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ISSUE 837 | OCTOBER 2020
PSVAR: ‘It’s the future’ Accessibility gets the wheels turning at JKT
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Ember electric coaches Ember launched two battery- THIS WEEK electric coaches onto a scheduled route in Scotland on 1 October. It is 5/ Editor’s Comment the first step for a business model 7/ News Roundup built on zero-emission 12/ News Focus 17/ Court Report 21/ Deliveries 22/ Net Talk/Whisperer/Letters 24/ Westminster Watch 44 27/ Coach Operator Opinion INTERVIEW 28/ LowCVP 30/ Trade Talk Paul Maynard routeone speaks with MP for 32/ VAB Berlin Blackpool North and Cleveleys and 36/ First Bus Engineering former Transport Minister Paul 40/ Buying Coaches After COVID Maynard, whose constituency has long depended on coach tourism 44/ Paul Maynard Interview 48/ JKT International 52/ Guild of British Coach Operators 55/ Fieldfisher 59/ Earned Recognition 63/ Siemens Financial Services 64/ Product News 65/ Maintenance Insight 48 66/ Croner-i OPERATOR 68/ Vehicles JKT International 81/ People JKT International Travel was 83/ President’s Diary largely stopped in its tracks by coronavirus COVID-19, but smart investment in PSVAR- compliant coaches is keeping the wheels turning Subscribe for just £40
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