Coaches
Lincoln celebration
National Bus Company and Gash of Newark marked at Lincoln’s Easter Transport Festival, reports Nick Larkin Tribute was paid to two very different operators at this year’s Easter 2019 Transport Festival in Lincoln.
Industry Heritage
Buses
Operators flock to busfest
Operators from North Yorkshire to Norfolk will be sending vehicles to this year’s Fenland BusFest – and more are welcome.
Buses
Bus tour with walking
Well known heritage operator Timebus is launching its own special tour of London from May. The Timebus Tourer, normally using an open-top AEC Routemaster, will feature a Blue Badge Guide giving a live commentary. Not […]
Buses
Heritage liveries requested for museum event
A bus museum is extending a warm welcome to operators to join in its 30th anniversary celebrations – and issued a special request.
Coaches
Freeline freed!
Nick Larkin discovers that a rare Cambridgeshire coach has been saved from a garden by a new owner looking to fully restore it
Features
Heritage fleet addition
A Wiltshire operator is growing its heritage fleet as Nick Larkin explains Wiltshire operator has added to its heritage fleet amid an increase in private hire bookings from a growing number of sources. AD Rains […]
Features
Operators celebrate spring
Operators large and small supported the London Bus Museum’s Spring Gathering at Brooklands on 7 April. Vehicles were used on services connecting the museum with Weybridge and other nearby towns, as well as tours.
Features
Operators going for nostalgia
Operators are going for nostalgia in a big way and having vehicles owned for many years restored, says the owner of one of Britain’s best-respected vehicle bodywork specialists. “The industry has changed,” said Steve Waggitt […]
Features
OB owned from new
A 1949 Bedford OB that has been owned by the same operator from new is nearing completion of a major restoration. MRB765 joined the Andrew’s of Tideswell fleet in 1949 and was in service until […]
Features
Thanks for RT event
Nick Larkin reports on a London celebration, the likes of which is unlikely to be repeated Operators have been thanked for their part in a truly spectacular tribute to the legendary London Transport RT-type. Around […]
