Buses
Heritage operators take to London’s streets
A spate of tube strikes in London has again seen heritage vehicles bringing much valued extra capacity to Transport for London’s bus network, as Nick Larkin reports
Industry Heritage
Buses
Heritage buses wow car crowds
Two contrasting heritage buses created much interest when they appeared at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham for Britain’s biggest indoor classic car show.
Bus News
Heritage vehicles excel at Euro Bus Expo
Nick Larkin finds that even the recent Euro Bus Expo at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre had a heritage angle
Bus News
Major fleet sell-off
The owners of former Essex operator Talisman Coach Lines, which ceased trading in June, are having a major clear out of heritage vehicles. Father and son Terry and Paul Smith are selling coaches and buses […]
Bus News
Grandfather and grandson Scania
A grandfather and grandson not only now work for the same Cambridgeshire operator, they’re also united by a rather special newly restored bus which they are keeping in active preservation.
Bus News
Heritage route ‘not under threat’
Nick Larkin has been talking to transport for London about its heritage Routemaster service between Trafalgar Square and Tower Hill
Bus News
Mainline remembered
First South Yorkshire is commemorating the 30th anniversary of its predecessor, Mainline. The Mainline brand was introduced in 1989, replacing the South Yorkshire Transport identity for the area’s former PTE buses. Sheffield Mainline buses wore […]
Bus News
Busy schedule for Burlingham AEC
Safeguard of Guildford’s 1956 Burlingham-bodied AEC Reliance is pursuing a busy career in active preservation. Now the firm’s Managing Director, Andrew Halliday has promised ‘some surprises in Guildford’ involving the bus in the run up […]
Bus News
Operators support Leyland celebration
Nick Larkin reports from Transportfest which marked the 50th anniversary of the formation of British Leyland Bus operators from Nottingham to Sussex supported a major event celebrating Leyland, organised by the London Bus Museum at […]
Buses
Museum thanks operators
Operators have been thanked for supporting this year’s Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum’s (LVVS) end of season Transport Festival, which will be on Sunday 4 November.
