steve 0161 775 0800/07445 266345 operations@travel-master.co.uk
Steve 0161 775 0800/07445 266345 operations@travel-master.co.uk
Taylors Coach Sales Tel: 01638 780010
2007 Reg VW CR50
2003 53 Reg Mercedes 411 CDI Sprinter
1996 P Reg Dennis Dart Caetano Cutlass
51 Reg Mercedes 814D Vario Plaxton Beaver 2
15 high back seats, PSV with new test, ideal schools etc.
43 seats, 37 with 3 point belts, new MOT and paint, ideal school bus.
27 high back seats, 3 point belts, luggage, racks, large rear boot, automatic gearbox, undergoing full re panel and paint, ideal dual purpose vehicle.
Stamford quality conversion, to 15/16 seats, Palfinger underfloor tail lift, only 60K miles, tacho, no expense spared – must be seen.
£16,500 + VAT
£5,950 + VAT
£5,450 + VAT
£10,950 + VAT
Stafford Bus Centre 01782 791774 martin@staffordbuscentre.com
Stafford Bus Centre 01782 791774 martin@staffordbuscentre.com
Stafford Bus Centre 01782 791774 martin@staffordbuscentre.com
Stafford Bus Centre 01782 791774 martin@staffordbuscentre.com
2005 Scania K114 Berkhof Axial
1999 MAN Marcopolo 18.310
2000 Volvo B10M Caetano Enigma
2005 Scania PB K114EB
£POA
Manual, MOT March 15, W/C, A/C, boiler, P/A, C/D, DVD, refurbished March. £20,995 + VAT ono
MOT Sept 15, LEZ compliant, W/C, A/C, P/A, C/D, DVD. £49,500 + VAT ono
Wilkins Travel 01639 852600 wilkinstravel@hotmail.co.uk
Lowes Coaches 0115 9550104 lowes.coaches1@gmail.com
Lowes Coaches 0115 9550104 lowes.coaches1@gmail.com
12.8 metre, 55 seat executive, automatic, air con, centre sunken WC, clean & tidy. £50,000 + VAT
6 speed manual, ideal 70 seater conversion vehicle, recent new gear cables and recon gearbox, no MOT but 95% prepared, unfortunately it has four misted side windows.
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DOUBLE DECK E 2000/2001 X/Y REG VOLVO B7TL’s
80 seats, Voith gearboxes, Euro 2 engines with traps, or full Euro 3 with traps, Plaxton President bodies, can be DDA with 78 seats. From £18,000
These buses can be seat-belted
LEZ COMPLIANT
Cummins ISC Euro 3 engines, LEZ compliant, DDA compliant, Alexander ALX400 bodies, dual door 67 seats or single door 77 seats.
2004 DENNIS TRIDENTS
1995 VOLVO OLYMPIANS
Cummins L10 / ZF, Alexander low height bodies, new MOT’s.
8.8m, 29 seats, Cummins Euro 4+ engine, Hanover LED’s.
2002 02 PLATE DENNIS TRIDENTS
2001/2002 51/02 PLATE DENNIS DARTS
2009 ENVIRO 200
Cummins ISC Euro 3 engines, Plaxton bodies, DDA and LEZ compliant, 78 seats.
Cummins ISB Euro 3 engines, Allison gearboxes, 10.7m, 37 seats.
1999 V REG DENNIS DART SLF
Cummins C series, Voith gearbox, 84 seats, low height 13 feet 8”, seatbelts, new MOT.
1999 DENNIS TRIDENT
Cummins / Allison, Plaxton Pointer body, 10.1m, 34 seats, MOT June 2015.
70 SEATS
2007 VOLVO B12B’s
Euro 5, automatic, 12m, front wheelchair lift, Hanover LED’s, converted and certified with 70 seats and 3 point belts. £80,000 each Only 3 available.
Cummins Euro 3 / Allison, Plaxton Pointer bodies, dual door, 30 seats, DDA and LEZ compliant, can be converted to single door.
2002/3 DENNIS DARTS
2009 OPTARE SOLO M920
33 seats, Mercedes engine, Mobitech LED, long MOT.
OPEN TOP BUSES A SPECIALITY - B
Juliette Close, Purfleet Industrial Pa Telephone 01708 865656 Fax: 01708 86 Visit our website for current sto
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K ER SPECIALIST Volvo Euro 2 engine, Voith gearbox, Alexander RH part open top, 74 seats.
1997 VOLVO OLYMPIAN
2001 Y REG TRIDENTS Cummins C series engines, Voith gearboxes, Plaxton President bodies, 78 seats.
1998 R REG VOLVO OLYMPIAN
Volvo Euro 2 engine, ZF gearbox, Northern Counties body, 74 seats, CONVERTIBLE open top.
2010 OPTARE SOLO SLIMLINE
Cummins Euro 5 engine, 28 seats, Mobitec LED’s. 8.8m long slimline, long MOT.
£18,000 + VAT
2003 03 PLATE DENNIS TRIDENTS
Cummins ISC Euro 3 engines, DDA and LEZ compliant, 2 door 62 seats or can be single doored and upseated.
2000 X REG VOLVO B7TL’s
Cummins Euro 4 , Voith gearbox, East Lancs body, 9.4m, 26 seats, DDA and LEZ compliant.
Euro 2, LEZ compliant, Plaxton President , CCTV, dual door 62 seats or single door 74 seats. £9,000 + VAT
2001/2002 DENNIS TRIDENTS
2001 Y REG DENNIS DARTS
2007 ENVIRO 200
51 and 02 plate, Cummins Euro 3 ISC engines, LEZ, Plaxton President bodies, can be DDA, single door and 78 seats, or dual door 67 seats.
Cummins / Allison, Alexander ALX200 body, 37 seats, DDA and LEZ compliant, 10.7m, long tests.
2005 NEOPLAN SKYLINER
89 seats, air-con, toilet, MAN engine, ZF gearbox.
1996 VOLVO B10MA ARTICULATED COACHES ZF automatics, 71 seats.
2005 VOLVO B12B
I-shift, Plaxton Panther body, 49 seats, centre toilet, all seats with 3 point belts, air-con, LEZ compliant, long MOT.
£44,000
- BRITAIN’S BIGGEST BUS DEALERS Park, Purfleet, Essex, RM15 4YF 8 864340 e-mail: sales@ensignbus.com t stock at www.ensignbus.com
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VEHICLES AVAILABLE FOR SHORT AND LONGER TERM HIRE
www.staffordbuscentre.com email: martin@staffordbuscentre.com Telephone: 01782 791774 Mobile: 07803 222552
View our latest arrivals on www.staffordbuscentre.com FORD TRANSIT FACTORY 16/17 SEAT BUS 59 reg with 38K miles, tacho, new COIF and PSV MOT £12,950 Also 10 reg £13,950 Others also available
BMC 1100FE SCHOOL BUS
56 and 07 reg 55 seats but only 10 mtr length, can carry 1 x wheelchair + 49 seats, Cummins 4ISB engine, Alison gearbox. FROM £19,950 CHOICE
SOLD
SINGLE DECKERS ADL ENVIRO 300 2006 56 REG. SLF BUS - dual use options, with 60 x 3 point belted seats, use on bus services or school contracts. PHONE FOR SPEC AND PRICE DENNIS DART CAETANO CUTLASS. Step entrance with 38 seats and 3 point belts. Ideal school contracts etc. £3,450 FORD TRANSITS 15-17 seats, available for short term rental. Rent for one week, month or year. Up to you. Always available. Phone for details MERCEDES 814 VARIO PLAXTON BEAVER 2 2004 54 REG. Fitted with 20 seats on tracking, and up to 10 wheelchairs, PSV, COIF and MoT, manual gearbox, power door, destination etc. long wheel base so could go to 32 seats. £14,950
SOLD
SOLD
2007 (07) IVECO 40C15 12 SEATS WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE IN WHITE 107,250 MILES £10,495
2007 (07) MERCEDES SPRINTER 515 CDI KVC CONVERSION LUXURY BUS BLACK LEATHER RECLINING SEATS ELECTRIC PLUG DOOR DROP WELL BOOT SILVER METALLIC £26,995
VDL SB180 EVOLUTION 2009 59 reg SLF bus currently fitted with 25 belted bus seats and 2 x wheelchair pens but could be re seated with extra seats, only covered 27,000 kms from new £49,950
ADL ENVIRO 300 2002 reg Currenty fitted out as exibition/classroom, very low miles, very good condition, see website for details £17,950
MERCEDES 413CDI PLAXTON PRONTO 2006 56 reg 16 seat coachbuilt accessible PSV bus, choice of 2 with low miles £16,950 or rent for £350 per week (4 weeks min)
MERCEDES 814D VARIO PLAXTON BEAVER 2 2001 51 reg 27 h/b seats, 3 point belts, luggage racks and rear boot, power door and destination, repanelled and re painted £10,950
MERCEDES SPRINTER 313CDI 2011 11 REG 16 seat, new conversion, PSV, COIF and MoT, low miles £23,950
MERCEDES 413D SPRINTER 2004 04 REG. Extra long body with 16 seats and huge full height boot, COIF and long MoT. £11,950 IVECO DAILY 45 15 LWB HIGH ROOF 2005 55 REG. 16 seats wheelchair accessible with power door, new MoT £5,950
