Buses
Built to dominate
Stephen Morris tells the story of the Dominator, the bus chassis that put Dennis back on the map and provided an important foundation for what is now Alexander Dennis Ltd
History
Bus News
CBW: This is your life
It’s 40 years since Coachmart – CBW’s predecessor – first went to press. To celebrate, Peter Jackson revisits 25 stand-out issues, plotting the magazine’s history from 1978 to the present day
Bus News
Tommy’s last bus
100 years after the Armistice that brought World War One to an end was signed, Alan Payling remembers the drivers who went to war to provide transport for troops on the Western Front
Bus News
40 years of industry landmarks
The coach and bus industry has come a long way since 1978. Richard Sharman delved into the archives to uncover key moments in history, from deregulation to the first low floor bus and beyond
Bus News
Route mastering
David Bell has compiled a selection of pictures of Routemasters that saw further use both in and outside their traditional London home. Often they were seen by operators as a competitive tool or a means […]
Coaches
Bristol to Torquay
In the second part of his article re-creating an express coach journey from Manchester to Torquay in the ‘good old days’ of coach travel, Alan Payling covers the Bristol to Torquay section of the trip
Buses
Manchester to Bristol
In a two-part article, Alan Payling re-creates an express coach journey from Manchester to Torquay in the ‘good old days’ of coach travel
Book reviews
Book review: Six decades of York Pullman
York Pullman – 1926 to 1985 by Stuart Emmett, priced £10.95, is a pictorial survey of the well-known independent that was owned primarily by the Foxton family until sale to Reynard Coaches in January 1985.
Bus News
40 years of passion for a ‘people industry’
CBW is not the only one celebrating a 40th anniversary in 2018. David Squire, Managing Director of Bournemouth’s iconic Yellow Buses, reflects on his 40 years in the industry This has got to be one […]
Bus News
New industry archive
The Bus Archive has been created by the amalgamation of two sizeable existing organisations, reports Nick Larkin
