Industry Heritage

The once oh-so-familiar sounds of Leyland Atlanteans will again echo around Plymouth on Sunday 5 April when the 60th anniversary of the type entering service in the local municipal fleet is celebrated. Plymouth City Transport, […]

Legendary Leicester independent Confidence is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and being honoured at a major event, reports Nick Larkin Confidence has reached the milestone fifty years of serving the local community. “We feel […]

Sixty years ago this month a lightweight Bristol vehicle which provided service to rural communities in many parts of Britain was launched. The Bristol SU’s anniversary is being celebrated by the Thames Valley & Great […]

The London Bus Museum has escaped the flooding which hit part of the site at Brooklands, where it is based. The River Wey in Surrey burst its banks causing flooding across the car park serving […]

An appeal has been launched for any photos and memories of a bus depot in time for an event to commemorate the 40th anniversary of its closure, reports Nick Larkin The Southdown Crowborough Depot 40th […]

A former assistant operations manager with Go-Ahead London who owns a heritage bus operation and classic vehicle restoration firm says business is expanding on all fronts, reports Nick Larkin James Thorpe bought the Vintage Red […]

The Delaine Heritage Trust is making its popular annual running day a bigger event this year and guest operators are invited. The Lincolnshire event will include vehicles from the Trust’s own collection of Delaine vehicles […]

Two former Hartlepool Transport buses are being returned to the road after more than 25 years in storage, to help preserve the operator’s history, reports Nick Larkin BEF28C is a 1965 Roe-boded Leyland PD2, the […]