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The best in Blackpool
Jonathan Welch reports from the 2023 UK Coach Rally in Blackpool Over the weekend of 1-2 April, operators from across the UK gathered in Blackpool to show some of the best of the UK coach […]
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Good enough?
On his recent travels to Trentbartonland, Jonathan Welch visited Derby and Nottingham to take photos to accompany his interview with Jeff Counsell, which appeared in issues 1567 and 1568. Trentbarton is of course known for […]
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On the coach road to Destination Zero
The Houses of Parliament was the location of a reception earlier this month to launch the second report by the CPT and the Zero Emission Coach Taskforce. Martin Curtis reports on the progress so far […]
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Looking ahead in Leicester
Jonathan Welch attended the recent launch of First Leicester’s new fleet of zero-emission buses It’s been a busy couple of weeks for green bus events in Leicester, with Centrebus previewing its new Hop!-branded midibuses, and […]
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Keeping on course
Jonathan Welch finds out about a new training aid designed to improve driver confidence and service reliability Driver recruitment, training and retention are all topics which are at the forefront of industry minds just now, […]
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On the wrong route
John Geddes suggests that DRT is not the solution to financial, social or economic pressures when it comes to replacing rural fixed bus services There’s not much debate about the fundamental problem. The number of […]
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Manchester museum launches fundraising appeal to buy 1928 Karrier
Preserved pre-war buses are uncommon, six-wheel buses are rare and Karrier buses are rarer still, so a pre-war six-wheeled Karrier bus is quite something. Geoff Lumb, a well-known Huddersfield enthusiast, has been painstakingly restoring Ashton-under-Lyne […]
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Fifty years of Belfast Citybus this weekend
Nick Larkin reports on an event marking four decades and a lot of change for one south-east operator Half a century of Citybus in Belfast is being celebrated on Saturday 1 April. A gathering of […]
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Seen around…
For those with an interest in the coach and bus industry, be it professional or enthusiast, there are always interesting and unusual sights to be seen when out and about on the roads of the […]
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