Features
Go South West’s Devon expansion
It has been a busy few years for Go South West in Devon and Cornwall. Richard Sharman visits Clyst St Mary to find out more about Dartline, the latest addition to the group’s operations Some […]
Features
Big Picture
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Rock and Nu Metal fans who booked a seat on the National Express service to the Download Festival recently were in for a treat when Johnsons’ brand new Irizar i6S YT23 HYP, captured by Richard […]
Features
Harrington celebration
Nick Larkin reports from an event marking the heritage of one often flamboyant vehicle manufacturer More than 400 people attended a tribute to one of Britain’s most innovative and respected coachbuilders, an event which proved […]
Features
Licence revoked for ‘appalling’ Devon fleet
A catalogue of MOT and roadside inspection failures led to the revocation of the operator’s licence and disqualification of its transport manager On 23 March, Traffic Commissioner for the Western Traffic Area Kevin Rooney published […]
Features
Routemaster fuelled by V-Power?
Shell has recently launched a ‘new and improved’ V-Power product, of which it says ‘our new Shell V-Power fuels allow both older and new internal combustion engine vehicles to perform better than any fuel we’ve […]
Coaches
‘Keeping people moving’
In the first of a two part feature, Jonathan Welch looks at the combined operations of Citylink and megabus in Scotland The inter-city coaching sector in Scotland is somewhat different to that which exists south […]
Coaches
Torbay Tips-Salcombe
Alan Payling, our man in the popular coach destination of South Devon, asks why operators keep sending coaches to one common but unsuitable destination, particularly as there are now no official coach parking facilities. And […]
Big Picture
Big Picture
Pulhams Coaches now comes under Go-Ahead Group’s Oxford Bus Group division, and adds five MCV Evora-bodied Volvo B8RLEs to the combined fleet. The most recent pair, which went into service in March of this year, […]
Event
Innovation and evolution on display
We take a look at some of the vehicles on display at this year’s UITP public transport summit in Barcelona From 4 to 7 June, Barcelona played host to the international UITP public transport summit, […]
Features
Big bus show gets bigger
Entries are welcome for an event which looks set to become a major fixture on the East Anglian rally calendar. The Big Bus Show is set for Stonham Barns Park in Suffolk on 13 August. […]
