Features
A right pain in the rear end
Alan Payling takes a light-hearted look at a serious issue that many drivers may have been sitting on for far too long, and often brought on by a bad habit when behind the wheel There […]
Features
Features
Major activity at Wythall
Transport Museum Wythall (TMW) is rolling out events galore this years with several major anniversaries being celebrated. Following a record 2022 when the museum saw a 50% uplift in visitor numbers to 15,000 and the […]
Features
Mayday stardom for King Alfred buses
Nick Larkin reports on a vintage bus expected to attract lots of attention in Winchester this spring Fifty years after legendary Winchester-based independent King Alfred closed down, a dozen of its former buses will be […]
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All aboard the Blossom Bus
The National Trust recently spent a week planting blossom trees in Birmingham, delivering young fruit trees on National Express West Midlands’ number 11 bus route. Thanks to funding raised by players of People’s Postcode Lottery, […]
Event
Testing, testing…
Jonathan Welch attended the opening of Zenobē’s new testing facility in Portsmouth In late January, CBW was invited to attend the launch of Zenobē’s new Innovation Centre, which the electric fleet and battery specialist says […]
Buses
Enthusiasm for electrics drives Cardiff forward
Whilst the number of council-owned bus companies slowly reduces, a visit by Martin Curtis to council-owned Cardiff Bus found the business to be thriving In addition to motor buses, Cardiff Corporation was once a major […]
Buses
Behind the scenes at Hants & Dorset Trim
Refurbishing buses is big business. A mid-life refresh can add years to a vehicle’s in-service life. Richard Sharman takes a look behind the scenes to see how the work is carried out at Hants & […]
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Permission to play
The London Transport Museum is inviting visitors to clamber on its exhibits, dress in vintage uniforms, join in a scavenger hunt and play board games as part of a ‘Permission to Play’ evening at the […]
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Hard work at Crich
The Crich Tramway Village workshop team has been busy working on the museum’s tram collection, with three more joining the operational fleet for the coming season, including Blackpool Corporation number 40, new in 1926 with […]
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Kingsbridge history recalled in vinyl
Some local bus nostalgia is helping make a bus stop more vibrant in south Devon, reports Nick Larkin A once plain bus shelter on Kingsbridge Quay in Kingsbridge, Devon, has been transformed with vinyls depicting […]
