Transport Designed’s top 8 of 2018
From supersized buses to tiny trains… It’s been another crazy year in the world of transport, and as 2018 comes to an end, we thought it would be a good idea to take a look back through some of our most read and shared posts from the last 12 months. In no particular order, here […]
Alexander Dennis and Lothian unveil 100-seat monster bus
Alexander Dennis (ADL) and Lothian have unleashed an absolute monster on the world – their brand new 100-seat Enviro400XLB three-axle double decker. Developed in close collaboration with Volvo and based on their B8L tri-axle chassis, 42 of these high-capacity buses will enter service in Edinburgh from January onwards. They will be built at ADL’s factory in Falkirk. With […]
Power to the people! Harrogate’s Electrics are live
A sparkling fleet of groundbreaking zero-emission electric buses has been unveiled in Harrogate. Transdev subsidiary The Harrogate Bus Company revealed the fleet of eight Volvo 7900e electric buses at a star-studded launch event in the North Yorkshire spa town on 26 July, attended by the Buses Minister, Nusrat Ghani MP, and local MP for Harrogate […]
Dragonfly soars in this stunning new campaign for Uno
Hertfordshire-based bus operator Uno has revealed its latest brand – Dragonfly. The University of Hertfordshire-owned bus company’s route linking Enfield with Cockfosters, Potters Bar, Hatfield, Harpenden and Luton has been relaunched with six brand new buses and a campaign paying a spectacular homage to their namesake, the only serviceable 1937 de Havilland Dragonfly biplane left in the […]
Västtrafik takes the fight to self-driving cars
Everywhere you turn these days, there’s talk of autonomous vehicles – and nowhere is that buzzword more prevalent than in the car industry. So, if you can’t beat them…why not join them? Swedish transit agency Västtrafik is not an entity known for doing things ‘by the book’. One of its routes in the city of […]
Get ready: it’s time to Zap
Transdev recently launched their hotly-anticipated CityZap service between Leeds and York – we went Zapping for a day to find out what all the fuss is about! First thing’s first: CityZap is a route like no other. At first glance, it’s simply a conventional double-decker bus connecting two large Yorkshire cities every 30 minutes. But, […]
Vantage: Where’s the magic?
First Manchester have chosen to brand their new busway services as ‘Vantage’, a stand-alone premium service using an all-new livery designed in-house by First’s own design team. Gold and white lettering sits atop a deep purple base colour, with a fading harlequin-patterned ‘V’ dashed across the rear halves of the vehicles. The same device is […]
The Pioneer is Back: Riding Redefined in Harrogate
Red or Black? The pioneer is officially back. Back in 2003, a bus company from Yorkshire blew apart the UK bus industry when it revealed the first of 12 brand new ‘twin-deck’ vehicles at Birmingham’s NEC. At a time when even wheelchair-accessible vehicles were a rarity, here was a company who had brazenly specified buses for […]
Plaxton’s new profile
Plaxton has revealed the first details of it’s ‘budget’ successor to the Profile. Describing the Profile successor as a ‘giant leap’, Plaxton claims its newest offering will be a winner with operators looking for an attractive, economic vehicle. The vehicle will be built on Euro 5 Volvo B9R chassis and the Euro 6 B8R – […]
People-eaters: world’s biggest coaches
Following the recent introduction of Stagecoach’s Plaxton Interdeck Elite-i on Megabus UK work, we thought we’d compile some of the world’s largest buses and coaches for your viewing pleasure! You can post your examples on our Facebook page – or tweet us!