A day of downtime costs eight hundred euros per bus

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…

Walter de Wit argues for a more significant contribution to bus transport

Walter de Wit argues for a more significant contribution to bus transport

[responsivevoice_button voice=”Dutch Female” buttontext=”read out”] In the Passenger Transport Magazine edition, attention is paid to Walter de Wit, who advocates a significantly “more significant contribution” to the private bus transport sector for a fraction of…

VDL Groep lost bus order to Chinese state aid company

VDL Groep lost bus order to Chinese state aid company

The fact that bus builder VDL Groep lost a bus order to a Chinese company was not well received by members of the House of Representatives and public opinion at the time. The Chinese BYD…

Transvision encourages the transport sector to share ideas

Transvision encourages the transport sector to share ideas

If we have to maintain the 1,5 meter economy, we can transport a maximum of 13 people in a bus or coach where 50 seats were previously used. The public transport buses include…

Friesland is considering stopping the tender for bus transport

Friesland is considering stopping the tender for bus transport

The province of Fryslân is considering halting the tender procedure for bus transport. Deputy Avine Fokkens said this in response to a call to this effect from the CNV trade union. According to Pieter Atsma…

BTM wins tender for replacement train transport

BTM wins tender for replacement train transport

Since 2007, the Bundesverband Taxi & Mietwagen (BTM) has coordinated taxi transport for Deutsche Bahn (DB) staff throughout Germany and in the event of disruptions and train cancellations. Autumn last year the…

Munckhof

Munckhof does best business in the taxi sector

The Limburg Munckhof from Horst said it did the best business in the taxi sector and in offering travel, which has now become the largest business unit. More investments and…

Forum for Democracy to defend public transport

Forum for Democracy to defend public transport

The provincial faction of Forum for Democracy has asked the provincial government to pay attention to Arriva's new plans. According to Member of Parliament Maikel de Bekker, there is a decline in…