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Stagecoach In Oxfordshire
Stagecoach in Oxfordshire is the trading name of Thames Transit Ltd. It is a bus operator serving the county of Oxfordshire, England. Since 1997 has been a subsidiary of Stagecoach Group, and since February 2021 it has been part of Stagecoach West, managed from the latter's headquarters in Gloucester. History In 1987 Harry Blundred, a former bus driver and controller from Devon, founded both Thames Transit and the Oxford Tube. In 1997 Stagecoach Group bought both operations from Blundred and merged them with Stagecoach Midland Red. Stagecoach South Midlands operated four brands: *''Oxford Tube'' for express buses between Oxford and London Victoria *''Stagecoach in Banbury'' for local buses in and around Banbury *''Stagecoach in Oxford'' for local buses in and around Oxford *''Stagecoach in Warwickshire'' for local buses in Warwickshire In July 2002 the Banbury and Oxford brands were merged as "Stagecoach in Oxfordshire". In March 2004 Stagecoach in Oxfordshire and Stageco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC
The Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC (sold as the Alexander Dennis Enviro400) is a low-floor bus, low-floor double-decker bus produced by the British bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis since 2014, replacing the Alexander Dennis Enviro400. The Enviro400 MMC is produced at Alexander Dennis' Falkirk and Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Scarborough factories in the United Kingdom. The Enviro400 MMC is available as a complete integral bus – including an alternative styling, the Enviro400 City – or as a bus bodywork on Scania AB, Scania and Volvo Buses, Volvo chassis. A tri-axle variant, known as the Enviro400 XLB, is also produced. The Enviro400 MMC is available powered by either Euro VI diesel fuel, diesel, compressed natural gas (CNG), hybrid electric vehicle, hybrid-electric or electric vehicle, fully-electric powertrains. Background The Enviro400 MMC can trace its design roots back to 1997, with the introduction of the Dennis Trident 2, one of the first low-floor double-decker bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford Bus Company
The City of Oxford Motor Services Limited, trading as Oxford Bus Company, is a bus operator serving the city and surrounding area of Oxford, England. It is a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group. History Horse trams and horse buses The City of Oxford Tramways Company, City of Oxford and District Tramway Company served Oxford with Horsecar, horse-drawn trams from 1881. By 1898 its network served Abingdon Road, Banbury Road, Oxford, Banbury Road, Cowley Road, Oxford, Cowley Road, Walton Street, Oxford, Walton Street and both and railway stations. Horsebus, Horse bus services developed to complement the tramway network. By the early 20th century both Iffley Road and Woodstock Road, Oxford, Woodstock Road were horse bus routes. On Saturdays only there were horse buses from Headington to the city centre and from Cowley, Oxfordshire, Cowley village to the tram terminus in Cowley Road. In 1906 the City of Oxford Electric Tramways Company took over from the City of Oxford and District T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Coach Station
Victoria Coach Station in the City of Westminster is the largest bus station, coach station in London, and a bus terminus, terminus for medium and long distance Coach transport in the United Kingdom, coach services in the United Kingdom. It is operated by Victoria Coach Station Limited, a subsidiary of Transport for London. , there were 14 million passenger and 472,000 coach movements annually. Victoria Coach Station covers with separate arrival and departure terminals on opposite sides of Elizabeth Street. The departure building includes food and retail outlets, baggage#storage, left-luggage facilities and a ticket hall. London Buses routes London Buses route 11, 11, London Buses route 44, 44, London Buses route 170, 170, London Buses route C1, C1, London Buses route C10, C10, London Buses route N11, N11 and London Buses route N44, N44 serve the coach station. It is a short walk from London Victoria station. History Victoria Coach Station was commissioned by London Coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plaxton Panorama
The Plaxton Panorama is a double decker coach bodywork, produced by Plaxton's Scarborough factory on the newly built Volvo B11RLE chassis. The Panorama was launched in 2018, and in standard configuration seats 87 with a toilet, or 91 without. Customers The majority of Panoramas purchased have to gone to Stagecoach Group operators, with the Oxford Tube ordering 34, Stagecoach's largest single order of coaches. See also *List of buses References External links Brochure & Specifications Panorama A panorama (formed from Greek language, Greek πᾶν "all" + ὅραμα "view") is any Obtuse angle, wide-angle view or representation of a physical space, whether in painting, drawing, photography (panoramic photography), film, seismic image ... Coaches (bus) Double-decker buses Tri-axle buses Vehicles introduced in 2018 {{bus-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford Tube Bus YJ14 LFF At Hillingdon Underground Station, Middlesex
Oxford () is a cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. The city is home to the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world; it has buildings in every style of English architecture since late Anglo-Saxon. Oxford's industries include motor manufacturing, education, publishing, science, and information technologies. Founded in the 8th century, it was granted city status in 1542. The city is located at the confluence of the rivers Thames (locally known as the Isis) and Cherwell. It had a population of in . It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. History The history of Oxford in England dates back to its original settlement in the Saxon period. The name “Oxford” comes from the Old English ''Oxenaforda'', meaning “ford of the oxen,” referring to a shallow crossing in the river where oxen could pass. The town was of strategic significan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Android Pay
Google Wallet (or simply Wallet) is a digital wallet platform developed by Google. It is available for the Android, Wear OS, and Fitbit OS operating systems, and was announced on May 11, 2022, at the 2022 Google I/O keynote. It began rolling out on Android smartphones on July 18, 2022. History The "Google Wallet" brand name was first used for the company's mobile payment system of the same name, which was introduced in 2011 before being merged with Android Pay into a new app called Google Pay in 2018. The old Wallet app, with its functionality reduced to a peer-to-peer payments service, was rebranded Google Pay Send before it was discontinued as well in 2020. In 2020, the Google Pay app underwent an extensive redesign based on Google's India-focused Tez app, expanding into an all-encompassing personal finance app. This replaced the Tez app on the Play Store, while the 2018 Google Pay app continued to co-exist as a separate, pre-installed app on Android smartphones. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apple Pay