VW CR50 WITH STANFORD CONVERSION 2007 07 REG. Very expensive and high spec conversion by Stamford who are recognised as the best in the industry, fitted with 14 high back seats with 3 point belts, Palfinger hideaway tail lift and capacity to carry up to 9 passengers and 2 wheelchairs, it has only covered just over 60k miles from new and is in outstanding condition, all paperwork and spare keys, ready to go £17,950 DENNIS DART PLAXTON SUPER POINTER. 47 fully belted seats, ideal for schools £9,450 DAF PLAXTON PREMIER 1996 PP. Fitted with 55 seats, automatic gearbox, new MOT upon sale £9,950 OPTARE SOLO M850 2000 W REG. One remaining with 23/25 coach seats with ramp, DDA etc £4,950 VDL SB180 2010 59 REG Cummins 6 ISB engine with MCV evolution body, only 20k miles £POA
2012 (12) FORD TRANSIT 135 PS 17 SEATS 17,500 MILES COIF/PSV £16,995
2006 (06) MERCEDES SPRINTER 413 CDI 17 SEATS INC DRIVER COACH REAR/LARGE DROP WELL BOOT COIF/PSV £18,995
07 (57) FORD TRANSIT 85 T280S WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE 8 SEATS INBOARD LIFT FULLY TRACKED FLOOR £9,450
SOLD
NEW MERCEDES SPRINTER TOURLINE 519CDI • ALTAS CONVERSION • 17 SEAT MINICOACH • DOUBLE GLAZED WINDOWS • FULL AIR CONDITIONING • POWER DOOR LOW ENTRY STEP
P.O.A. (PONTYPOOL) LTD
2006 (06) CITROEN RELAY 8 SEATS INC DRIVER W/CHAIR ACCESSIBLE INBOARD LIFT FOLDAWAY SEATS £7,495
03 (53) MERCEDES SPRINTER 413 CDI 17 SEAT CREST CONVERSION LUGGAGE RACKS COIF/PSV £10,750
2013 (62) FORD TRANSIT 135 PS 17 SEATS 16,120 MILES COIF/PSV £17,995
MULTIPART & LDV/MAXUS PARTS STOCKISTS
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Tel: 01977 609000 Fax: 01977 609900
MOSELEY (PCV) LTD Elmsall Way, Dale Lane South Elmsall Pontefract West Yorkshire WF9 2XS
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ALL THIS ON TWO AXLES ... • • • • • • • •
57 Vogel Conturo seats Centre sunken toilet Water boiler, fridge DAF MX11 370bhp engine ZF Automatic gearbox Large luggage capacity Alloy wheels Twin fuel tanks, total 830 litres
NOW TAKING ORDERS FOR EURO 6 USED VEHICLES BOVA 2010 VDL BOVA FUTURA FHD 127.365 53 seats, auto gearbox, centre toilet, AIR CONDITIONING, fridge and water boiler – choice of 2 £169,500 2008 BOVA FUTURA FHD 127.365PR 12M 53 seats, toilet, drinks, fridge, AIR CON, Automatic gearbox £139,500 2004 (September) BOVA FUTURA FHD 12.340XE 12M 49 seats, toilet, AIR CONDITIONING, drinks machine, fridge, ZF intarder, finished white. MOT MARCH 2015 £75,000 2004 BOVA FUTURA FHD 12.340XE 12M 49 seats, toilet, AIR CONDITIONING, drinks machine, fridge, ZF intarder and finished white. MOT APRIL 2015 £69,500 2000 BOVA FUTURA FHD 12.370 49 seats, AIR CONDITIONING, toilet, water boiler, fridge £27,500 VOLVO 2012 VOLVO B7R SUNSUNDEGUI 10 38 seats, AIR CON, kitchen servery incl drinks & fridge. MOT BEING RENEWED £165,000 2007 VOLVO B12M JONCKHEERE JHV 12.6M 53 seats, 3 point seat belts, radio PA, CD, DVD, fridge, water boiler, centre toilet, AIR CONDITIONING, alloy wheels, Euro 5 engine £119,500
CARE
2006 VOLVO B12B PLAXTON PANTHER 12M 49 recliners trimmed in blue multi-coloured moquette, centre sunken toilet and conti door, drinks, dridge, double glazed side windows, curtains, AIR CONDITIONING, automatic gearbox, wired for TV & DVD, courier seat, power entrance door, exterior blue. MOT MAY 2015 £95,000 2005 VOLVO B12M CAETANO ENIGMA 12M 49 seats with 3 point seat belts, toilet, AIR CONDITIONING, drinks machine, fridge, ZF automatic gearbox with intarder and finished blue. MOT JANUARY 2015 £69,500 2003 VOLVO B12M BERKHOF AXIAL 12M 49 seats, rear sunken toilet, AIR CONDITIONING, drinks machine, fridge, white. MOT SEPT 2014 £59,500 2003 VOLVO B12B PLAXTON PARAGON 12M 49/53 seats, toilet, AIR CONDITIONING, drinks machine, fridge and finished white. MOT APRIL 2015 £59,500 2002 VOLVO B12M JONCKHEERE MISTRAL 50 COACH 51 reclining seats trimmed in black safari moquette, centre sunken toilet and cont door, drinks, fridge, double glazed side windows with curtains, AIR CONDITIONING, wired for TV & video, courier seat, power entrance door, exterior white/blue. MOT NOVEMBER 2014 £39,500 2001 VOLVO B10M BERKHOF AXIAL 50 12M 49 seats, toilet, drinks machine, fridge and finished white. MOT JANUARY 2015 £35,000
SCANIA 2009 SCANIA K340 EB IRIZAR CENTURY 12M 49 seats with 3 point seat belts & leather headrest inserts, toilet, AIR CONDITIONING, drinks machine, fridge, ZF automatic gearbox and finished white. MOTs 2014 £149,500 1 SOLD, 2 REMAINING 2009 SCANIA K340 EB OMNIEXPRESS 13M 55 seats, toilet, drinks, fridge, AIR CON, automatic gearbox £139,500 VAN HOOL 2010 VAN HOOL T916 ASTRON 13M 36/53 seats, toilet, drinks, fridge, AIR CONDITIONING, AStronic gearbox, low mileage, full leather trimmed, rear kitchen inc drinks and fridge £239,500 NEOPLAN 2002 NEOPLAN N122/3 SKYLINER (MAN POWER) DOUBLE-DECK 12M 75 seats, saloon toilet, front and centre power doors, AIR CONDITIONING, kitchen incorporating drinks machine and fridge, TV monitors to both saloons, AS-Tronic gearbox and finished white. MOT BEING RENEWED £75,500
2002 SETRA S315 GTHD AS Tronic gearbox, 49 reclining seats, centre sunken toilet, continental door, drinks, fridge, AIR CONDITIONING, in white. MOT MARCH 2015 £39,500 IVECO 2002 IVECO CC80 INDCAR MAXIM II 29 seats, AIR CONDITIONING, courier seat, driver’s door, and finished white. MOT BEING RENEWED £29,500 BUSES 2006 PLAXTON PRIMO (CUMMINS POWERED) BUS 28 seats + 14 standees, trimmed in blue multicoloured moquette, disabled seating position, flat floor, wheelchair ramp, automatic gearbox, power entrance door, exterior cream/blue. MOT NOVEMBER 2014 £25,000 NEW ARRIVALS 2004 VOLVO B12B PLAXTON PANTHER 49/53 seats, drinks, fridge, AIR CONDITIONING, double glazing, Euro 4 compliant. MOT NOVEMBER 2015 £69,500
SETRA 2005 SETRA S315 GT/HD 48 reclining seats trimmed in bronze moquette with centre sunken toilet and continental door, drinks, fridge, wired for TV and video, automatic gearbox, AIR CONDITIONING, courier seat, power entrance door £55,000
PARTS
RENTAL
For special offers on • AIR CON • BRAKE PADS & DISCS • FILTERS Contact Geoff or Matt on 01977 609000
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OPEN MONDAY - FRIDAY 8AM-6PM SATURDAY 8AM-2PM
★ THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF OUR LATEST STOCK – P MAXUS 17 SEAT WHEELCHAIR ACCESS MINIBUS This vehicle has been converted to wheelchair accessibility with the addition of a PLS underfloor power out lift, all seats in the rear of the vehicle are removable on quick release NMI fittings making the rear of the vehicle very versatile, a side step is also fitted at the sliding side door for easy access, the vehicle has covered just 49,852 miles from new and will come with 12 months MOT test, a full service and our no quibble parts and labour warranty for 3 months and is an absolute bargain at £14,995 + VAT
2010 FORD TRANSIT 17 SEAT MINIBUS
60 plate in white, this Minibus is in first class condition, all 16 passenger seats have 3 point seat belts, the vehicle has central door locking, electric front windows, rear windows have openers 2 at the front and 2 at the rear, a fire extinguisher and first aid kit are also included, the vehicle will come with 12 months MOT test, a full £13,995 + VAT service and our 3 month no quibble warranty.
