Buses

Final funding appeal

Covid-19 has meant the £345,000 restoration of a 1939 Bristol double-decker as a community asset has not been able to be completed as planned this year. Now an urgent appeal has been launched to raise […]

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Coastal Connections

As a result of significant investment, Stagecoach Bluebird’s route 35 between Aberdeen and Elgin was among the nominees for Best Bus Route at the 2020 Scottish Transport Awards. Following his visit to Macduff depot, Jonathan […]

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Stagecoach on the seashore

Following the nomination of its route 35 for two awards at the 2020 Scottish Transport Awards, Jonathan Welch visited Stagecoach Bluebird’s Macduff depot which operates the service Situated on the north coast of Aberdeenshire, the […]

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Yutong: Going strong

With examples entering service with Newport Transport and First Leeds recently, and more due for Go North East, Jonathan Welch visited Pelican Engineering in Castleford to look at the latest version of Yutong’s E10 and […]

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Where it all began

This month, Stagecoach celebrated its 40th anniversary. Jonathan Welch paid a visit to its depot in Perth, the city where the company started four decades ago There cannot be many people in the country who […]

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Sign of the times

The pandemic has meant that operators have had to adapt quickly to changing government rules around social distancing. Richard Sharman takes a look at some of the signage that he has encountered since March to […]