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Carvers Coaches has taken Scania coaches for a number of years, and has just added three more to its fleet. Peter Jackson learns why the Swedish manufacturer is its first choice Located in the industrial […]

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Lockdown Eve in Exeter

On 5 November England entered its second lockdown of 2020. Richard Sharman visited the city of Exeter in Devon on lockdown eve to see what the bus usage was like and what social distancing measures […]

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Hidden transport tours

How about visiting a legendary London tramway that closed in 1952 – from the comfort of your own sofa? The Kingsway Tramway Subway in Holborn was opened in 1906 and was later upgraded so that […]

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Twilight time

Transport Museum Wythall’s final running day of 2020 attracted nearly 300 visitors, which despite Covid-19 was well up on the 2019 figure of 235. Stealing the show was Steve Morris’s new to SMT Leyland TD5, […]

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Museum’s £1.7m ‘lifeline’

The London Transport Museum has received a £1.75m ‘lifeline’ from the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund to help face Covid-19 pandemic challenges. The Covent Garden-based attraction is one of 35 major cultural organisations receiving the first […]