Industry Heritage

Taking place alongside the Barking Garage event was a superb routes 62 and 145 heritage day featuring 30 preserved buses. These ran alongside ‘normal’ TfL services, picking up passengers though not charging fares. This was […]

A depot centenary open day has added over £16,000 to the money raised by Stagecoach for the renowned cancer support charity, reports Nick Larkin Proceeds from an open day celebrating the centenary of Barking Bus […]

In a move supporters hope will be the first steps on a long road to restoration, Leyland Olympic JAA 708 has been removed from the site where it was severely damaged by fire. New in […]

A classic Leyland is helping to celebrate 100 years of motorbuses in Glasgow, reports Nick Larkin The oldest surviving Glasgow Corporation motorbus is back in its ‘home’ city to take part in centenary celebrations, having […]

A new seafront service will be operating in the Yorkshire town, and its operator has plans to grow too, reports Nick Larkin A 1956 Leyland PD2 open-top double-decker will be back in regular service on […]

Sixty years of a rare single-decker will be celebrated at this year’s Leyland Gathering – and the organisers are hoping as many survivors as possible will attend. Leyland Panthers and its smaller sibling the Panther […]

Chiswick will be the venue for a celebration of seven decades of the Routemaster, reports Nick Larkin Organisers of a major event celebrating 70 years of the Routemaster report a huge amount of interest and […]

A Surrey independent has big plans to mark its 100th birthday in March, reports Nick Larkin Renowned independent Safeguard Coaches will be holding its Centenary celebration at Guildford Cathedral in Surrey on 16 March, and […]

A group set up to hold three charity fundraising running days a year in London is hosting its first event on 10 March, and further buses are invited, say the organisers. North London Transport Events […]

Keighley Bus Museum has a secure future now it has been able to purchase its premises, reports Nick Larkin After years facing an uncertain future, and at one point even being served an eviction notice, […]