Fleet and maintenance
Articles in the “Fleet and maintenance” category of the Bus Center blog.
Fleet and maintenancePreventive maintenance for buses and coaches: by date and by kilometres
A preventive maintenance plan for a coach fleet watches two clocks, the calendar and the odometer, using the intervals the manufacturer sets. What to record for each intervention, how Bus Center's alert at 5,000 km works and each coach's history.
· 5 min read
Fleet and maintenanceFleet and driver expiry date tracking, in a single list
Coach ITV, insurance, maintenance and documents; the driver's licence, CAP and tachograph card; and the tachograph download deadlines. What is worth watching, why a single list works and how the Bus Center dashboard gathers it, with its limits.
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Fleet and maintenanceCompulsory passenger insurance in Spain: what it covers and who takes it out
Compulsory passenger insurance compensates anyone who suffers bodily harm in an accident during a journey on collective public transport. What it covers under its regulation, whom it protects, the operator's obligations and how to monitor policy dates in Bus Center.
· 6 min read
Fleet and maintenanceCoach fleet fuel tracking: consumption and cost per kilometre
From the litres, cost and odometer reading of each refuel you get every coach's cost per kilometre and consumption, by week, month, quarter or year. How they are calculated, what happens to the receipts the driver sends in, and why a spreadsheet falls short.
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Fleet and maintenanceBus ITV inspection in Spain: how often and how not to miss it
In Spain, buses have their ITV every year until they are five years old and every six months after that. How age is counted, the 30-day rule for bringing it forward, what the station checks in addition on a bus and how Bus Center watches the date.
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