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Australasian Bus & Coach

Fake Alien Invasion – Wha? • If it’s not electricity-grid shutdown threats it’s holographic aliens coming to town – not Santa [facepalm]. Seriously? Gees…

TRANSDEV-JOHN HOLLAND WIN SYDNEY CONTRACT

VOLGREN JOBS BOOST VIA NEW CONTRACT

FIRST AUSSIE YUTONG BUS-ASSEMBLY PLANT

VOLVO BUSES ANNOUNCES NEW 2030 GOALS AND ‘VISION’

SCANIA ECOLUTION TRIALS SHOW FUEL SAVINGS

BLK HIRES ALTERNATIVE FUEL EXPERT

BLK AUTO RECRUITS UK HYDROGEN TECH EXPERT

KEOLIS DOWNER SELECTS SIEMENS FOR QLD E-BUS DEPOT

SYDNEY’S NORTHERN BEACHES GETS ON-DEMAND PONCHO BUSES

SYDNEY BUS DRIVERS STRIKE OVER PAY

IVECO CHANGES WON’T IMPACT RANGE

DAIMLER LAUNCHES FINANCE ARM

THE WOT!?!

Serving the industry • Looking back at the year that was 2021 and what’s to come…

TORRENS TRANSIT APPOINTS FIRST FEMALE MD • Transit systems’ South Australian bus operator Torrens Transit has appointed 36-year bus industry veteran Sharon Brown to the position of managing director – the first female bus MD for the greater Kelsian Group (Sealink) and Australia, the company has announced.

480KM+ E-DECK BUS TRIAL • A collaboration between UK-based Equipmake and Spanish bus bodybuilder Beulas will see operator Go-Ahead London start in-service trials of a new 480km+ range-capable double-deck electric bus early 2022, the companies announced recently.

WORLD’S FIRST ELECTRIC DOUBLE-DECK COACH • Belgian bus-manufacturing specialist Van Hool has built the world’s first battery-electric double-deck coach – the TDX25E, with 500km range for the US bus market – on the eve of reaching its 75th anniversary in 2022, the company has announced.

KANGAROO BUS LINES JOINS HALL OF FAME • Queensland family owned and operated transport operator Kangaroo Bus Lines has been inducted into the 2021 LPE-sponsored Sunshine Coast Business Awards Hall of Fame, it was announced at a gala function, recently.

THE BREAKFAST CLUB • If you ‘are what you eat’ and ‘you are’ because you eat then the dignity and humanity of actually eating healthily cannot be underestimated. They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but for many people in Australia it can be a struggle to even manage one meal. Help is on hand, though, with Kinetic’s new articulated Volgren Foodbank bus delivering it fresh, fast and free.

EXPRESS SERVICE • Tasmanian bus operator Tassielink has been helping improve the daily commute for many passengers in the south of the state with a new express service between Huonville and Hobart. Not only this, but the service is being provided by two brand new Scania low-floor buses, providing access to the mobility-impaired and a more comfortable service for all.

TASSIELINK TRANSPORT HISTORY

RETRO COOL • The largest ever display of heritage buses in Queensland helped the Queensland Omnibus and Coach Society Inc (QOCS) celebrate its 25th anniversary in style, held 16 October 2021, organisers report.

SUPER VISION • A new electric bus product to launch with massive global implications for the brand’s future push into electro-mobility was as good a time as any for ABC magazine to chat with Volvo Buses’ relatively new president Anna Westerberg. With Volvo Bus general manager Australia and New Zealand Mitch Peden popping in for the online link, too, the intense bus talk began…

HIT THE GROUND RUNNING • Bus fleet and business diversification proves the key to lockdown survival during the past two years, but now Adelaide’s Kanga Coachlines and Farnham...