FORD TRANSIT 17 SEAT WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE MINIBUS
2012 VAUXHALL 17 SEAT MINIBUS This vehicle is in very good condition inside and out and it has only done 30000Kms, Fitted with a tacho, parcel racks with individual blown air and reading lights, side loading door with automatic step, front air conditioning, silver in colour, CD sound system, interior lighting.
£17,495 + VAT
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE VAUXHALL MOVANO 2.5 CDTi This 12 Seat Wheel Chair Minibus with side Power Door and low step entrance has many benefits, NMI tracking and 7 quick release seats also in the rear of the vehicle are 2 X fold up seats and a Ricon 300Kg internal wheelchair lift a rear heater is also fitted this vehicle is in outstanding condition and comes with 12 months mot test a full service and our 3 months no quibble warranty, priced to sell at just
£7,995 + VAT
2013 RENAULT MASTER 17 SEAT MINIBUS
Transit 2011 60 plate converted to a very high standard, new aluminium smart floor in non slip vinyl, 14 new seats all on quick release fittings for flexibility, PLS underfloor power out wheelchair lift to IVA spec, side step at sliding side door to aid entrance and exit, LED working light, first aid kit and fire extinguisher complete the conversion, the vehicle is in outstanding condition and will come with 12 months MOT test, a full service and our 3 months no quibble warranty.
This vehicle is in brilliant condition inside and out and has only done 17000Kms, fitted with a tachograph and type approved it would be the perfect vehicle for an operator. 16 passenger seats with 3 point seat belts, sliding side entrance door, parcel racks.
£24,995 + VAT
£19 495 + VAT
Also a massive stock of used vehicles, please visit the website or call
WWW.DAVIDFISHWICK.COM
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DAVID FISHWICK VEHICLE SALES North Valley, Colne, BB8 0RF
PLEASE SEE THE WEBSITE FOR FURTHER DETAILS ★ NEW MERCEDES SPRINTER 516 17 SEAT LUXURY MINICOACH
2013 MERCEDES SPRINTER 17 SEAT LUXURY MINICOACH This Mercedes minicoach is finished in attractive blue moquette with forced air and reading lights, it also offers front entrance with a drop step and centre aisle, the floor is trimmed in none slip vinyl, large panoramic windows complete the look and offer superb outward vision, a rear heater is also fitted giving greater passenger comfort, first aid kit and fire extinguisher are included as is the IVA certificate.
£46,995 + VAT
FORD TRANSIT TOURNEO CUSTOM LIMITED 9 SEAT LWB
Don’t miss this very rare opportunity to own a 12 month old Mercedes 516 17 seat luxury mini coach, parcel racks with individual blown air and reading lights, huge rear boot, large tinted panoramic windows, front entrance with lowered entry step, remainder of Mercedes warranty. MASSIVE SAVING FROM NEW
£38,995 + VAT
NOW TAKING ORDERS FOR THE NEW EURO 6 MERCEDES BESPOKE BUILT MINI COACH CALL FOR DETAILS & PRICE
53 PLATE 15 SEAT WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE MINIBUS This vehicle is outstanding with its huge specification and outstanding driveability it is a must have for airport runs and much much more, air conditioning front and rear, alloy wheels, twin sliding doors with side steps, bluetooth radio with mobile phone interface and so very much more, in stock and ready to go.
£23,995 + VAT
£7,995 + VAT
TELEPHONE: 01282 615138/867772 We also supply parts overnight. Visit www.davidfishwick.com or call 01282 863563 – all makes of Van or Minibus
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1999 Dennis Dart SLF 33 seats with 19 standing and various combinations including wheelchair space, Hanover destination equipment front side and rear, manual wheelchair ramp, fully DDA compliant with accessibility certificate, choice of 2 – MOT May and July 2015. £11,850 + VAT
Chalkwell Coach Hire and Tours 01795 423982 andy.bates@chalkwellco.uk
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BUS & COACH
IN THE SOUTH LTD.
2010 SCANIA K360 OMNI EXPRESS - AUTOMATIC & EEV EMISSION LEVEL 51 reclining seats with 3 point seat belts, leather headrests inserts, Individual footrests & seat back tables, courier seat, powered plug entrance door, double glazed side windows, AIR CONDITIONING, rear floor mounted toilet compartment, continental exit with powered exit door, radio/PA/CD audio system, DVD player with front monitor, water boiler at courier side, dash mounted fridge, reverse camera, curtains, integral retarder, automatic transmission, alloy wheels, digital tachograph.
2008 IVECO EURORIDER BEULAS CYGNUS - AUTOMATIC & EURO 4 EMISSION LEVEL 53 reclining seats with 3 point seat belts OR 49 reclining seats with ONE wheelchair position, courier seat, plug entrance door, double glazed side windows, AIR CONDITIONING, near side wheelchair lift & access, radio/PA/CD player, DVD & monitor, dash mounted fridge, O/S rear continental exit with powered door, powered luggage compartment doors, curtains, driver’s safe, cruise control, digital tachograph, integral retarder, automatic transmission.
2011 IVECO EURORIDER PLAXTON PANTHER - AUTOMATIC / EURO 5 EMISSION LEVEL /13MTR - CHOICE OF VEHICLES 61 reclining seats with 3 point seat belts, leather headrest pads, individual passenger footrests, courier seat, Plug entrance door, double glazing, AIR CONDITIONING, radio/PA/CD audio equipment, DVD system coupled to drop down monitor, panelled rear, Webasto heater, wired for CCTV, curtains, carpets, reverse camera, retarder.
2006 VOLVO B12BT BERKHOP AXIAL 100 - ‘I’ SHIFT - EURO 4 PM 72 reclining seats (16 lower & 56 upper) including lap belts, seatback tables & leather headrest inserts, courier seat, powered central entrance door, crew door, double glazed side windows, full draw curtains, AIR CONDITIONING, radio/PA/CD, DVD player & 4 monitors, toilet compartment within lower saloon, servery unit including hot & cold water, fridge, boiler & storage, Blaupunkt EX-V navigation system, ski-box, drivers bunk, upper saloon luggage rack locker doors, integral retarder, cruise control, digital tachograph, alloy wheels, ‘I’ shift automatic transmission, Eminox CRT exhaust system.
Summerfield Avenue, Chelston Business Park, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 9JF
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FORD TRANSIT MINIBUSES
OTHER MAKES
(63) 2013 Ford Transit 9 seat shuttle, 2.2d six speed manual, air-con, twin side loading doors, 25,000 miles £15,500 + VAT
(56) 2006 Peugeot Boxer 3.5t on 17 seat minibus 2.8 diesel, high back seats with three point belts, 33,000 miles £8,995
WHEELCHAIR ACCESS (61) 2012 Ford Transit 16 seat minibus 2.4 COIF/PSV, 4,500 miles only £15,995
D L O S
(12) 2012 Ford Transit 9 seat Shuttle twin side loading doors 18000 miles £12,995
(58) 2008 Ford Transit 17 seat minibus 2.4 diesel with six speed gearbox, 16,000 miles FSH £10,495 (02) 2002 Ford Transit 2.4 diesel 3.5 ton, automatic gearbox, 8 seats, inboard Ricon wheelchair lift, rear heating, tracking to take 3 wheelchairs, overhead lockers £5,995
D
SOL
OTHER MAKES
(13) 2013 Peugeot Expert Teepe 2.0 diesel six speed, wheelchair accessible, lightweight ramps, twin side doors, air-con, red, 5,500 miles only £16,995 (62) 2013 Citroen Berlingo Automatic, 8,000 miles only, low floor, lightweight ramp, electric reals, high spec £12,850
(13) 2013 Renault Trafic LL29 Sport 9 seat, sat-nav, Bluetooth, six speed, 29,831 miles £16,950 (61) 2011 Renault Master 3.5ton 17 seat 2.3 diesel six speed, sat-nav, Bluetooth, tachograph, fully tracked floor, COIF/PSV, 33,000 miles £15,995
New Peugeot Boxer 16 seat 3.5 ton and 17 seat w/chair accessible minibuses, 2.2 diesel 120ps, six speed gearbox LEZ COMPLIANT From £24,750 + VAT
(58) 2008 Renault Master MWB 2.5TD 6 speed, tracking for two wheelchairs, in board lift, aircon, rear heating, low entrance step, 62,000 miles, one owner £9,995
Electric Peugeot Boxer E Monarch automatic 13 seat minibus, twin side doors, fully tracked floor, road fund exempt, White, 1600 miles only £19,995
(07) 2007 Fiat Doblo 1.4 petrol, 11,500 miles only, five speed manual, three seats plus wheelchair space, low floor, lightweight ramp, electric reals, air-con £6,995
(60) 2010 Renault Master 3.5 ton GVW 17 seat minibus, 2.3 diesel, 6 speed manual, fully tracked floor, high back seats, tacho, 38,000kms, sat-nav, Bluetooth, COIF/PSV £15,995
(06) 2006 Iveco Daily Iris Bus 16 seat, 2.8 litre, six speed, front entry drop step with power door, fully tracked floor, full power under floor tail lift, rear heating, 65,000 mile £10,995
(60) 2010 Renault Master 9 seat Shuttel 2.3 diesel six speed, large boot, sat-nav, Bluetooth £10,495
(05) 2005 Citroen Dispatch 1.9 diesel, five speed manual, four seats plus wheelchair, low floor with lightweight ramp, 57,000 miles £4,495
(56) 2006 Peugeot Boxer 3.5 ton 17 seat LWB minibus, 2.8 diesel, high back seats with three point seat belts, 19,000 miles only £9,450
