Industry news

Go-Ahead acquires Carousel Buses Limited

20 February 2012
Go-Ahead Group is pleased to announce the forthcoming acquisition of Carousel Buses Limited...

Stagecoach invests £60m in new buses for local communities

20 February 2012
Stagecoach Group to invest around £60million in hundreds of new greener vehicles for local communities across the UK...

New buses for Rhyl following £2 million investment

17 February 2012
A fleet of brand new buses have been introduced in North Wales, following a multi-million pound investment...

Volvo Buses joins partnership with WWF

17 February 2012
The cooperation is based on the Volvo Group’s commitment to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions by 30 million tons...

Morgan Sindall awarded Green Park tube platform cooling project

17 February 2012
Morgan Sindall has been awarded a circa £9 million project to install a system to cool the platform areas at Green Park Tube Station...

Birse Metro awarded ‘Cooling the Tube’ contract for Oxford Circus Underground Station

16 February 2012
Birse Metro awarded contract to provide a Water Cooling System to serve 14 PAHUs...

Local Transport Minister gives Metro extension the green light

16 February 2012
Construction can now begin on an extension to the Midland Metro from Snow Hill Station through the city centre to New Street Station...

GMV wins new contracts in Poland

14 February 2012
GMV, has now won a new one-million-euro contract for setting up the advanced fleet management and passenger information system...

Parkeon selected for Helsinki Project

13 February 2012
Helsinki Regional Transport Authority (HSL) has selected Tieto Finland OY as the supplier of its new ticket and information system...

Atkins wins design contracts for Oslo Metro

13 February 2012
Atkins has won design contracts to increase safety, functionality and comfort for travellers on the Oslo Metro...

Alstom and Cofely Besix FM to provide maintenance service for the Dubai tramway

12 February 2012
Alstom and Cofely Besix FM awarded a 13-year maintenance contract...

44 Solaris Urbino for Rhineland operators

9 February 2012
In 2012, Solaris will supply 44 state-of-the-art Urbino low-floor city buses to five bus operators from the Rhineland region in Germany...