Industry Heritage

Arriva Southern Counties is paying tribute to its heritage with vehicles in historic liveries. The latest is a 2011 Optare Solo, now in the Maidstone & District (M&D) guise current from deregulation to 1997. The […]

Nick Larkin reports on a number of recent heritage repaints from opposite ends of the country A bus livery once a familiar sight in Aberdeen has returned as part of celebrations marking 125 years of […]

Stagecoach co-founder Sir Brian Souter says he hopes his new partnership with a Glasgow museum will inspire young visitors to one day join the bus industry. He has loaned a unique and newly preserved 2013 […]

<strong>Nick Larkin reports on a bus he believes may be the oldest still in regular service in the UK…unless you know different?</strong> Confidence of Leicester has been operating its AEC Routemaster since 1985 – and […]

Attending its first event since the late 1980s at the Browns Blue to Midland Red event in March (see last week’s Industry Heritage) was this beautifully restored 1962 Weymann-bodied Leyland PD2/37, new to Halifax. The […]

A former member of the Stagecoach heritage fleet has found a secure new home, reports Nick Larkin A 1929 Leyland Titan TD1 double-decker sold after more than 90 years with Southdown and successor Stagecoach makes […]

Nick Larkin reports from a unique event commemorating 60 years since a sudden overnight change for Leicestershire’s buses People across a wide area of Leicestershire woke on 16 March 1963 to find their local buses […]

The 2nd Cotswold Vintage Bus Road Run was held on 19 March 2023, hosted by Troopers Lodge Motor Services. Having met at Pulhams Coaches in Bourton on the Water, the classic buses travelled around Cotswold […]

A new Derbyshire Dales Bus Rally is planned for Father’s Day this year. Organised by Nottingham Heritage Vehicles Charity (NHVC), the event is set to take place at Peak Rail, Rowsley, on 18 June. Discounted […]

Modern technology came to the rescue when a major heritage event had to be cancelled, reports Nick Larkin The power of social media saved major problems after one of the country’s biggest bus events had […]