(05) 2005 Renault Traffic 1.9 diesel, six speed manual gearbox, 4 seats plus wheelchair access, lightweight ramp, air-con, electric windows, blue, 53,000 miles £6,495
D L O S
Tel: 01633 485858 Mobile: 07866 443304
Contact Graham Thatcher – email: sales@minibussales.co.uk
Pembridge House, The Park Business Centre, Plough Road, Goytre, Penperlleni, Nr Usk, South Wales NP4 0AL – 10 minutes from M4 motorway. Viewing by appointment only Finance Contract Hire and Finance Lease Available. We deliver Nationwide. All vehicles prepared to VOSA standard COIF/PSV specialist
All above prices are subject to VAT @ 20%
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JUST A FEW QUALITY COACHES FROM OUR EXTENSIVE RANGE OF AVAILABLE VEHICLES 2011 Bova Futura FHD 12.75
2010 Iveco Beulas Cygnus
Automatic 53 Luxury Recliners, Courier Seat, Lap Belts, Centre Sunken Toilet, Centre Continental Door, Boiler, Fridge, Air Conditioning, DVD / Radio / PA. Choice of 2
AS-Tronic LEZ Compliant (Euro5) 53 / 57 Recliners, Toilet, Fridge, Boiler, Air Conditioning, Alloys, DVD, Radio / PA
2010 Neoplan Tourliner
2009 Irisbus Beulas Cygnus
£ 149,950
£ 129,500
AS-Tronic 49 Recliners, Lap Seatbelts, Centre Toilet & Continental Door, Boiler, Fridge, DVD + Monitors, CD / Radio / PA
Automatic LEZ Compliant 55 Recliners, Courier Seat, Air Conditioning, Webasto, Toilet, Continental Door, Boiler, Fridge, DVD / CD / Radio
2008 Volvo B12M Jonckheere SHV
2008 D.A.F. SB4000 Van Hool T9
£ 104,995
£119.950
£ 139,950
I-Shift 53 Luxury Recliners, 3-point belts, Courier Seat, Air Conditioning, Fridge, Centre Sunken Toilet, Continental Door, DVD / CD / Radio / PA
2007 Neoplan Tourliner
£ 79,500
Automatic Euro 5 Compliant 41 Recliners with Rear Lounge or 49 Recliners with Centre Toilet, Fridge, Boiler, Air Con, DVD, Radio / PA, Choice of 2
2007 Volvo B12B Jonckheere SHV
AS-Tronic 49/53 Luxury Recliners, Courier Seat, Lap Belts, Air Conditioning, Webasto, Boiler, Fridge, On-Board Vacuum, DVD / CD / Radio / PA
I-Shift LEZ Compliant Full Team Coach Specification Or 53 Seat Executive
2006 Volvo B12B Berkhof Axial
2006 Irisbus Beulas Cygnus
£ 74,950
£ 139,950
I-Shift LEZ Compliant 51 Recliners, Courier Seat, Lap Seat Belts, Centre Toilet, Continental Door, Air Con, DVD / Radio
AS-Tronic LEZ Compliant 49 Recliners, Courier Seat, Lap Belts, Centre Toilet, Centre Powered Continental Door, Boiler, Fridge, Air Con, DVD + Monitor, Radio / PA
2005 Mercedes 814D Cheetah
2003 Volvo B12M Berkhof Axial
£ 37,500
£ 32,500
£ 54,950
Automatic LEZ Compliant 28 Recliners with Footrests, 3-Point Belts, Double Glazed, Curtains, Forced Air Ventilation, Radio P/A, Large Boot
2002 Scania K114 Van Hool T9 ZF Automatic 49 Recliners, Courier Seat Lap Belts, Centre Toilet, Continental Door, Air Con., Video, Radio / PA, New Engine 12 months
£ 47,995
£ 59,995
6-Speed Manual 53 Recliners, Courier Seat, Seatbelts, Air Conditioning, Double-Glazed, Curtains, CD / Radio / PA
1990 Volvo B10M Van Hool T8 6-Speed Manual 57 Seats Lap Seat Belts Radio / PA
£ 9,500
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BEN WEAVER PSV
02 51 IVECO 50C13 17 SEAT WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE WELFARE BUS 2.8 turbo diesel, white, Frank Guy conversion, Access rear wheelchait lift, tracking for upto 6 wheelchairs, analogue tachograph, sunroofs, ex local authority owned, 150,000 kilometers/94,000 miles, excellent condition, supplied with 12 months MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 1 month nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 4,495 + VAT
2004 54 MERCEDES 814 PLAXTON BEAVER 2 29 SEAT WELFARE BUS 4.25 turbo diesel, 5 speed manual gearbox, yellow/green, COIF, analogue tachograph, PSV, Ratcliffe underfloor rear wheelchair lift, tracking for 10 wheelchairs, electric bi-fold front door, destination boards, 492,000 kilometers/307,000 miles, VGC, supplied with 12 months MOT or PSV, fully serviced to RTA standards, 1 month nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 14,995 + VAT
PSV
LEZ
2003 53 PLATE IVECO DAILY 65C15 16 TO 23 SEAT WELFARE BUS WITH TACHOGRAPH COIF AND PSV 2800cc turbo diesel, metallic light green, Access underfloor rear wheelchair lift, tracking for up to 8 wheelchairs, currently fitted with 16 passenger seats, 6 more can be added to take 22 passengers, analogue tachograph, COIF, PSV, overhead luggage storage, 132,000 kilometers/82,000 miles, very good condition, supplied with 12 months PSV or MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 1 month nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 6,995 + VAT
2007 56 MERCEDES BENZ 813 25 SEAT WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE WELFARE BUS 4.25 turbo diesel, Blutec 4 engine, 6 speed manual gearbox, white, Excel conversion, digital tachograph, Ratcliffe underfloor rear wheelchair lift, tracking for 6 wheelchairs, electric plug front entry door, 119,000 kilometers/74,000 miles, excellent condition, supplied with 12 months MOT, fully serviced to RTA standards, 3 months nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 17,495 + VAT
2005 05 PLATE VOLKSWAGEN LT46 17 SEAT WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE MINIBUS 2.5 TDI, white, Ratcliffe underfloor rear wheelchair lift, fully tracked throughout, tracking for up to 6 wheelchairs, AVS side door, access step, analogue tachograph, currently fitted with 12 seats but 5 more can be added to make 17 seats, 43,000 kilometers/26,000 miles, excellent condition, supplied with 12 months MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 3 months nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 8,995 + VAT
2008 57 PLATE VOLKSWAGEN CRAFTER FRONT ENTRY WELFARE BUS 2461cc TDI turbo diesel 161ps, 6 speed automatic gearbox, white, rear air conditioning, underfloor rear wheelchair lift, fully tracked, tracking for upto 6 wheelchairs, digital tachograph, electric front entry plug door, AVS electric side entry step, CD player, electric mirrors, rear blinds, currently fitted with 13 seats but 8 more can be to make 21 seats inc driver, 92,000 kilometers/57,000 miles, excellent condition, supplied with 12 months PSV or MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 3 months nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 18,495 + VAT
PSV
2003 53 PLATE MERCEDES SPRINTER LWB 313CDI WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE MINIBUS 2.2 CDI turbo diesel 130ps, silver, Ricon internal rear wheelchair lift, tracking for up to 5 wheelchairs, LEZ compliant, 132,000 miles, supplied with 12 months MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 1 month nationwide parts and labour warranty. £ 7,495 NO VAT
2004 53 PLATE IVECO DAILY 65C15 16 TO 23 SEAT WELFARE BUS WITH TACHOGRAPH COIF AND PSV 2800cc turbo diesel, metallic light blue, Access underfloor rear wheelchair lift, tracking for up to 8 wheelchairs, currently fitted with 10 passenger seats, 6 more can be added to take 22 passengers, analogue tachograph, COIF, PSV, 214,000 kilometers/134,000 miles, very good condition, supplied with 12 months PSV or MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 1 month nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 6,495 + VAT
PSV
2008 58 PLATE FORD TRANSIT XLWB JUMBO HIGH ROOF 11 SEAT WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE MINIBUS 2.4 turbo diesel 115ps, 6 speed manual gearbox, frozen white, tracking for up to 5 wheelchairs, currenlty fitted with 8 passenger seats but can be made up to 16 passnger seats, 65,000 miles, excellent condition, supplied with 12 months MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 3 months nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 13,995 + VAT
2008 08 PLATE NEW SHAPE MERCEDES SPRINTER 515CDI 17 SEAT FRONT ENTRY WELFARE BUS Fitted with 8 passenger seats but will take 24 passnger seats, 2200 CDI turbo diesel 150ps, automatic gearbox, rear air conditioning, UV Modular conversion, Ratcliffe underfloor rear wheelchair lift, tracking for upto 6 wheelchairs, COIF for 16 passenger seats, digital tacho, PSV, electric front entry plug door, AVS electric side entry step, CD player, 71,000 miles, excellent condition, supplied with 12 months PSV or MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 3 months nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 19,495 + VAT
PSV
2003 53 PLATE IVECO DAILY IRIS 40C13 15 SEAT FRONT ENTRY WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE MINIBUS Analogue tachograph, certificate of initial fitness, PSV, 2.8 turbo diesel 6 speed manual gearbox, white, panoramic glass, front entry door, Ratcliffe underfloor rear wheelchair lift, tracking for upto 6 wheelchairs, LEZ compliant, 166,000 kilometers 103,000 miles, excellent condition, supplied with 12 months PSV or MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 1 months nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 6,495
PSV
PSV
