Buses
A day in the life…
What Go-Ahead London Chief Engineer Chris McKeown enjoys most about his job is the fast pace and varied challenges. He shared part of his day with Andy Izatt recently to give him an insight into […]
Features
Coaches
On the road with Hannon
Northern Ireland-based Hannon Coach operates a daily service between Belfast and Glasgow. Jonathan Welch took a trip to sample the service for himself Hannon Coach has been running a twice daily service between Belfast and […]
Buses
Fifty years and still going strong for Bob
In late 2019, Burnley Bus Company’s Bob McDowell celebrated 50 years in the industry. Jonathan Welch caught up with him to find out why he has stayed so long For all the moans that regularly […]
Buses
Lost and found
NotLost’s pioneering solution to the age-old problem of lost property has taken the interest of some of the UK’s bus operators. Co-Founder and Chairman Alex Horne gave Peter Jackson the full story NotLost is a […]
Coaches
OB ambition
The chairman of one of the South East’s most respected operators has fulfilled a lifetime’s ambition to own a Bedford OB, reports Nick Larkin Clive Eglinton of Sittingbourne, Kent-based Chalkwell has many happy memories of […]
Buses
Operator sells ‘classics’
An operator who admits he ‘got carried away’ collecting classic vehicles has decided to sell some of them. Terry Barker of Barker’s Motors, based at Llan-Y-Pwll, near Wrexham, Clwyd explained: “We are running three vehicles […]
Buses
Museum welcomes all
The London Bus Museum is extending a big welcome to operators and their vehicles at three events this year – including a celebration of the 90th anniversary of Green Line.
Buses
Conversion to one man bus operation in Scotland during the 1960s
John Sinclair shares some images from his collection dating back to the 1960s, a period where the Scottish Bus Group’s half-cabs were being structurally converted for One Man Operation (OMO) Whilst it was customary for […]
Coaches
Citylinking… Still smart thinking
On Wednesday 8 January, Scottish Citylink unveiled the first of its Plaxton Panorama double deck coaches for route 900. Jonathan Welch attended the launch event There’s an old joke about people in Scotland seeing a […]
Coaches
“Welcome to the Welsh embassy in Cornwall”
In June 2013, Edwards Coaches bought the down-at-heel Portbyhan Hotel in Looe in Cornwall. The industry raised its collective eyebrows. But as Stuart Render reports, a commitment to quality and community has brought positive results […]
