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Transport for London faces the future

22/02/2022 WebSupport

In the midst of funding issues and following the launch of new high specification buses, Richard Sharman pays a timely visit to the capital to […]

Unique bus and building projects progress at Beamish

22/02/2022 WebSupport

Nick Larkin reports on a project to make a classic bus accessible for the 21st century Beamish, the expanding ‘Living Museum of the North,’ is […]

BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show launches ‘Beat the Bus’

22/02/2022 WebSupport

Bus speed figures released by Transport for London’s in the four weeks from 29 May to 26 June showed that route 14, which operates between Putney Heath and Russell Square, was the slowest on the […]

Bus back better with the best

15/02/2022 WebSupport

Jonathan Welch learns more about the Bus Driver of the Year competition, which resumes this September with a chance for drivers to win significant […]

Zero-emission xcursion

15/02/2022 WebSupport

Jonathan Welch tries out Xplore Dundee’s new electric double-deckers Dundee is Scotland’s fourth-largest city, after Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen. Yet it often feels like the kind […]

Shall we sell or find a driver?

15/02/2022 WebSupport

A Devon operator is facing a dilemma: whether to sell its heritage vehicle or find it a regular driver. Newton Abbot based Alansway Coaches, which trades as CountryBus, bought the Harrington-bodied Commer Commando in October […]

Leyland National 50th celebrations treble

15/02/2022 WebSupport

Nick Larkin looks at three ways that 50 years of the Leyland National in service are being celebrated In Cumbria… The first example of a revolutionary new bus, the Leyland National, ERM 35K hit the […]

Hydrogen fuel cell performance explained

15/02/2022 WebSupport

Ray Connolly, Senior Technical Manager at Bus Éireann made an insightful post on LinkedIn recently about hydrogen fuel cell performance: “Bus Éireann is Ireland’s largest nationwide bus and coach operator with a fleet of over […]

UK’s Unique Daimler OM936 StreetDeck tested

08/02/2022 WebSupport

Oxford Bus Company recently borrowed Go-North East’s unique Wrightbus StreetDeck with a more powerful Daimler engine for fuel and reliability trials. Richard Sharman took the […]