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Driver shortage pushes bus depots toward automation

Europe’s public transport operators are entering a period where staffing pressure and fleet electrification meet in the same place: the bus depot. Around 105,000 bus and coach driver positions remain unfilled across Europe (IRU figures cited in sector analyses), and a meaningful slice of working tim...

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Wrightbus wants to build a green hydrogen production plant

Wrightbus is not hiding and announces plans to build a green hydrogen production plant at its Ballymena site. Subject to planning approval, the new plant, built by Wrightbus in partnership with Hygen Energy, will initially produce enough clean energy to power 300 hydrogen buses a day in Northern Ire...

FirstGroup is set to take over Essex-based Ensign Bus Company

FirstGroup takes over Essex-based Ensign Bus Company Limited. The acquisition of the company is anticipated to be completed over the next few months subject to customary regulatory review. The acquisition of the Ensignbus business is set to both enhance FirstGroup’s existing local commercial bus ope...

17 per cent of ALSA buses run on alternative fuel

Today 17 per cent of ALSA buses run on alternative fuel, as explained by Miguel Angel Alonso, ALSA’s Director of Engineering and European Funds, in a story published on IRU website. The goal of the Spain-based company, with operations in Morocco, Portugal, Switzerland, and France, is to operat...
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