400 More Jobs To Go

• National Welsh plans to axe at least 300 jobs before the end of the year, amid speculation of an imminent takeover. By the end of October about 40 jobs will be lost when......

Drivers Vent Anger In Low Pay Survey

• Coach drivers are being asked to complete a survey which could be used to lobby Government for better pay. So far 90 drivers have returned the questionnaire which has been......

Dodgers Trapped

• More than 400 passengers were caught without valid tickets, on over 300 buses travelling along Regent Street, London between 17:00hrs and 21:00hrs on Thursday last week. The......

Mainline In Doncaster

• South Yorkshire Transport has set up an independent operational unit at its Doncaster depot by drafting in new buses and converting three routes. Called Doncaster Mainline it......

Speedy Repair

• The Bus Engineering Group at Willesden, North London is introducing a fast turn-round service where coach drivers can have their vehicles valeted, cleaned and serviced in a......

Profits Fall • Alusuisse-lonza Holding, The Swiss Company...

aluminium panels for the Optare Delta among others, predicts that its net profits will fall about a third this year from last year's £194m.......

Caring Taxis

• A women's taxi service called Fe-Line, set up two weeks ago in Coventry, plans to expand further into disabled passenger work. It already transports special needs children in......

Ralph's Plaxton

• Slough-based Ralphs Coaches has taken delivery of a 53-seater Plaxtonbodied single-decker, mounted on a Volvo MOM GL chassis.......