Travel de Courcey has invested £1.7m in a fleet of new buses to transport visitors around Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre (The NEC).
The 10 low emission single-decker vehicles are part of its new contract to operate the onsite shuttle bus service for the NEC Group.
The Coventry-based operator bought the Mercedes-Benz Citaro vehicles through EvoBus. The buses meet the latest European engine emission standards and are fitted with the Traffilog driver management and monitoring system, which achieves fuel savings by improving driver standards.
Digital CCTV technology developed by Synectics with remote monitoring is also installed. The vehicles are fully accessible to disabled passengers, including wheelchair users.
The buses were officially unveiled during Euro Bus Expo 2012, the bus and coach trade show at The NEC, 6-8 November 2012.
Each two-door vehicle can transport up to 101 passengers at a time between the car parks and hotels to exhibition halls located around the site.
Adrian de Courcey, Director of Travel de Courcey, said: “The creation and safeguarding of up to 27 jobs have resulted with the transfer of the contract.”
Pictured on the left are, L-R, Adrian de Courcey, Gary Masters and Jan Aichinger, CEO of EvoBus, and on the right are, L-R, Jenny Boden, NEC shuttle bus service manager, Bob Wildman, GM of Travel de Courcey, Andrew Allsop and Andy Greenway, Area Manager of Mercedes-Benz Bus Sales at EvoBus.
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