Last Stop

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Who doesn’t like a nice, well-prepared, well-presented, … sightseeing coach? The Spanish-built Ayats Bravo double-decker is quite rare in the UK but has formed the basis of a number of sightseeing bus fleets, including for […]

Regular readers of CBW might recall an article back in issue 1379 by regular contributor Alan Payling. Entitled ‘Happy Days With A Crash Box,’ the piece was a trip down memory lane for Alan as […]

Although not directly related to the coach and bus industry, with many coach drivers heading for the Highlands and west of Scotland each year, readers may be interested to hear more about new road markings […]