Industry Heritage

Gearing up for its annual autumn running day on Sunday 8 October, Swansea Bus Museum and Transport Heritage Centre is also celebrating a major accolade. The museum has been awarded Visit Wales Quality Accreditation status […]

A £70 fixed fine penalty levied on a now legendary Newcastle upon Tyne Leyland Atlantean tour bus has been waived by the city council. New to West Yorkshire PTE Roe-bodied bus PUA 300W is used […]

Museums don’t just have to be about half-cabs and obsolete marques, reports Nick Larkin A major transport museum says its policy of embracing more modern buses as well as traditional classics has delivered major benefits. […]

Crich Tramway Village, which recently celerbrated a major award, is advertising for a suitable candidate to fill an important new role in its management team. The Derbyshire-based attraction is recruiting a Tramway Operation & Visitor […]

National Express West Midlands (NXWM) is staging a ‘Black Country Bus Bash’ open day at its Wolverhampton depot on 23 September. Attractions include a trip through the bus wash (thankfully in a bus!), classic and […]

A Leicester depot could be put to use as a museum, but locals fear it could be demolished, reports Nick Larkin A preservation group has launched an appeal to save a 1904-built former tram and […]

Classic buses will be departing from Victoria Station every 10 minutes on one of London’s busiest bus routes on Saturday 16 September. They will run from 1000 to 1700hrs alongside the regular ‘New Routemasters’ on […]

Nick Larkin reports on a special event in the South West which brought together a pair of local open-top icons Devon General buses returned to the Newton Abbot area in force for a much enjoyed […]

Operators gave superb support to a Suffolk event set to become a major fixture in future rally seasons. Nick Larkin reports More than half the 90 vehicles at the Big Bus Show came from operators. […]

Len Stanton started work as a 15-year-old apprentice at West Bromwich Corporation’s depot in 1951… and an incredible 72 years later, he’s still there! Joining the then municipally owned operator straight from school, Len had […]