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Broadening the offer
Volvo is launching two new coaches at Euro Bus Expo this week. The premium 9900 made its European debut in May, but there is also a surprise new ‘value’ option as Andy Izatt reports Volvo’s […]
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From baking to buses
Jean Philippe Boriau, Head of Marketing and Operations at B-Bakery, tells James Day about how the company transitioned from a high-street bakery to a sightseeing tour operator with a twist Sightseeing operators in London come […]
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Route mastering
David Bell has compiled a selection of pictures of Routemasters that saw further use both in and outside their traditional London home. Often they were seen by operators as a competitive tool or a means […]
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Trapeze Group awarded Future Bus Systems routes and schedules contract for London
Trapeze’s NOVUS system has been chosen to deliver a project for Transport for London’s (TfL) Future Bus Systems (FBS) programme. Trapeze Group has been awarded the contract to deliver the first project of TfL’s Future […]
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First Bus invests in Eclipse diagnostic equipment
First Bus has announced a partnership with Eclipse to invest in one diagnostic platform for use across all its UK depots. Following a series of trials, reviews and a period of evaluation of all available […]
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Mainline remembered
First South Yorkshire is commemorating the 30th anniversary of its predecessor, Mainline. The Mainline brand was introduced in 1989, replacing the South Yorkshire Transport identity for the area’s former PTE buses. Sheffield Mainline buses wore […]
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Busy schedule for Burlingham AEC
Safeguard of Guildford’s 1956 Burlingham-bodied AEC Reliance is pursuing a busy career in active preservation. Now the firm’s Managing Director, Andrew Halliday has promised ‘some surprises in Guildford’ involving the bus in the run up […]
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Operators support Leyland celebration
Nick Larkin reports from Transportfest which marked the 50th anniversary of the formation of British Leyland Bus operators from Nottingham to Sussex supported a major event celebrating Leyland, organised by the London Bus Museum at […]
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Staying on watch
Operators must keep passengers and employees safe, says John Lewis Civil liberties campaigners regularly express concern about the number of CCTV cameras installed in streets all around the country and on public transport. Being kept […]
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The Argos Lesson
With printed bus timetables getting scarcer by the day, Phil Tonks thinks the industry could learn a lot from – of all things – the Argos catalogue, which remains in high demand Afriend told me […]