Apple Pay is a mobile payment service by Apple Inc. that allows users to make payments in person, in iOS apps, and on the web. Supported on iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro, Apple Pay digitizes and can replace a credit or debit card chip and PIN transaction at a contactless-capable point-of-sale terminal. It does not require Apple Pay–specific contactless payment terminals; it can work with any merchant that accepts contactless payments. It adds two-factor authentication via Touch ID, Face ID, Optic ID, PIN, or passcode. Devices wirelessly communicate with point of sale systems using near field communication (NFC), with an embedded secure element (eSE) to securely store payment data and perform cryptographic functions, and Apple's Touch ID, Face ID and OpticID for biometric authentication. Apple Pay can also be used to pay fares on many public transport networks. Payment can be authorised without authentication for supported public transport networks, r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contactless Payment
Contactless payment systems are credit cards and debit cards, key fobs, smart cards, or other devices, including smartphones and other mobile devices, that use radio-frequency identification (RFID) or near-field communication (NFC) for making secure payments. The embedded integrated circuit chip and antenna enable consumers to wave their card, fob, or handheld device over a Credit card terminal, reader at the point-of-sale terminal. Contactless payments are made in close physical proximity, unlike other types of mobile payments which use broad-area cellular or Wi-Fi networks and do not involve close physical proximity. EMV (abbreviation for Europay International, Europay, Mastercard, and Visa Inc., Visa) is a common standard used by major credit card and smartphone companies for use in general commerce. Contactless smart cards that function as stored-value cards are becoming popular for use as transit system Public transport#Electronic fare card, farecards, such as the Oyster car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackbird Leys
Blackbird Leys is a civil parish and ward in Oxford, England. According to the 2011 census, the population of the ward (whose boundaries may change occasionally so as to ensure minimal malapportionment) stood at 6,077. Unlike most parts of the City of Oxford, the area has a civil parish, which was created in 1990. In 2011 the population was recorded as 13,100. History Early history There was a Bronze Age or Iron Age settlement on the site. Evidence has been found suggesting pits and roundhouses, with remains of pottery and a cylindrical loom weight of a kind previously known only from East Anglia. The area was originally called Blackford Leys; ''blackford'' after the dark-coloured ford which crossed the southern branch of Northfield Brook at the entrance to Blackbird Leys farm. The ford would be located where Windale Avenue crosses Northfield Brook. The farm was also called Blackford Leys farm. The Middle English ''leys'' meaning pasture or meadow. Modern history The Blackb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hybrid Electric Bus
A hybrid electric bus is a bus that combines a conventional internal combustion engine propulsion system with an electric propulsion system. These types of buses normally use a diesel–electric powertrain and are also known as hybrid diesel–electric buses. The introduction of hybrid electric vehicles and other green vehicles for purposes of public transport forms a part of sustainable transport schemes. Powertrain Types of hybrid vehicle drivetrain A hybrid electric bus may have either a parallel powertrain (e.g., Volvo B5LH) or a series powertrain (e.g., some versions of the Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC). Since 2003, Allison Transmission has produced dual-mode hybrid drive units which take the place of a conventional transmission, mostly for transit buses in North America; as the name implies, it is able to switch between series and parallel modes. Plug-in hybrid A plug-in hybrid school bus effort began in 2003 in Raleigh, NC, when Advanced Energy began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Dennis Enviro400
The Alexander Dennis Enviro400 is a twin-axle low-floor double-decker bus that was built by the British bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis between 2005 and 2018. It replaced the Alexander ALX400 (from which the Enviro400 was developed). In 2014, the Enviro400 was succeeded by the updated Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC and production of the classic Enviro400 ceased in 2018. The Enviro400 is available both as an integral bus and as a standalone bodywork and chassis. The Enviro400 chassis replaced the Dennis Trident 2 (and continued to be badged as the Trident for a time) and was formerly available with Optare Olympus bodywork; the Enviro400 body replaced the Alexander ALX400 designs and was sold on Scania N230UD and Volvo B9TL chassis. The engine of the integral Enviro400 is a six-cylinder Cummins driving through a Voith or ZF automatic transmission, although a MAN D0836 engine began to be offered from 2007. A hybrid-electric version of the powertrain developed by BAE Syst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newsquest
Newsquest Media Group Limited is the second largest publisher of regional and local newspapers in the United Kingdom. It is owned by the American mass media holding company Gannett. It has 205 brands across the UK, publishing online and in print (165 newspaper brands and 40 magazine brands) and reaches 28 million visitors a month online and 6.5 million readers a week in print. Based in London, Newsquest employs a total of more than 5,500 people across the UK. It also has a specialist arm that publishes both consumer and business-to-business (B2B) titles such as ''Insurance Times'' and '' The Strad''. History Newsquest was founded in 1995 when United States private equity partnership KKR financed a £210 million management buy-out of the Reed Regional Newspapers group of British papers from Reed Elsevier. In 1996 Newsquest swapped its Yorkshire titles for Johnston Press's Bury, Greater Manchester area titles and £9.25 million, sold some of its titles in the English Midl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
