Oxford Bus Company has been awarded a National Express ‘Golden Spanner’ award recognising its excellence in engineering.
External inspectors praised Oxford Bus Company engineers for achieving “exceptional standards” – including “good quality inspections” and minimal break downs. It is the third time Oxford Bus Company has been awarded the coveted golden spanner.
Oxford Bus Company runs the 737 Oxford to Stansted Airport service, via Luton Airport and Milton Keynes, on behalf of National Express. In addition to running the service, it maintains the vehicles at its in-house engineering department in Cowley, Oxford, to ensure they are safe, comfortable and reliable.
National Express the UK’s largest coach operator conduct annual audits, including random inspections of vehicles, and confirmed the Oxford Bus Company had earned ‘Gold Standard’, a ranking reserved for exceptional operators.
Paul Hennigan, Oxford Bus Company Service Delivery Director, said: “The standards are rightly extremely high and only a few operators achieve gold standard, so we’re proud to have been judged to have maintained our exceptional standards again. It is testament to the hard work and dedication of the excellent engineering team we have.”
Luke Marion, Oxford Bus Company Managing Director , said: “We consistently strive for excellence across the entire business and the engineering team are a first-class example of this. It is great to receive such an accolade and our talented colleagues richly deserve the continued recognition for maintaining such high standards.”
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Wayne McKay, Engineering Manager at Oxford Bus Company
Shaun Ritchie, Head of Operations at Oxford Bus Company
Ed Rickard, Service Delivery Director for National Express
Jose Rubio-Reyes, City Sightseeing Oxford Transport Manager and Oxford Bus Company Route Manager