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Mancunian memories
Jonathan Welch takes a trip down Memory Lane courtesy of the Museum of Transport Greater Manchester as part of its ongoing 200 years of buses celebration A fortnight ago, we featured the parade of classic […]
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Driving in dad’s tyre tracks
First South Yorkshire recently welcomed competition winner John Breakell for a driving experience at its Olive Grove depot in Sheffield. John won the driving experience at the launch of the operator’s specially-liveried bus celebrating its […]
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See you at Showbus!
The last week in September has always meant one thing in the industry rally calendar, and that is Showbus. Richard Sharman reports from the 2024 edition of the this iconic and revived UK coach and […]
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A stern warning
Traffic Commissioner Kevin Rooney has warned an operator it must ensure a replacement transport manager is in place, or it could face losing its licence A South West company has had its licence curtailed and […]
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Little and Large
Paul Williams reports from a gathering of green and red buses in Lancashire Some long-vanished bus companies are forgotten almost as soon as they cease to run, others have a fanatical following that outlasts them […]
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How not to do it
We think it’s fair to say that most readers will know we have a YouTube channel, and a great many of those, we suspect, will also watch other YouTube content. There’s lots of bus, coach, […]
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Beyond Bland
Steven Knight catches up with Adam Barrett, who owns Rutland-based coach and bus operator Bland’s BLAND: rather dull and unexciting. Weak, plain, boring. Forgettable These may be typical dictionary definitions of the word ‘bland’ but […]
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The right formula
In the second part of his feature, Adrian Morton looks at Reading Buses today and its current operations In last week’s issue, I began my conversation with Chief Executive Officer at Reading Buses Robert Williams […]
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Will new bill really mean better buses?
As the new Transport Secretary promises greater local control, Roger Brereton, Head of Sales at Pailton Engineering, examines the proposed reforms and argues that a national bus strategy must have more focus on improving conditions […]
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100 parade – Glasgow celebrates a century of the motor bus
Richard Walter reports on a very special parade through the streets of Glasgow to celebrate the centenary of the introduction of motorbuses by Glasgow Corporation Transport Saturday 3 August was a very special and indeed […]
