Buses
Hybrid technology tested
In the years prior to full electric double-decker buses, hybrid technology was used. Richard Sharman takes a look at a used Alexander Dennis Enviro400H to see […]
Buses
Buses
EVM and Altas team up to achieve zero-emissions mission
EVM’s minibus range never stands still for long, and now the popular Cityline has been electrified. Richard Sharman takes the e-Cityline for its first UK press test drive EVM UK’s low-floor minibus took the industry […]
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From Falkirk to the future
A new Farnborough office and museum form part of the firm’s plan for the future, along with international growth and hydrogen power, reports Jonathan Welch In July 2020, Paul Davies took over the reigns at […]
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Highland Memories
Over the years, John Sinclair built up a large collection of images of buses, chiefly from the 1960s and 1970s, and thanks to the lockdown, he had time to look through the lens of nostalgia […]
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A roadmap for ‘better buses’
Vendigital’s Phil Bulman considers the implications of the Governments new bus strategy In March, the UK Government announced a £3bn strategy to make buses cheaper, more frequent and easier to use, while creating jobs within […]
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Buses
Farewell to Brush
A firm that manufactured bodywork for thousands of buses is set to close after more than 150 years. Brush Traction and its legendary Loughborough, Leicestershire factory is set to go by the end of the […]
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Roe tribute
A socially-distanced cavalcade of historic buses marking 100 years since Chas H Roe started building bodies in its legendary Leeds factory is set for 22 May. The parade is scheduled to start in Hunslet, home […]
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Alexander remembered
Another book on legendary Scottish operator Walter Alexander has been published by prolific transport author Henry Conn following the discovery of 5,000 previously-unpublished photographic negatives.
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Facilitating the future
UTAC CERAM Millbrook recently unveiled the successor to its Variable Temperature Emissions Chamber (VTEC). VTEC 2 is so much more than that, though, as Peter Jackson found out Millbrook is a name synonymous with vehicle […]
