Buses
Ribble 100 this year
Plans are being drawn up to celebrate 100 years of Ribble Motor Services in 2019.
Industry Heritage
Coaches
Spratts heritage vehicle finds home
A popular heritage vehicle in the Spratts Coaches fleet was WL0685, a 1959 Bedford SB3 with Duple bodywork which had been new to Currie of Bexleyheath, Kent.
Business
Norfolk operator closes
A longstanding Norfolk operator is due to cease trading at the end of 2018 – the owners citing difficulty in recruiting drivers as one of the main factors in the decision.
Buses
West Midlands celebration
Nick Larkin highlights how the major operator in the West Midlands is planning to mark a half- century anniversary
Coaches
Back on the road after 55 years
Stagecoach has been praised for helping get a 1940 single-decker back on the road for the first time in 55 years.
Buses
Viscount recreation
Former staff of Viscount Bus and Coach celebrated the 30th anniversary of a Northern Counties-bodied Leyland Olympian now preserved in the Peterborough operator’s livery.
Buses
Thanks operators, says Ensignbus
Ensignbus’ Vintage Running Day is well known because of the wide variety of vehicles that are put into operation and as Nick Larkin reports, this year’s event was no exception
Buses
Tell us your heritage training needs
A top provider of courses and apprenticeships in vehicle restoration is asking the heritage bus and coach industry: “Tell us what you want!” The Oxfordshire-based Heritage Skills Academy can run short courses on any aspect […]
Buses
National now Lynx
A Leyland National with a record of active preservation with Norfolk operators is now officially a ‘depot pet’ and smartly painted in the livery of King’s Lynn-based Lynx.
Buses
‘Revolutionary’ Routemaster private hire scheme
Nick Larkin reports on a novel scheme to promote classic bus hire London-based heritage operator has come up with an innovative new private hire scheme that could ‘revolutionise’ the market.
