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“Don’t you just hate it when you line up that perfect shot, and someone gets in the way?!” thought Jonathan Welch as he took this shot. Go North West adopted its blue, grey and orange […]
Month: August 2023
Coaches
Cathedral cities – A tour made in heaven?
Alan Payling suggests a tour that takes in some of England’s finest and most historic buildings could be a blessing in disguise CBW is not a magazine in which the editorial team publishes very much […]
Features
United Counties group offers new supporter membership to support collection
The United Counties Preservation Group (UCPG) has launched a new supporter membership scheme to help raise funds for the continued preservation of the vehicles in its collection. Its new supporter membership costs £10 a month, […]
Features
Peelings marks a century of service
A rally celebrating the centenary of Norfolk operator Peelings of Tittleshall is set for Sunday August 27 and further vehicles are invited. The Centenary Gathering will take place in the field next to Tittleshall village […]
Features
Leylands on parade
Classic vehicles from the famous British marque gathered in Buckinghamshire for a Leyland Society event in July, reports Nick Larkin Leyland coaches, buses and lorries dating from 1910 to 1989 lined up for a special […]
Features
Double-decks in disguise
Whilst walking along Manchester’s Hyde Road recently (no prizes for guessing where he’d been, look out for a feature soon!), Jonathan Welch spotted this not-so-pretty-looking, not-so-little thing parked on the forecourt of a used car […]
Bus News
Superloop comments invited
Transport for London (TfL) is inviting people to have their say on its proposals for the latest routes to form part of its branded express bus routes that form part of the proposed Superloop bus […]
Bus News
TfL launches 2023 Bus Safety Innovation Challenge
Transport for London has opened its Bus Safety Innovation Challenge for 2023, a project looking to identify and trial innovative and novel ways of helping reduce bus occupant injuries. Having gone live on 31 July, […]
Bus News
London tops 1,000 zero-emission buses
With one of the largest zero-emission bus fleets in western Europe, over one in nine buses is now zero-emission in the capital with nine years to go to achieve its 2034 target of a fully […]
Bus News
Stagecoach West sponsors Swindon Pride
Stagecoach West showed its support for the LGBTQ+ community as one of the sponsors at this year’s Pride event in Swindon. The event took place on Saturday 12 August, and the operator used it to […]
