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Solo gathering
Nick Larkin reports on a 17-year-old vehicle fitter who is building up a collection of Optare Solos – including the oldest survivor Ryan Coles works for Tech Trucks in Herefordshire, which has now taken over […]
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Ledgard lives on
More than half a century after its demise, a legendary Yorkshire operator is still creating huge interest, with a thriving society honouring its memory and now a new book.
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Return to the road bonanza at Wythall
Transport Museum Wythall is hoping to reopen in March with some amazing vehicles – including a legendary unique prototype Midland Red double-decker back in action for the first time in decades, reports Nick Larkin Transport […]
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Urko needs saviour
The last surviving Irizar Urko on a Volvo B58 chassis urgently needs a preservationist to save it. LAJ 999W is one of only 14 examples imported into the UK by John de Cotta, and was new […]
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For the few, not the many?
Claire Walters, Chief Executive of Bus Users, shares her thoughts on new proposals in Cambridge to allow electric vehicles to use bus lanes Why do we have bus lanes – to make it easier for […]
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Malta Vintage
Malta’s public bus network has seen major changes over the last decade, and now its once-common route buses are making a return on a heritage service, as Jonathan Welch reports Most people will have heard […]
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Low-floor pioneer donated to museum
Stagecoach has donated its first low-floor bus delivered outside London to the Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester, reports Nick Larkin Stagecoach’s first low-floor double-decker delivered to a division outside London, T612 MNF, which was also […]
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World first: Hydrogen double-deckers enter service
In late 2020, Aberdeen received the first of its fleet of hydrogen-powered double-deckers. CBW takes a closer look as the vehicles enter public service for the first time The world’s first fleet of double-decker hydrogen […]
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Route 65 run
One of Britain’s most popular heritage bus events has been cancelled, but vehicles will still take to the road. London Bus Museum Marketing Director Deryk Fill said: “Uncertainty over Covid-19 restrictions means we are not […]
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Red revived
Centrebus Group-owned D&G Bus reintroduced a historic bus fleet name last week as it took over the reins of the Cannock depot from Arriva. Richard Sharman looks at the operation during its first week and […]
