Features
Just the ticket
Prompted by a new display at the Museum of Transport Greater Manchester, Jonathan Welch takes a brief look back at the history and development of ticketing and payment technology over the last 200 years. Yes, […]
History
Features
Information evolution
Jonathan Welch takes a brief look through the huge archive of publicity material held by the Museum of Transport Greater Manchester We’ve all seen those famous railways posters of a different era, haven’t we? The […]
Features
Leeds Swift survivor
Nick Larkin reports on a unique bus which has returned to the road following a prolonged restoration by a Yorkshire bus company owner The only example remaining from 120 Leeds City Transport AEC Swift single-deckers […]
Buses
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 […]
Coaches
Rare Irizar Urko saved thanks to CBW appeal
A recent appeal has lead to a unique survivor being saved, reports Nick Larkin The last remaining Irizar Urko-bodied Volvo B58 in the UK has been saved by the coachbuilder for its own museum fleet […]
Buses
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 […]
Buses
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 […]
Buses
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 […]
Coaches
Operator still ready for action
More than half a century after setting up South Yorkshire operator Brecks, Stuart Ulph is taking new bookings rather than retire. He explains why to Nick Larkin, and shares some memories The 1967 Summer of […]
Features
Olympians for sale
Stuart would like to find good homes for the two remaining Brecks Volvo Olympians. Alexander Royale-bodied N126 YRW began its career with London United in 1996, and was then used by Airlinks and Cambridge Coach […]
