Decker tender II Scottish operator Strathclyde Buses has invited tenders
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for 52 double-deckers to replace vehicles destroyed in a major depot fire at Larkfield in May (CM 28 May-3 June). It has hired and leased buses temporarily.
Kelvin buys
• Kelvin Central Buses is buying another of its Glasgow-area competitors, John Morrow Coaches. KCB, a former Scottish Bus Group company, will take over Morrow's local bus services and many of its 31 vehicles.
Blackpool link
• National Express might provide extra LondonBlackpool Rapide coaches, following British Rail's decision to withdraw its direct service next month. Currently, National Express operates four coaches a day on the Blackpool route.
Cosy depot
• West Midlands Travel has installed eight Stokvis Insudoors at its Perry Bar depot to reduce heat loss and to reduce noise nuisance to nearby residents. All of the sliding doors are operated by induction loops buried in the floor to sense approaching buses.
Ups and downs
▪ The Department of Transport says 13% fewer coaches visited central London last summer, compared with 1989. But it says the capital's first red routes are making bus services more attractive; 8.8% more passengers used London Buses route 43 in the last five months of 1991, compared with a 2.6% fall in business on other routes.