Buses

Bus Strategy in focus

Jonathan Welch reports on the latest meeting of the Transport Committee, which looked at the implementation of the National Bus Strategy On Wednesday 21 April Huw Merriman MP chaired a meeting of the Transport Committee […]

Buses

Stevenage commemorations

Two celebrations saw classic buses on the road in Stevenage recently, reports Nick Larkin Classic bus types recently returned to Stevenage for a double commemoration. Firstly, this year marks half a century since the highly […]

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NXWM goes virtual

National Express West Midlands (NXWM) is hoping to get members of its heritage fleet out to rallies and other events this year, but even if this can’t happen the operator has, as they say, a […]

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Mancunian variety

Jonathan Welch takes a look at the variety of vehicles being used to cover services as a result of ongoing strike action by drivers in Manchester It may have been late 2019, but it doesn’t […]

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Commercially successful COMS

Go-Ahead Group-owned Oxford Bus Company has been growing steadily for the last decade. Richard Sharman looks at how being commercially minded has grown the business in Oxfordshire and beyond The City of Oxford Motor Services, […]

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Knowledge is power

Not content with simply developing technology for the school transport sector, Vectare decided to run bus services itself to gain first-hand knowledge and understanding of the challenges its partner operators face on a daily basis. […]

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King Alfred restorations

As Nick Larkin reports, although things are starting to look up across the country, there are still uncertainties affecting events scheduled for this year Although Covid-19 has taken its toll on the activities of Friends […]