2005 05 MERCEDES 814 25 SEAT WELFARE BUS 4.25 turbo diesel, 5 speed manual gearbox, Frank Guy conversion, blue, certificate of initial fitness for 16 passengers, analogue tachograph, PSV, PLS Access underfloor rear wheelchair lift, tracking for 8 wheelchairs, electric bi fold front door, fold out side access step, 150,000 kilometers/93,000 miles, ex local authority owned, supplied with 12 months PSV or MOT, fully serviced to RTA standards, 1 months parts and labour warranty £ 13,495 + VAT
2004 54 PLATE FORD TRANSIT 17 SEAT WELFARE MINIBUS White, 2.4 turbo diesel 125 ps, 5 speed manual gearbox, Chassis Developments conversion, certificate of initial fitness, PSV, Access underfloor rear wheelchair lift, tracking for up to 6 wheelchairs, 1 ex local authority owner from new, LEZ compliant, 95,000 miles, excellent condition, supplied with 12 months PSV or MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 3 months nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 6,995 + VAT
PSV
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2002 52 PLATE FORD TRANSIT 12 SEAT WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE MINIBUS White, 2.4 turbo diesel, Euromotive conversion, Ratcliffe underfloor rear wheelchair lift, tracking for 4 wheelchairs, LEZ compliant, 142,000 miles, excellent condition, supplied with 12 months MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 1 months nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 4,795 + VAT
2006 56 PLATE FORD TRANSIT 17 SEAT MINIBUS WITH COIF PSV 2.4 100PS turbo diesel, frozen white, COIF, PSV, electric windows, remote central locking, CD player, 142,000 miles, very good condition, supplied with 12 months PSV or MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 3 months nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 6,495 + VAT
2005 55 VW TRANSPORTER T5 15 SEAT WELFARE BUS WITH COIF PSV Bluebird Tucana conversion, 2.5 TDI, metallic blue, automatic gearbox, certificate of initial fitness, PSV, gross vehicle weight of 4100 kgs so can be driven without a D1 licence, fold-out rear wheelchair ramp, tracking for up to 5 wheelchairs, electric front entry doors with fold out wheelchair ramp, alloy wheels, LEZ compliant, 166,000 miles, excellent condition, supplied with 12 months PSV or MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 3 months nationwide parts and labour £ 8,995 + VAT
PSV
2003 53 PLATE VOLKSWAGEN LT35 11 SEAT WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE MINIBUS 2.5 TDI, blue, Access underfloor rear wheelchair lift, fully tracked throughout, tracking for up to 3 wheelchairs, ex local authority owned, 51,000 mile,s very good condition, supplied with 12 months MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 1 month nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 6,295 + VAT
BEN WEAVER commercIals
2004 04 IVECO DAILY 45C11 16 SEAT FRONT ENTRY WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE MINIBUS White 2800cc turbo diese,l 6 speed manual gearbox, Ricon internal rear wheelchair lift, tracking for up to 4 wheelchairs, LEZ compliant, ex local authority owned, 147000 kilometers 92000 miles, very good condition, supplied with 12 months MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 3 months nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 4,995 + VAT
2002 52 PLATE VOLKSWAGEN LT46 16 SEAT WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE MINIBUS 2.5 TDI, white, Ricon underfloor rear wheelchair lift, fully tracked throughout, tracking for up to 6 wheelchairs, certificate of initial fitness, PSV, analogue tachograph, panoramic glass, LEZ compliant, 226,000 kilometers/141,000 miles,1 local authority owner from new, excellent condition, supplied with 12 months PSV or MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 1 month nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 5,795 + VAT
PSV
2005 55 PLATE MERCEDES BENZ 614 VARIO 20 SEAT MINICOACH Onyx conversion, analogue tachograph, certificate of initial for 19 passengers, PSV’D, electric plug front entry door, coach style velour seats, overhead luggage racks, large boot, uplift skylight, waiting for full respray, can be painted into any colour of your choice, supplied with 12 months PSV, fully serviced to RTA standards, 1 months nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 11,995 + VAT
Gower Street, Sheffield, S4 7JW Tel: 0114 275 7076
www.minibuses.co
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2005 55 PLATE IVECO DAILY IRIS 45C13 13 SEAT FRONT ENTRY WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE MINIBUS Analogue tachograph, electric front entry plug door with low access step, Ricon internal rear wheelchair lift, tracking for upto 4 wheelchairs, 189,000 kilometers/118,000 miles excellent condition, supplied with 12 months MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 3 months nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 7,495 + VAT
2005 55 PLATE IVECO DAILY IRIS 45C13 13 SEAT FRONT ENTRY WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE MINIBUS Certificate of initial fitness, analogue tachograph, PSV, electric front entry plug door with low access step, Ricon internal rear wheelchair lift, 166,000 kilometers/103,000 miles, excellent condition, supplied with 12 months PSV or MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 3 months nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 7,995 + VAT
PSV
2006 06 PLATE VOLKSWAGEN LT46 17 SEAT WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE MINIBUS 2.5 TDI, white, Ratcliffe underfloor rear wheelchair lift, fully tracked throughout, tracking for up to 6 wheelchairs, AVS side door access step, 92,000 miles, very good condition, supplied with 12 months MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 3 months nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 8,495 + VAT
PSV
2005 05 PLATE VOLKSWAGEN LT46 16 SEAT WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE MINIBUS 2.5 TDI, white, Ratcliffe underfloor rear wheelchair lift, fully tracked throughout, tracking for up to 6 wheelchairs, COIF, PSV, electric plug side entry door, analogue tacho, LEZ compliant, 106,000 kilometers/116,000 miles, one local authority owner from new, very good condition, supplied with 12 months PSV or MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 3 month nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 8,495 + VAT
PSV
2007 07 PLATE IVECO DAILY 50C15 AUTOMATIC FRONT ENTRY WHEELCHAIR MINIBUS 3000cc turbo diesel, automatic, COIF, digital tacho, PSV, electric front entry plug door with fold out step, Ricon internal rear wheelchair lift, tracking for 6 wheelchairs, flat floor, fitted with 10 seats but additional seating can be added, remote central locking, electric windows, CD player, LEZ compliant, ex local authority owned, 76,000 miles, excellent condition, supplied with 12 months PSV or MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 3 months nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 12,995 + VAT
PSV
2007 07 PLATE IVECO DAILY 50C15 AUTOMATIC FRONT ENTRY WHEELCHAIR MINIBUS 3000cc turbo diesel, automatic, COIF, digital tachograph, PSV, electric front entry plug door with fold out step, Access underfloor rear wheelchair lift, tracking for 6 wheelchairs, flat floor, currently fitted with 10 seats but additional seating can be added to make into 16 passenger seats, LEZ compliant, ex local authority owned, 121,000 miles, excellent condition, supplied with 12 months PSV or MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 3 months nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 11,795 + VAT
2005 54 PLATE VOLKSWAGEN LT46 17 SEAT WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE MINIBUS 2.5 TDI, white, Ratcliffe underfloor rear wheelchair lift, fully tracked throughout, tracking for up to 6 wheelchairs, COIF, PSV, analogue tachograph, LEZ compliant, 187,000 kilometers/116,000 miles, 1 local authority owner from new, very good condition, supplied with 12 months PSV or MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 3 month nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 7,495 + VAT
PSV
2007 57 PLATE IVECO DAILY 50C15 AUTOMATIC FRONT ENTRY WHEELCHAIR MINIBUS 3000cc turbo diesel, automatic, COIF, digital tachograph, PSV, electric front entry plug door with fold out step, Access underfloor rear wheelchair lift, tracking for 6 wheelchairs, flat floor, currently fitted with 10 seats but additional seating can be added to make into 16 passenger seats, LEZ compliant, ex local authority owned, 83,000 miles, excellent condition, supplied with 12 months PSV or MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 3 months nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 13,795 + VAT
PSV
2006 06 PLATE VOLKSWAGEN LT46 13 SEAT WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE MINIBUS 2.5 TDI, silver, Access underfloor rear wheelchair lift, tracking for up to 3 wheelchairs, electric plug side entry door with electric access step, digital tachograph, certificate of initial fitness, PSV, LEZ compliant, 104,000 miles, very good condition, supplied with 12 months PSV or MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 3 months nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 8,795 + VAT
