Big Picture

This week’s Big Picture comes from the same place as our main feature, and reflects, if you’ll excuse the pun, the return of Showbus, an event which many thought had had its day. Captured by […]

Since it had a mention in last week’s Young Bus Professionals feature, and also in the previous issue, this image by Ray Ward showing some of the buses mentioned in Geoff Marshall and the Ten […]

Glen Valley Tours is an operator which has appeared in the pages of CBW before, chiefly back in May 2021 when we took a look at the friendly family firm from Wooler and its coaching […]

Regular correspondent Ray Ward was prompted to take some record shots of Bracknell’s bus station following newspaper reports that it could be replaced by a new ‘market square’ as part of the latest phase of […]

YD24 ESG and YD24 ERV are a pair of Yutong E12 electric buses operated by CT4N on behalf of the East Midlands Gateway business park development, and are used to provide a 10 minute frequency […]

Reflecting the various Busways brands of its predecessors, Stagegecoach has repainted four buses into heritage liveries in the North East. Busways was a result of the 1985 Transport Act, and following a management buyout was […]

We don’t think there’s much that needs to be said about this atmospheric shot from Ray Ward, other than it’s in Piraeus and that once your eye is drawn away from the magnificent sunset, it […]

Another image from the lens of Ray Ward this week, who has been out and about in Henley taking a look at some of the former Arriva services now operated by Carousel and Reading Buses. […]

There have been some significant changes as a result of Arriva’s decision to close its High Wycombe and Aylesbury depots. The former Arriva route 280 from Aylesbury to Oxford has been split in two at […]

A surprise change to Stagecoach’s fleet in Aberdeen was the recent appearance of electric double-decker LC71 KUX in heritage Bluebird Northern livery, creating a matching pair with single-deck SS55 BLU. The two were captured side […]