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Keith McGillivray’s photographic work has featured in CBW’s The Big Picture on a number of occasions and it’s easy to see why. The quality of his photography speaks for itself. Int his view one of […]

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London’s Oxford Street is well known for its Christmas lights and also for the large number of buses that use the thoroughfare. Contrasting with the traditional Routemaster on the front cover of this our Christmas […]

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The colours of autumn have been captured by T W Moore in this fine view of a Coventry-based National Express West Midlands Wrightbus-bodied Volvo B7RLE. The bus was heading for the city centre and University […]

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Transdev’s The Blackburn Bus Company relaunched route 152 between Burnley, Blackburn and Preston as hotline in September. Seven Wrightbus Gemini-bodied Volvo B7TLs have been re-liveried for the service including this bus photographed leaving Blackburn bus […]

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Stagecoach East Midlands has invested £2.7m in 15 new Enviro400 MMCs for Hull that are now operating on the Simplibus network in the city. The buses, which have high-backed E-Leather-covered seats and USB charging points, […]

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New to AAA Coaches of Edinburgh in 2011, this Bova Futura FHD127.365 had joined the Hunter’s Coaches of Daventry fleet when Gareth Evans photographed it at Buckfast Abbey in south Devon during August. Established in […]

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In 2010 Stagecoach Cumbria and North Lancashire took delivery of two modified Optare SlimLine Solo M880SLs for operation over the Honister Pass in the Lake District. To provide increased clearance Optare retooled the rear bumper […]

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Arriva London has introduced the first 9.8m DF (door-forward) Wrightbus StreetLites. Previously this length had only been offered in WF (wheel-forward) configuration. Twenty-two of the buses have been introduced on Transport for London contracted route […]

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          Alexander Dennis (ADL), which has a strong presence at Euro Bus Expo, has massively grown its international business delivered through joint ventures, alliances and overseas manufacturing that takes advantage of […]

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A further landmark in the history of the step-entry Bristol VR occurred on Sunday, October 2 when the two examples operated by the Dart Pleasure Craft company – which serves Torbay in conjunction with the […]