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Swanning around Reading
A swan recently thought it would hitch a lift on a Reading Buses single-decker, in what the company said was probably its first incident of the kind. When the swan landed on the roof of […]
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Continuing to Think Ahead
Jonathan Welch speaks to Coach Tourism Association chair Robert Shaw about the organisation’s role in helping the coach tour sector grow Set up 30 years ago, the Coach Tourism Association aims to bring the coach […]
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Eastern Coach Works museum planned
Nick Larkin reports on developments at the East Anglia Transport Museum, which include a dedicated display of locally-built ECW vehicles A museum building paying tribute to legendary coachbuilders Eastern Coach Works (ECW) is planned for […]
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There’s more to Prime. A busload more
Whilst you might have seen the big Amazon Prime trucks on the motorway sporting their ‘There’s more to Prime. A truckload More’ slogans on the back of the trailer, series 2 of ‘Clarkson’s Farm’ on […]
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‘23’-plates arrive
Operators around the UK and Ireland have started to take delivery of vehicles with the new ‘23’ registration plates, which run from 1 March to 1 September 2023 Acorn/OTS Cornish independent OTS of Falmouth has […]
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Local Liveries in the Lothians
Richard Walter shares some scenes from in and around Edinburgh, where McGill’s has taken over services previously operated by First Scotland East, and initially adopted a livery which bears a remarkable similarity to established competing […]
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Go South Coast expansion explained
Go South Coast is continuing to expand its operations on the South Coast in the wake of major changes in both Bournemouth and Southampton. Richard Sharman speaks to Managing Director Andrew Wickham about recent and […]
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On the road with Ricardo
Jonathan Welch speaks to the team behind Ricardo’s hydrogen double-decker conversion to see how the project is progressing Back in August 2022, we spoke to Ricardo’s Andrew Ennever about the company’s project to re-engineer an […]
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Goodbye to driver retiring at 75
A driver who has spent a large part of his life carrying passengers around Lincolnshire has finally decided to ‘take a rest,’ reports Nick Larkin, though his grandson continues his passion for the industry A […]
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A proud heritage
It’s always pleasing to see a company which is proud of its heritage, and as mentioned in this week’s feature on Ricardo’s hydrogen bus repower project, the company’s headquarters alongside Shoreham Airport is home to […]