PSV
2004 04 PLATE FORD TRANSIT 17 SEAT WELFARE MINIBUS 2.4 turbo diesel 125 ps, 5 speed manual gearbox, Chassis Developments conversion, COIF, PSV, Access underfloor rear wheelchair lift, tracking for up to 6 wheelchairs, 1 ex local authority owner from new, LEZ compliant, 92,000 miles, excellent condition, supplied with 12 months PSV or MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 3 months nationwide parts and labour warranty REDUCED WAS £ 7,195 + VAT NOW £ 6,995 + VAT
PSV
2004 04 PLATE FORD TRANSIT 17 SEAT WELFARE MINIBUS White, 2.4 turbo diesel 125 ps, 5 speed manual gearbox, Chassis Developments conversion, COIF, PSV, Access underfloor rear wheelchair lift, tracking for up to 6 wheelchairs, 1 ex local authority owner from new, LEZ compliant, currently fitted with 8 seat seats but more can be added to make up to 16 passenger seats, 144,000 miles, very good condition, supplied with 12 months PSV or MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 1 months nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 5,695 + VAT
2002 02 PLATE IVECO DAILY IRIS 40C13 17 SEAT FRONT ENTRY WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE MINIBUS 2.8 turbo diesel, 6 speed manual gearbox, white, certificate of initial fitness, analogue tachograph, PSV, panoramic glass, electric front entry plug door, Access underfloor rear wheelchair lift, tracking for upto 6 wheelchairs, LEZ compliant, 150,000 kilometers 95,000 miles, very good condition, supplied with 12 months PSV or MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 1 months nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 4,995 + VAT
PSV
2007 57 PLATE IVECO DAILY 50C15 AUTOMATIC FRONT ENTRY WHEELCHAIR MINIBUS 3000cc turbo diesel, automatic, COIF, digital tachograph, PSV, electric front entry plug door with fold out step, Access underfloor rear wheelchair lift, tracking for 6 wheelchairs, flat floor, currently fitted with 10 seats but additional seating can be added to make into 16 passenger seats, LEZ compliant, ex local authority owned, 66,000 miles, excellent condition, supplied with 12 months PSV or MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 3 months nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 13,995 + VAT
PSV
2007 07 PLATE IVECO DAILY 50C15 AUTOMATIC FRONT ENTRY WHEELCHAIR MINIBUS 3000cc turbo diesel, automatic, COIF, digital tacho, electric front entry plug door with fold out step, Access underfloor rear wheelchair lift, tracking for 6 wheelchairs, fitted with 9 seats but additional seating can be added, remote central locking, electric windows, CD player, LEZ compliant, ex local authority owned, 100,000 miles, excellent condition, supplied with 12 months PSV or MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 3 months nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 12,495 + VAT
PSV
2007 07 PLATE NEW SHAPE MERCEDES SPRINTER 515CDI 21 SEAT FRONT ENTRY WELFARE BUS 2200 CDI turbo diesel 150ps, automatic gearbox, rear air con, UV Modular conversion, Ratcliffe underfloor rear wheelchair lift, tracking for upto 6 wheelchairs, COIF, tacho, electric front entry plug door, AVS side entry step, 13 seats but 8 more can be added, 98,000 miles, excellent condition, supplied with 12 months PSV or MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 3 months nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 17,995 + VAT
PSV
2003 03 REG IVECO DAILY 45C13 11 SEAT FRONT ENTRY LONG WHEEL BASE WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE MINIBUS 2800cc turbo diesel white, white, Access underfloor rear wheelchair lift, tracking for up to 6 wheelchairs, tachograph, LEZ compliant, currently fitted with 11 seats but can be made upto 17, 200000 kilometers, 124000 miles, supplied with 12 months MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 1 month nationwide parts and labour warrantry £ 4,795 + VAT
PSV
2005 55 PLATE MERCEDES SPRINTER 416CDI 16 SEAT FRONT ENTRY WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE MINIBUS 2200 CDI turbo diesel 160ps, 6 speed Sprintshift automatic gearbox, red, Access underfloor rear wheelchair lift, fully tracked, tracking for upto 6 wheelchairs, 107,000 miles, excellent condition, supplied with 12 months MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 3 months nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 10,995 + VAT
PSV
2004 04 PLATE FORD TRANSIT 17 SEAT WELFARE MINIBUS White, 2.4 turbo diesel 125 ps, 5 speed manual gearbox, Chassis Developments conversion, COIF, PSV, Access underfloor rear wheelchair lift, tracking for up to 6 wheelchairs, 1 ex local authority owner from new, LEZ compliant, currently fitted with 11 seat seats but more can be added to make up to 16 passenger seats, 151,000 miles, very good condition, supplied with 12 months PSV or MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 1 months nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 5,395 + VAT
All vehicles supplied with 12 months MOT/PSV, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards and 1–3 months nationwide parts and labour warranty
2007 07 PLATE IVECO DAILY 50C15 AUTOMATIC FRONT ENTRY WHEELCHAIR MINIBUS 3000cc turbo diesel, automatic, COIF, digital tachograph, PSV, electric front entry plug door with fold out step, Access underfloor rear wheelchair lift, tracking for 6 wheelchairs, flat floor, currently fitted with 10 seats but additional seating can be added to make into 16 passenger seats, LEZ compliant, ex local authority owned, 97,000 miles, excellent condition, supplied with 12 months PSV or MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 3 months nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 12,495 + VAT
PSV
2007 07 PLATE IVECO DAILY 50C15 AUTOMATIC FRONT ENTRY WHEELCHAIR MINIBUS 3000cc turbo diesel, automatic gearbox, COIF, digital tacho, PSV, electric front entry plug door with fold out step, Ricon internal rear wheelchair lift, tracking for 6 wheelchairs, flat floor, fitted with 8 seats but additional seating can be added, remote central locking, electric windows, CD player, LEZ compliant, ex local authority owned, 135,000 miles, excellent condition, supplied with 12 months PSV or MOT, fully serviced to Good Garage Scheme standards, 3 months nationwide parts and labour warranty £ 10,995 + VAT
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DREW WILSON coach sales
2003 MERCEDES VARIO 614D 24 coach seats, 3 point belts, luggage racks, forced air ventilation, reading lights, large drop well boot, curtains, aisle carpets, manual, slam door, new paint, 418,273 kms. £18,500 + VAT
1998 VOLVO OLYMPIAN Alexander Body, Volvo engine, Voith automatic gearbox, 81 seater, power door, front destination, tacho, seatbelts.
2006 VW TRANSPORTER T30 LWB 9 seats with belts, sliding door, electric windows, 6 speed manual gearbox, current MOT.
1999 DENNIS PLAXTON MINI POINTER 29 seats 17 standees 1 wheelchair, ramp, Cummins engine, Allison auto box, power door, current test.
£8,000 + VAT
£6,000 + VAT
£4,000 + VAT
1994 TOYOTA CAETANO OPTIMO 3 GL 22 coach seats with belts, power door, manual box, new paint in white, current MOT.
2007 57 WRIGHTS GEMINI 2 68 leather seats, single door, CCTV cameras, Volvo B7TL engine - Euro 4, Voith automatic gearbox, low mileage.
£5,000 + VAT
2008 MERCEDES VARIO 814D PLAXTON CHEETAH 29 coach seats, crew seat, 3 point belts, new MOT, 289,000kms, manual, air con, large boot plus side locker, luggage racks, forced air, reading lights, power door. £69,000 + VAT
£89,500 + VAT
1999 IVECO BEULAS STERGO E EURORIDER 51/55 reclining seats, toilet, 84,118kms, new MOT, double glazed, manual, repainted white, large luggage space, boiler, fridge, radio/cd/PA, very tidy condition. £17,500 + VAT
1997 SCANIA IRIZAR CENTURY 51 reclining seats, toilet, lap retractable belts, crew seat, comfort shift, double glazing, tinted windows, power door, air con, repainted in white, tidy condition, 199,039kms. £15,000 + VAT
2002 DENNIS DART MPD PLAXTON MINI POINTER 29 seats, 17 standees, 1 wheelchair, wheelchair ramp, 107,424 miles, Cummins engine, Allison auto, fSR LED destination, retrimmed interior, power door, tidy condition, MOT’d. £10,000 + VAT
2009 MERCEDES 816 PLAXTON CHEETAH 29 coach seats with 3 point belts, double glazed, large boot, power door, 6 speed manual, DVD/CD/radio/ PA, new/paint, LEZ compliant, new MOT, 293,718 kms. £75,000 + VAT
2004 DAF 1160 – 340 BOVA FUTURA FHD 51reclining seats, centre sunken toilet, continental door, fridge / boiler, DVD & monitor, air con (just serviced) , analogue tachograph, recent respray into white, taxed £54,000 + VAT
2007 IVECO DAILY 16 coach seats, luggage racks, skylights, walnut dash, Euroliners, radio/CD, 297,454 kms
1999 MERCEDES 612D VAN CONVERSION 16 seats with belts, Unwin tracking, electric wheelchair lift, manual gearbox, new test.
