A day of downtime costs eight hundred euros per bus
[responsivevoice_button voice=”Dutch Female” buttontext=”read out”] The coach sector fears that almost half of the bus companies will not survive the summer of 2020. Ninety percent of the four thousand coaches are stationary. Out…
Coach sector is in danger of falling due to capital intensity
[responsivevoice_button voice=”Dutch Female” buttontext=”read out”] The coach sector is in danger of collapsing. This is due to the corona measures, combined with the capital-intensive nature of the industry. The Dutch Bus Transport Trade Association calculated that…
Emergency measures also apply to coach operators
If you decide not to use your bus or taxi for a longer period of time, you can suspend the vehicle. Entrepreneurs must not comply with vehicle obligations (motor vehicle tax, etc.) during the suspension.
On the way to Austria with the family business Almei Tours
This weekend the spring holidays start in the Central and South regions. For many of us, the spring break may be time for an extra holiday to one of the better ski resorts. The…
Connexxion bus gets camera instead of mirrors
Transport company Connexxion, part of Transdev Netherlands, has chosen to install cameras in 156 new electric buses instead of normal exterior mirrors. This should become more comfortable for the driver, driving…
Oad secures all her Christmas trips and day trips
After the news that Havi, one of Oad's transport partners, had filed for bankruptcy, the travel organization got to work to ensure that its trips could be carried out as planned.…
Oad is the first to compensate for standard CO2 emissions
Starting from the coming summer season, Oad will compensate for CO2 emissions for all its bus trips, making it the first bus travel organization in the Netherlands to offer all its bus trips as standard…
Kiwa wants to raise prices for tachograph cards
Kiwa wants to further increase the price of tachograph cards in 2020, while Minister Van Nieuwenhuizen recently said he wants to reduce prices. And despite Kiwa's poor performance. Incomprehensible and…
According to FNV, Flixbus is rejecting all agreements in Eurolines…
The European long-distance public transport company Flixbus is closing the doors of its recently acquired competitor Eurolines, contrary to the agreements. This concerns the offices in Amsterdam Duivendrecht, Rotterdam and The Hague. The…
Bus transport is one of the safest modes of road transport…
Traveling in a bus is one of the safest modes of road transport, according to a study by the Road Safety Research Foundation (SWOV) on behalf of Royal Dutch Transport…
Belgian Van Hool receives order from the Netherlands for twenty…
Belgian bus builder Van Hool has received an order from the Netherlands for twenty hydrogen buses. The client is Qbuzz, which provides public transport in the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe, in the…
Daily KLM bus services to Schiphol are climate-neutral
PVMagazine reports that KLM's daily bus services to Schiphol have been operated completely climate-neutral since July 10. From that date, the buses will run on advanced biofuel (HVO). This fuel is…