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Lodge rally invite
Entries are still being welcomed for the Lodge’s Coaches Bus Rally & Car Meet this Sunday (20 August) when there’s the chance to see two rather contrasting machines with World War Two connections. Firstly a […]
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Bristols at Wythall
Nick Larkin reports on a special event marking 40 years since the closure of the manufacturer’s Brislington factory Transport Museum Wythall organised a special tribute to Bristol buses and coaches, marking 40 years since closure […]
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Big claims and small print
Whilst at the Ipswich 120 celebrations at the Ipswich Transport Museum, Jonathan Welch noticed this interesting poster on the rear of preserved open-top Roe-bodied Leyland Atlantean MRT 9P. The bus clocked up some 42 years […]
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Belt up with Birmingham Busworks
Jonathan Welch speaks to the team behind Birmingham Busworks to find out how the company is carving a niche for itself in bus sales and seatbelting School buses. We’ve all been on one, or at […]
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The UK’s first internet-only coach operator turns 20
On 11 August 20 years ago, the very first megabus service departed Oxford for London. Richard Sharman looks back at some of the milestones that made the company a household name in part one of […]
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Smoke and Mirrors on the Mersey
At a time when the franchising and funding of bus networks is increasingly under discussion, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s bus franchising assessment is significantly flawed, says Robert Montgomery The Mayor of Liverpool City Region […]
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Ipswich marks 120 years
Ipswich Buses joined forces with the Ipswich Transport Museum to celebrate 120 years of buses in the Suffolk town on Sunday 23 August. Classic vehicles from the museum’s collection assembled at the operator’s depot before […]
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King Alfred happenings
A Winchester event in September will see classic buses out on the streets of Winchester in large numbers, reports Nick Larkin An extremely busy Saturday […]
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Bus transformed into mobile youth centre
A bus has been given a new lease of life to support a partnership aimed at tackling youth-related antisocial behaviour on public transport in Greater Manchester. For more than a year, Foundation 92, formed by […]
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Ticketing tech transformation
Jonathan Welch speaks to TransMach director Minesh Vandra about developments in ticketing technology A few weeks ago, I found myself at the wheel of an AEC Swift. New in 1968, it had all mod cons. […]