£9,000 + VAT
1998 DENNIS JAVELIN PLAXTON PREMIERE 320 70 coach seats, Cummins engine. MOT March 2015, 417,119kms, radio cassette, 6 speed Zf manual gearbox, power door, double glazed, tinted windows, tidy retrimmed interior. £23,500 + VAT – PX CONSIDERED
£4,500 + VAT
1999 VOLVO B10M PLAXTON PREMIERE 350 49/55 recliners with belts, Zf manual, air con, Eminox LEZ fitted, reduced pollution certificate, power door, recent paint into white, tested till March 2015. £19,000 + VAT
1999 DENNIS JAVELIN PLAXTON PREMIER 350 70 reclining seats, lap belts, centre toilet, boiler and servery, 6 speed Zf gearbox, luggage racks, forced air, reading lights, power door, very tidy, 843,751kms, new MOT. £21,500 + VAT
1998 DENNIS DART ALX300. 37 seats or 33 plus 1 wheelchair, 292,643 miles, manual ramp, Cummins engine, Allison auto gearbox, power door, new MOT, very tidy £4,500 + VAT
2005 MERCEDES VARIO 814D 24 seats + crew seat, KVC conversion, manua, 241285 kms, 3 points belts, rear boot, fully trimmed interior, full body skirt kit, immaculate condition. £24,000 + VAT
2004 MERCEDES VARIO 814 PLAXTON CHEETAH Courier seat, 3 point seat belts, radio/PA/CD/MP3, large boot & side locker, analogue tacho, engine recently serviced, recent respray, excellent all round condition. £34,000 + VAT
2006 MERCEDES BEAVER 2 814D 33 coach seats, automatic, luggage racks, WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE, 3 point seatbelts, power door, SIDE LIfT, Purmo heating, destination front, side and rear. £27,000 + VAT
1989 VOLVO B10M VAN HOOL 57 seats with lap retractable belts, luggage racks, reading lights, forced air heating, manual, crew seat, power door. 121,446kms, new test, new retrim, repainted in white. £5,000 + VAT
2003 IVECO INDCAR MAXIM 11 29 seats with belts, courier seat, CD/PA system, curtains, large boot, tinted windows.
2007 MAN 18-360 BEULAS CYGNUS 49 /53 reclining seats with leather headrests, centre demountable toile, centre continental door,radio/CD/DVD with 2 monitors, reversing camera, air con/climate control. £75,000 + VAT
£21,000 + VAT
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THE NORTH WEST’S PREMIER MINIBUS SALES, SUPPLYING NATIONWIDE FOR OVER 40 YEARS
58 PLATE MAN AYATS ATLANTIS 53 SEAT FULL EXECUTIVE COACH Covered 246,378kms, half leather belted recling seats, 2 screen Blaupunkt entertainment system, centre toilet with hostess cabinet and drinks dispenser, Thermobus climate control, alloy wheels, exceptionally clean coach inside and out. 12 months PSV – ready to work
£69,995 Heatons Motor Co, 53 Bickershaw Lane, Abram, Wigan, Lancashire WN2 5PL
Tel: 01942 864222 See all our stock on our website: www.heatonsmotorco.co.uk ALL PRICES PLUS VAT
We guarantee quality vehicles, right prices, no pressure sales. Come and have a coffee while you browse at your leisure. Junction 23, M6 or 20 miles from Manchester/Liverpool airport
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VUgYWcUW\gU`Yg#Wc#i_ VEHICLES AVAILABLE FOR SHORT AND LONGER TERM HIRE
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RENAULT MASTER TRI AXLE BUS
WITH CRAZY LOW MILES OF ONLY 20,000, BUILT TO CARRY 16 SEATED PASSENGERS OR UP TO 7 WHEELCHAIRS, POWER ENTRANCE DOOR, TACHOGRAPH, NEW MINICOACH CONVERSION TO A QUALITY USED VAN MANUAL FOLD OUT REAR RAMP, CAMERA, NO COIF +REVERSING 12 MONTHS PSV MOT 16 COACH SEATS ON TRACK INTO EXPENSE SPARED WHEN BUILT, FULLY REPAINTED FRONT ENTRY,LUGGAGE RACKS WHITE AND MOT TODRIVERS MARCH 2015, CAN PSV WITH LOCKER, NONBE SLIP FLOORING TACHOGRAPH INSTALLATION COIF NEW IF REQUIRED OTHERS IN BUILD SO CHOOSE YOUR COLOUR £25,450.00 £14,950.00
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Brand New coach-built Mercedes 516 CDi Euro 6 Ferqui Soroco 19 high back reclining seats, 3 point belts, AC, DG, reading lights, power door, tow-bar and boot.
Brand New coach-built Mercedes 519 CDi Euro 6 Ferqui Soroco 16 leather high back reclining seats, 3 point belts, AC, DG, reading lights, DVD system, power door, large boot, metallic paint.
Brand New coach-built Mercedes 516 CDi Euro 6 Ferqui Soroco 16 high back reclining seats, 3 point belts, AC, DG, reading lights, power door, and large boot.
2013 Mercedes 516 CDi Soroco 16 high back leather seats, 3 point belts, AC, DG, DVD system, power door, large boot, metallic paint, balance of manufacturers warranty.
2010 Mercedes 516 CDi Soroco 16 high back seats, 3 point belts, AC, DG, forced air, reading lights, power door and large boot.
2010 Mercedes 515 CDi Soroco 19 high back seats, 3 point belts, AC, DG, forced air, reading lights, power door, metallic paint and boot.
2008 58 Reg Mercedes 613 Vario 24 high back seats, 3 point belts, forced air, reading lights, power door and boot.
2008 58 Reg Mercedes 816 Unvi Riada 29 high back seats, 3 point belts, AC, forced air, reading lights, power door and large boot.
2007 57 Reg Mercedes Soroco 16 high back leather trimmed seats, 3 point belts, AC,DG, forced air, reading lights, power door, large boot.
2007 56 Reg Iveco 45C14 16 high back seats, 3 point belts, forced air, reading lights, curtains, reversing camera, power door and boot.
2006 56 Reg Mercedes 413CDi Soroco 16 high back seats, 3 point belts, AC, forced air, reading lights, curtains, power door & large boot.
1999 S Reg Mercedes 814 Plaxton Beaver 33 seats, 3 point belts, power door, manual gearbox, new test.
Steve Peach Tel: 01405 814064 Mob: 07836 551020 Email: info@connaughtpsv.co.uk Web: www.connaughtpsv.co.uk
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Kingdoms Tours
2002 Scania Irizar K114
2002 Scania VanHool K124
• 49 seat executive • WC • A/C • 7 speed C-Shift • MOT 21/5/15 £43,000 £37,000
• 49 seat executive • WC • A/C • 7 speed C-Shift • MOT 30/9/14 £45,000 £39,000
2006 Volvo B12M 2003 (53) Volvo • 51/53 seat exec B12M • WC • A/C • Auto • Berkoff LEZ • MOT 12/11/14 £79,000 £65,000
• 51/53 seat exec • WC • A/C • Berkoff LEZ 12/11/14 £52,500 £44,000
ALL COACHES ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION INSIDE AND OUT. PRICES REDUCED TO SELL – NEW COACHES ARRIVING
Kingdoms Tours Ltd 01884 252646 / 07702 626542
Call Tim 01404 47502 or 07790 966667 Email: parnell-coaches@supanet.com
Iveco 16 seater front entry luxury mini coach
2005 Mercedes 814 Vario 29 seater LEZ compliant
2007 07 Iveco 16 seat front entry mini coach
PSV MOT’d, tidy coach, very nice coach interior, large dropwell boot separate from passengers.
Power door, 3 point belts, forced air, very nice luxury coach, extremely low mileage, reliable and economical.
Power door, Excel conversion, digital tacho, COIF, forced air, 6 speed box, very tidy inside and out.
£4,999
£23,999
£10,999 + VAT
WANTED: MERCEDES COACHES 1999 to present year, 16 to 35 seats, finance settled, with or without MOT, accident damage, etc.
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Nigel McCree
2003 Volvo B12M Jonckheere Euro 3 48 x 3 point belted seats, 1 crew, air conditioned, saloon mounted w/c, rear continental door, MOT November 2014. Direct from SHEARINGS HOLIDAYS fleet with full service history.
£POA – NO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED
Nigel McCree Mobile: 07817 542113 or Nev Simpson Mobile: 07814 716149 Email: nigel@nigelmccree.com Insurance Stock updated weekly on the website:
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Volvo B10M Camper Coach
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Tel: 07773 793239 www.coachandbusweek.com
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Plaxton Paragon 49 seats plus courier, Volvo B10M engine, manual gearbox, red moquette with matching curtains, reversing camera, sunken toilet, stainless wheel disks, air conditioning, aircraft lockers, MOT tested, excellent condition throughout, must be seen.
