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Go North West
Len at the wheel of Salford City Transport 112, with blinds set appropriately for route 15, a route he often drove. JONATHAN WELCH

Go North West might be one of the newest bus companies in the country, but it also employs Go-Ahead Group’s longest serving driver. Len Newnham sat down for a chat with Jonathan Welch, joined by fellow driver John Parish and interim Driver Standards Manager Graham Oliver

The bus industry is one which is full of real characters. One of those is Len Newnham, who I was invited to meet at Go North West’s Queen’s Road depot. With the recent transfer of the depot from First to the Go-Ahead Group, it was a chance comment that lead to the discovery that Len is the longest serving driver in any Go-Ahead Group company.
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