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London Transport Museum funding appeal
The London Transport Museum is appealing for funds to help secure its future after having lost more than £1.5 million in revenue since having to close in March.
Industry Heritage
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No return yet for heritage route
London’s traditional AEC Routemaster-operated route 15H is not currently operating due to Covid-19 and there are no plans for its return, TfL says. The 15H has been run by Stagecoach London for TfL, operating between […]
Buses
Wythall open day success as museums start to re-open
As the restrictions of COVID-19 start to lift, museums and organisations are starting to make plans for the ‘new normal’, with some having already held successful events and others planned over the next few months. […]
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Historically important Bedford for sale
The first Bedford bus ever built is for sale by aauction after many years as part of Vauxhall’s heritage collection. The 1931 Bedford WHB joins a number of important cars from the collection going under […]
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Museum’s £50,000 helping hand from emergency fund
A top transport museum has reopened with the help of a £50,000 grant from the National Lottery Emergency Fund. Amberley Museum, which has a fine collection of early Southdown buses, had to be closed for […]
Buses
Signs of the times
A former Stagecoach in the Fens and Whippet bus driver is offering a range of reproduction nostalgic signage for bus and coach restorers and enthusiasts. Robert Tarling, of Replica Transport Graphics, has been collecting National […]
Buses
Heritage operation for sale
A heritage operator is planning to sell his business as he says what began as a part-time job has become a full-time job and more, reports Nick Larkin Comedy scriptwriter, actor and performer Mark Cribb […]
Buses
Olympian goes back to original
A Volvo Olympian, which was delivered new in Cleveland Transit livery despite the operator having been taken over by Stagecoach, has been restored to its original specification. M223SVN, a 1995 Volvo Olympian with Northern Counties […]
Buses
Stagecoach donates long-serving Dart
Stagecoach has donated a unique 2001 Dennis Dart SLF for preservation. The bus, AE51VFX, which has Plaxton B29F bodywork, was new to independent operator Ladbrook and Boor t/a Cavalier Contracts of Long Sutton, Lincs, in […]
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Join ‘Drive it Day’
Classic bus operators and private owners are being urged to join in a massive national event which the organisers currently say can still take place on Sunday 26 April, reports Nick Larkin Drive it Day […]
