An Essex operator has added a rare Leyland Olympian coach to its private hire fleet, joining a rather contrasting example of the marque, reports Nick Larkin Panther Travel has expanded its premises at Freshfields, Harwich, […]
Like many charitable organisations within the heritage sector, Transport Museum Wythall has lost a significant amount of its income in 2020 as Covid-19 has taken its toll. The 100% volunteer-run museum was closed until August […]
Nick Larkin reports on a road run event organised by the Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust, recreating a 1970s city circular route Twenty classic buses and coaches toured Glasgow City Centre as a reminder of a […]
Covid-19 has meant the £345,000 restoration of a 1939 Bristol double-decker as a community asset has not been able to be completed as planned this year. Now an urgent appeal has been launched to raise […]
A transport group is offering an AEC double-decker free to a good home for restoration, and is promising to run its New Year’s Day event in some form, reports Nick Larkin the 1962 AEC Renown […]
How about visiting a legendary London tramway that closed in 1952 – from the comfort of your own sofa? The Kingsway Tramway Subway in Holborn was opened in 1906 and was later upgraded so that […]
Transport Museum Wythall’s final running day of 2020 attracted nearly 300 visitors, which despite Covid-19 was well up on the 2019 figure of 235. Stealing the show was Steve Morris’s new to SMT Leyland TD5, […]
The London Transport Museum has received a £1.75m ‘lifeline’ from the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund to help face Covid-19 pandemic challenges. The Covent Garden-based attraction is one of 35 major cultural organisations receiving the first […]
Nick Larkin explains how a historic vehicle trust turned its hand to rail replacement as a regular source of income to help maintain its fleet of classic vehicles A Cumbrian classic transport group is boosting […]
Sussex operator Steve Dine has spent the lockdown period writing two classic transport books, which have just been published. “I had spent years researching the books,” said Steve, who runs Essex-based Empress Coaches.
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