Last Stop

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 […]

Outgoing Editor Richard Sharman takes a look back at over half a decade behind the news desk and out on the road Starting out as a journalist, then senior journalist and now Editor of CBW, […]

The oldest coach driver in the team at Belle Vue Manchester is helping the youngest recruit – his grandson – to earn his spurs. John Gilbody, 73, was thrilled when 22-year-old Louie Mulcair joined the […]