Last Stop
Pay your way
Like all operators, Ensignbus sees its fair share of people trying to avoid paying their fare, and has a pro-active approach to dealing with persistent problems, as evidenced by some of the posts on its […]
Test drive needed?
When we saw a recent megabus post on LinkedIn, we couldn’t decide what we wanted to test drive first, the vehicle or the culinary delights emanating from within. With students – a large part of […]
Cool idea generates heated response in LA
When I first read this story, it was a week or two before I travelled to France for a holiday in the middle of a heatwave. I have to admit, I could see why the […]
A bit scilly?
As I was sitting down in my comfy chair looking through my folder of interesting, unusual, odd, and those news items that just don’t fit anywhere else, mug of tea in hand, biscuits at the […]
The letter or the spirit of the law?
Considering all the hard work going on in London and elsewhere to introduce buses which are emission-free at the point of use, we couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow at an email concerning another transport […]
Double-decks in disguise
Whilst walking along Manchester’s Hyde Road recently (no prizes for guessing where he’d been, look out for a feature soon!), Jonathan Welch spotted this not-so-pretty-looking, not-so-little thing parked on the forecourt of a used car […]
Big claims and small print
Whilst at the Ipswich 120 celebrations at the Ipswich Transport Museum, Jonathan Welch noticed this interesting poster on the rear of preserved open-top Roe-bodied Leyland Atlantean MRT 9P. The bus clocked up some 42 years […]
Bus transformed into mobile youth centre
A bus has been given a new lease of life to support a partnership aimed at tackling youth-related antisocial behaviour on public transport in Greater Manchester. For more than a year, Foundation 92, formed by […]
Devon delights
A Devon story, but not from our usual correspondent in those parts. CBW’s publisher Jonathan Taylor and his wife Sarah were on holiday in the South West, “driving through the fabulous narrow-laned Devon countryside,” to […]