£28,750 + VAT
02 Setra Model S-315 GT HD, 6 cylinder MAN engine, manual 6 speed gearbox, 49 seater, continental door, full air conditioning, many extras, full year MOT, part exchange considered.
£40,000 o.n.o. for quick sale
1997 Berkhof Radial 53 seat coach, Cummins 300/20 672 engine, 6 speed manual gearbox, rear camera, curtains, in white, very clean, MOT 9 months.
BARGAIN £15,000 + VAT COMPANY CLOSURE VOLVO B10M 52 seats, automatic MOT & taxed £4000 + VAT – MUST BE SOLD STRAIGHT TO WORK
LEYLAND TIGER 52 seats, semi-automatic, MOT & taxed £2,200 + VAT – GO TO WORK TOMORROW
EASTWOODS COMMERCIAL MOTORS LTD 229-241 Tyburn Road, Birmingham, West Midlands B24 8NB Telephone: 0121 328 5959 • Fax: 0121 327 3800
55 reg VOLVO B SERIES PLAXTON
EASTWOODS COMMERCIAL MOTORS LTD 229-241 Tyburn Road, Birmingham, West Midlands B24 8NB • Telephone: 0121 328 5959 • Fax: 0121 327 3800
£70,000 + VAT FOR QUICK SALE
70 seat bus, 190,000kms from new, direct from county council, 60 seats on Unwin tracking plus 10 fixed, CD player, cruise control, power steering, cloth interior, central locking, ABS, TV, DVD, PA system, Powermatic wheelchair access door, reverse camera, Webasto night heater, CCTV installed, air suspension.
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Celebrities voice buses Bus passengers have been able to recognise a new set of announcements on buses over the past week or so as celebrities get onboard for Guide Dogs Week 2014. Between October 4 and 12, actress and writer Ruth Jones and singer, songwriter, author, radio and TV broadcaster Cerys Matthews have been heard on buses in Cardiff, while comedy actor, Gregor Fisher has been performing in Glasgow. Passengers travelling on the popular number six Baycar Cardiff Bus route between the city centre and Cardiff Bay will doubtless have been surprised to hear the dulcet tones of comedy genius Ruth Jones, her much-loved character Nessa Jenkins from ‘Gavin & Stacey’ or the Welsh rock star Cerys Matthews welcoming passengers onboard. Glaswegian bus passengers have been treated to the hilarious remarks of comedy genius Gregor Fisher as his well–known Glaswegian character Rab C.Nesbitt, written by Ian Pattison. Ruth, Cerys and Gregor are supporting the charity Guide Dogs, which is on a mission to change bus travel and enable people who are blind and partially sighted to move around with confidence. Cardiff Bus and Strathclyde Partnership for Transport say they are committed to providing the best journey experience to passengers and both already have a number of buses fitted with AV technology. The Talking Buses campaign asks the public to support the recommendation
their own terms. But without audio announcements to give them the information they need, they can lose confidence and feel forced to stay at home. We’re urging the Government to make AV installation a priority on UK buses and look forward to working with Cardiff Bus to make this a reality in Cardiff.” In September Guide Dogs visited cities across the UK as part of their Stand Out Bus Tour calling on the Government to take action and ensure all new buses operating outside London are installed with audio-visual information systems, as recommended by the Transport Select Committee group of MPs. The charity is also inviting the public to Stand Out for Talking Buses, by signing the petition in support of the campaign. To find out more about Guide Dogs and sign the petition visit www.guidedogs.org.uk.
B&H bus named after primal screamer A famous rock guitarist has been honoured with a bus being named after him following his funeral in Brighton. The Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company (B&H) has named one of its buses after Robert ‘Throb’ Young, the founder member of rock group Primal Scream, who recently passed
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for all new UK buses to feature AudioVisual (AV) technology – which helps all passengers to identify their location, the next stop and the bus’ final destination. Guide Dogs believes the UK’s bus system is failing to support the blind and partially sighted population and currently fewer than 19% of buses have AV technology, with the majority of these (97%) in Greater London. A recent survey by Guide Dogs reveals that, in a sixmonth period, 65% of bus passengers with sight loss miss their stop, with many ending up lost or left in potentially dangerous situations because they cannot get the information they need about their bus journeys. Richard Leaman, CEO of Guide Dogs, said: “We are thrilled to have such high profile supporters of our campaign and thank Ruth and Cerys for joining our mission to change bus transport. People with sight loss rely on buses to get out and about and live life on
away at his home in Fourth Avenue, Hove. According to The Argus, the vehicle was unveiled on the day of the guitarist’s funeral, with the words Not Classic written as the bus’s destination at the request of his former bandmates. The bus, fleet number 251, was used to transport guests from the
funeral at St Andrew’s Church in Church Road, Hove, to the wake held at The View in Western Esplanade in Hove. Registered ‘GU52HKB,’ the TransBus Pointer 2-bodied Dart is branded for route 79, which links Old Steine with Ditchling Beacon, via Brighton Station, the Open Market and Fiveways.
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Traveline Cymru appoints new Chairman Traveline Cymru has announced the appointment of Richard Workman as the new chair of its board of Directors. Richard, who is Director of Technical Services at Carmarthenshire Council, will take up the position at the Welsh Government’s public transport information service from November 6, following the retirement of its current Chairman Alan Kreppel who has held the post since 2006. The post, which is for a fixed term of three years, will see Richard chair Traveline Cymru’s board, which comprises representatives from the bus industry, Arriva Trains Wales, consumer groups and local authorities. He will be responsible for providing leadership and direction to the board of directors and ensuring its responsibility for overall governance, major operational issues and strategic direction is fulfilled.
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Richard Workman, the new chair of Traveline Cymru’s board of Directors Graham Walter, Managing Director of Traveline Cymru said: “Richard has a unique and rounded knowledge of public transport and local authority issues, and understands the passenger’s need for accurate and up to date public transport information; this holds him in great stead for this position. The board wanted to find someone with the ability not just to chair meetings but to provide constructive challenge and support to the organisation
as it enters its next phase of development.” Richard said: “From my experience of working as Director of Technical Services at Carmarthenshire County Council and with Welsh Government and transport operators for the last 11 years, I am keen to build on the excellent work done to date by Traveline Cymru to ensure the public have all the information they need to make informed sustainable travel choices.”
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Four apprentices for London United Four young recruits have embarked on an exciting new career with RATP Dev-owned London United following a complete revamp and re-launch of its apprentice training programme. The four, who are the first to be offered an apprenticeship with London United for several years, range in age from 18 to 24. They are Christopher Barry, Dziugas Gedvilas, Tim Pitwell and Karol Lewandowski. They were part of an initial shortlist of 47 applicants and went on to excel in psychometric testing, face-to-face interviews and a practical assessment of their technical skills and ability to work as a team. They will be studying bus and coach mechanical engineering with Bristol-based S&B Automotive Academy, chosen for its innovative teaching methods and technical expertise. Hannah Connors, London United’s Learning and Development Manager, said: “We believe it is crucial to ensure a
constant influx of talent into our business as well as develop leaders for the future. We have completely overhauled our apprenticeship programme and believe we now offer one of the most comprehensive training schemes in the industry.” Richard Hall, London United’s
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Jez Maiden has resigned as Group Finance Director at National Express to take up the same role with Croda International Plc, the Speciality Chemicals Group, early in the New Year. Jez has agreed to remain with National Express for the time being to ensure an orderly handover and the board has started to the process to find his replacement, which National Express said will consider both internal and external candidates.
The Board has appointed Matthew Ashley, currently Finance Director of National Express’ UK Bus business and formerly Group Financial Controller, as interim Group Financial Director and he will work alongside Jez in the coming months as part of the handover. Dean Finch, Group Chief Executive, said: “On behalf of everyone at National Express, I would like to thank Jez for the significant contribution he has made as Finance Director of the
group over the past six years. “We understand the reasons behind his decision and wish him every success in the future.” Jez said: “I have had a hugely enjoyable and rewarding time at National Express and will be sad to leave. “I am looking forward to my new opportunity at Croda, in an industry where I began my plc career, and am confident National Express will continue to go from strength to strength.”
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Ecodrive Transmissions appoints new Operations Director
Manchester-based driveline specialists, Ecodrive Transmissions Limited have appointed Jon Stone to their board as Operations Director. Steve Allen, Managing Director, said: “Jon has spent eight years with the company and has considerably increased sales for Ecodrive, during what can only be described as a very testing time in one of the worst economic downturns in recent history. “We have decided to recognise Jon’s unstinting loyalty and expertise with his promotion. We know by making him an integral part of the board, he will continue to make a positive impact, and maximise new opportunities for Ecodrive.” Jon responded, adding: “I am delighted to help take Ecodrive forward in the future, and I relish the opportunities and challenges this will bring. Being a Director will enable me to better serve our customers. As well as taking up my new position I will continue to serve in my present role for the next three months, to ensure during this transitional period Ecodrive’s VOR unit repairs, field service work, parts and unit sales, ZF warranty work, continue to their usual high standards.”
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