Buses

London Country tributes

Two different companies have painted buses into retro-inspired LCBS liveries for what would have been the operator’s 50th year, reports Nick Larkin Both a major bus group and a Kent independent have outshopped buses in […]

Buses

Restorer goes public

Covid 19 has meant a restoration team which has restored dozens of buses and coaches is now making its services available to the public. Quantock Heritage Bus and Coach Restorations has been set up to […]

Features

Edinburgh bus treat

Fourteen classic buses and coaches took to the centre of Edinburgh for a running day aimed at lifting spirits, reports Nick Larkin Vehicles which took part in the Shoppabus Tour included five from organisers the […]

Features

Blue Bus Tribute

A 1999 Wright-bodied Scania L94UB transformed as a tribute to First’s Great Yarmouth Blue Bus tribute has visited the legendary depot in the town. New to First Eastern Counties in First’s ‘Barbie’ colours, the Scania […]

Buses

Leopards spotted in new book

Former Southdown Motor Services driver Paul Llewellyn has published a book devoted to the much-missed operator’s Leyland Leopards. A lifelong bus and coach enthusiast brought up in Crowborough, East Sussex, Paul joined Southdown in 1983. […]

Buses

Busman’s Holiday road run

After Covid-19 meant a highly popular event had to be cancelled, it is being replaced by the ‘Autumn Busman’s Holiday Road Run’ across Cambridgeshire and into Northamptonshire on 11 October. Fenland BusFest, normally held in […]