Buses
Delta delight
Nick Larkin reports on a former Wilts & Dorest Optare Delta rescued and restored to its original livery Go-Ahead Manager George Cooper has superbly restored an example of one of his favourite vehicles, a Wilts […]
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Stagecoach offer to classic bus owners
Stagecoach West in north Bristol is planning to offer a range of services to owners of preserved buses and coaches. Undercover storage, mechanical work and painting are all potentially available from the company, which took […]
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Historic vehicle movement’s £7.2bn economy boost
Britain’s historic vehicle movement, including some 15,000 buses and coaches, has been making a £7.2bn contribution to the UK economy, according to a survey. The results of the latest National Historic Vehicle Survey, the most […]
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Eastern European Eagle
Following on from his recent feature on First Bus-owned Truronian, Richard Sharman revisited the South West to take a closer look at one of the rarer coaches in its fleet Across the big five groups, […]
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(Not so) easy, tiger
Peter Jackson speaks to a father and son team who have taken on their most ambitious preservation project yet 15-year-old coach and bus enthusiast Jake Sumner and his dad Dave are no stranger to the […]
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On the trail of castles, seabirds and Concorde
2020 has been a difficult time for encouraging people to use the bus. Richard Walter looks at the current provision of public transport across East Lothian for both locals and tourists and discovers that even […]
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Blazing ahead
In the second of a two-part interview, Giles Fearnley, who retires as First Bus Managing Director this month, continues his conversation with Jonathan Welch about his life and times in the bus industry In the […]
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Classics in service in Liverpool
Nick Larkin speaks to MP Travel about the heritage buses it will be using alongside its normal fleet on 2 January Classic buses will be operating in service on a major Merseyside bus route on […]
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Brooklands happenings
With its refit continuing apace the London Bus Museum (LBM) is closed to the public but still letting people enjoy rides on its on its vehicles. Traditional buses are operating at weekends, with half hour […]
