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A look back to March 26 for this week’s Big Picture, when the Leicester Transport Heritage Trust (LTHT) commemorated the 60th anniversary of local operator Browns Blue becoming part of Midland Red. As we reported […]
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A type of bus which doesn’t often appear in the pages of CBW, an Optare Versa of Arriva East Midlands follows a double-decker belonging to First Leicester out of the town’s modern Haymarket bus station […]
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With the news that the iconic red and cream livery of Brighton & Hove is to undergo a makeover later this year, your outgoing Editor thought he would delve into the archives and find the […]
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The Mercedes-Benz Tourismo model is about to receive an update in the form of a new headlight unit that features the daytime running light signature to match that of the manufacturer’s Actros HGV. The final […]
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Rock and Nu Metal fans who booked a seat on the National Express service to the Download Festival recently were in for a treat when Johnsons’ brand new Irizar i6S YT23 HYP, captured by Richard […]
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Pulhams Coaches now comes under Go-Ahead Group’s Oxford Bus Group division, and adds five MCV Evora-bodied Volvo B8RLEs to the combined fleet. The most recent pair, which went into service in March of this year, […]
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History was made, unintentionally, on 29 May 2023 when what CBW believe to be the first hybrid coach to be used on the National Express network was provided by Cozy Travel at short notice to […]
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Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini 2-bodied Volvo B9TL LX59 CXH has come full circle. New to First London as VN37791 it later passed to Metroline as VW1770. When it was withdrawn by Metroline it ended up at […]
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Captured in recent sunny spring weather by Jonathan Welch. Lothian Buses’ City Sightseeing-liveried Wrightbus Gemini 3 Volvo B5TL 222 passes Edinburgh’s Usher Hall with a light load. City Sightseeing red is one of a number […]
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CBW reader Michael Bevan recently captured a newcomer to Transport for West Midlands territory in the form of Tamworth-based Solus Travel, now part of the BBK Group, which also owns BM Coaches from where ADL […]
