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Zhengzhou-bound
Adrian Morton was invited on an interesting and enthralling trip to China to see Yutong’s immense factory; in the first of two instalments, he begins his trip and sees some other famous sights In late […]
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Volvo aims for zero accidents
Volvo has always been a forerunner when it comes to safety, and is continuing to push safety technology forward with its latest generation of accident-prevention systems. Jonathan Welch takes a closer look Anyone who attended […]
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Wythall celebrates OBs
Transport Museum Wythall’s 2024 Bedford OB Gathering marked 85 years of the well-loved classic bus. To celebrate, six examples with Duple ‘Vista’ bodies and one bus with Duple ‘Hendonian’ body attended Transport Museum Wythall over […]
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Special tour marks the end for Transdev B10BLEs
The Blackburn Bus Company is organising a special weekend of events to mark the end of a quarter of a century of Volvo B10BLE operation, reports Jonathan Welch One of the last fleets of Volvo […]
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Maintenance and operational failings
Significant failings and a failure to heed previous warnings meant little hope for an operator at its latest public inquiry, and O-licence revocation was all but inevitable An operator has been disqualified by Traffic Commissioner […]
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Electrifying Translink
Translink has started taking delivery of its latest batch of 100 Wrightbus electric buses for Metro, Foyle Metro and Ulsterbus routes, reports Jonathan Welch When talking about major operators in the UK, it’s easy to […]
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Independent success on the South Coast
Renowned for its beaches and dramatic coastline, Dorset is good bus operating territory but what is it like to start a brand new coach and bus company there? Richard Sharman visited Tomorrows Travel to find […]
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Modernisation in Madeira
Shayne Howarth reports on the changes that are coming to Madeira’s bus services, and takes a look at the interesting variety of vehicles in service on the island The archipelago of Madeira is an autonomous […]
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Special surprise for bus fan
It’s well known that Brighton & Hove’s buses carry the names of people with local connections. When one of the operator’s fleet, carrying the name of Samuel Lewis, was retired, it was used for a […]
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Further, for longer, for less?
Kevin Carr reports from the launch of the BYD BD11 double-deck electric bus at the London Bus Museum on 21 May My latest mission for CBW took me to the London Bus Museum, set within […]
