Buses

48 years flyby for Showbus

Sunday 27 September saw over 70 coaches and buses descend on The Chilterns for a unique event in Showbus’s long history Showbus is a staple in many enthusiasts’ and hundreds of operators’ diaries every year. […]

Buses

More Shetland by bus

Continuing his journey through the Scottish archipelago, Jonathan Welch takes the short trip west to Scalloway, before heading south to the airport at Sumburgh Continuing the journeys around Shetland that I started in part one […]

Buses

Zero hour

Shortly after First Bus announced its intention to operate an entirely zero-emissions fleet by 2035 back in July, Peter Jackson spoke to its Managing Director Giles Fearnley and Director of Strategy John Dowie to find […]

Buses

Leopards spotted in new book

Former Southdown Motor Services driver Paul Llewellyn has published a book devoted to the much-missed operator’s Leyland Leopards. A lifelong bus and coach enthusiast brought up in Crowborough, East Sussex, Paul joined Southdown in 1983. […]

Buses

Busman’s Holiday road run

After Covid-19 meant a highly popular event had to be cancelled, it is being replaced by the ‘Autumn Busman’s Holiday Road Run’ across Cambridgeshire and into Northamptonshire on 11 October. Fenland BusFest, normally held in […]