Buses

Trolleybus tribute

RATP Dev-owned Yellow Buses has marked the 50th anniversary of the last trolleybus in Bournemouth. The electric vehicles, which took their power from overhead wires, replaced Bournemouth’s former tramway system in 1933 and ran for […]

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Storage appeal

An appeal has gone out to operators who might be able to help the Lincolnshire Vintage Vehicle Society save important vehicles by providing storage. Chairman Steve Milner said there was an acute shortage of space […]

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Lincoln celebration

National Bus Company and Gash of Newark marked at Lincoln’s Easter Transport Festival, reports Nick Larkin Tribute was paid to two very different operators at this year’s Easter 2019 Transport Festival in Lincoln.

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Bus tour with walking

Well known heritage operator Timebus is launching its own special tour of London from May. The Timebus Tourer, normally using an open-top AEC Routemaster, will feature a Blue Badge Guide giving a live commentary. Not […]

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A coaching parade

The Tulip Festival and Parade in Spalding took place on the first Saturday in May from 1959 through to 2013. In its day it was a major event in the coaching calendar with quite literally […]

Cobus owner Steve Waggitt says operators are taking a big interest in nostalgia. NICK LARKIN
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Operators going for nostalgia

Operators are going for nostalgia in a big way and having vehicles owned for many years restored, says the owner of one of Britain’s best-respected vehicle bodywork specialists. “The industry has changed,” said Steve Waggitt […]