Bus News

Volvo Buses has used Busworld in Belgium to launch  a new electric-powered articulated bus capable of carrying  up to 150 passengers which it claims has 80 per cent lower energy consumption compared to a corresponding […]

Specialist British small bus builder/converter Mellor has taken the opportunity to relaunch the brand down under at the Melbourne Bus Expo spruiking its ability to provide big bus space and comfort in a ‘low floor […]

The bus industry has been taken by surprise with the announcement that listed tourism and transport company SeaLink TravelGroup will purchase Australia’s largest private operator of metropolitan public bus services, Transit Systems Group. The purchase […]

Optare used the Melbourne Bus Expo to launch its first electric bus in Australia and although the British maker has not had a huge amount of sales cut through here so far, its local distributor […]

Scania has used the BusVic Melbourne Bus Show for the global reveal of its new ‘silent mode’ Gen II hybrid bus. To mark the event Scania asked former Federal opposItion leader and chairman of Bioenergy […]

Tyre making giant Bridgestone has announced a new bus tyre solution that will deliver barrier-less bus access as part of its role in supplying tyres for buses at  the newly-constructed athlete village for the Tokyo […]

Penske Commercial Vehicles, the Australian distributor for MAN, is shaping up for a big Melbourne Bus Expo this week with its MAN bus team set to unveil the new MAN ‘President’. The new President is aimed […]