Ban Is Lifted After Appeal

• Leeds-based Amberley Travel, which was banned from operating buses on local services in September, is back on the road following the implementation of new vehicle inspection......

Amberline Grows Its Routes

• Liverpool-based Amberline, now part of the National Express Holdings Group, has stepped up its local bus services in the city and added a further 10 buses to its fleet.......

Sovereign Takes On Bta

• A bus war is brewing in Hertfordshire between BTA Coaches and Sovereign Bus and Coach. Sovereign has launched 15 Mercedes 23-seat minibuses on St Albans routes, and BTS......

Airport Levy Row Settled

• The row between the British Airports Authority and bus and coach operators at Gatwick and Heathrow airports has been settled, with the BAA backing down from its initial......

First Sales For Av Berkhof In The Oil

• AVE Berkhof has sold its first Berkhof coaches in the UK since it was appointed U distributor for the Belgian m que (CM 5-11 October). Appleby of Louth has ordered five......

Dal For Pearce

• Oxford coach operator Pearce Private Hire has taken delivery of a Daf SB 2305 DHTD with Duple 320 SL bodywork. The 57seater is fitted with a Daf 8.25 engine driving through a......

New In London

• Harry Bkinclred's bus company, Docklands Transit, is launching a highfrequency hail-and-ride min: buse service in south-east London. The D21 service went into operation on......