Industry Heritage

Arrangements for the 2023 South East Bus Festival are well underway and the organisers say they are looking forward to hosting another popular event. It will be held on Saturday 1 April at Kent Showground, […]

Nick Larkin reports on a vintage vehicle which has found a new home on the south coast A benefactor who wishes to remain anonymous has enabled a 94-year-old bus to join the Friends of King […]

Model manufacturer Rapido has announced a major new range of 1:76 scale Leyland National models which will be available shortly in several forms. Unveiled at the 1970 Commercial Motor Show at Earls Court, the National […]

The closure of First’s Southampton City Red operation will be marked by a heritage running day, reports Nick Larkin The end of 144 years of transport history in Southampton will be marked with a special […]

MAIN TEXT: Colleagues and friends of a much-loved Northampton driver lined the town’s bus station to pay tribute when his funeral cortège of six buses passed through. Richard Heron, who was 65, had driven for Shelton Osborne, […]

The Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust has had its most successful year yet, with increasing visitor numbers and the post-pandemic resurgence of its community and social outreach programme, reports Nick Larkin The Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust’s […]

Nick Larkin reports on a popular and successful South-East running day Two immaculately restored AEC Routemasters that ran for Southend Transport after their London service was over were reunited at Ensign’s excellent 2022 running day. […]

Alan Payling remembers his early days with London Transport and pays tribute to one of the unsung heroes of the industry – his driving instructor Do you remember who it was that taught you to […]

Transport Museum Wythall’s magnificently restored 1931 Birmingham City Transport AEC Regent double decker bus has won a major award thanks to the team behind it’s “sheer bloody-mindedness in getting the job done.” OV 4486 won […]