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Preston centenary
Jonathan Welch speaks to Rotala’s Bob Dunn about the history of its Preston Bus subsidiary and its plans for the future, including trials of a Custom […]
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Classic coaches and buses mix with new metal at Glastonbury 2022
Bristol VRTs and Duple coaches were just some of the vintage vehicles that the festival goers could sample alongside more modern counterparts. Richard Sharman takes a look at the coaching operations Just 25 miles from […]
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Pre-1980s express routes recreated
Friday 17 June saw 10 vintage coaches take part in a journey on former Royal Blue and Associated Motorways routes. Colin Billington tells the tale […]
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Consider your drivers
In the first of a new series of opinion pieces by respected industry figures, former Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell considers the timely topic of respecting and retaining drivers One Sunday evening I was watching David […]
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Ember expands
Jonathan Welch catches up with Ember to find out about plans to grow its network and increase its appeal Ember entered the Scottish inter-city coach […]
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Dennis & friends give preservation some ‘busonality’
CBW correspondant and member of the Leicester Transport Heritage Trust Emily Whitlam has produced a series of digital personas based on the Trust’s vehicles, with added faces and ‘busonalities’ to help make the Trust more […]
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Connexions Buses celebrates its 20th birthday
A well-known North Yorkshire independent is marking 20 years in business with vehicles old and new, reports Nick Larkin North Yorkshire independent Connexions Buses is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a special running day on […]
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Reading’s depot cow Daisy moos to the children
Daisy can now moo straight at the children and teachers of a school next door to the Reading Buses depot. In a goodwill gesture, Reading Buses is loaning Daisy, its depot cow and protector of […]
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Proud to serve
Over the course of June, the industry has shown its support for Pride Month across the country. We look at some of the ways the […]
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2022 – Transdev’s year of diversity and inclusion
As we move into the second half of 2022, North of England bus operator Transdev says it is looking forward to building further on […]
