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Latest news written with authority

MAN previews new generation Tourliner ready for autumn launch

MAN gave a UK audience its first look at the new Turkish-built...

The Big Lemon plugs into solar power

& PICTURES: PETER ROWLANDS

YK55 ENM, the first of the Optare Solos converted to electric...

& PICTURES: PETER ROWLANDS

Big Bus rebrands Sydney Explorer tour as its own

PICTURE: SCOTT MITCHELL The Sydney Explorer and Bondi& Bay...

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Easter at kirkby Stephen

PRESERVATION UPDATE PICTURE: JOHN YOUNG PICTURE:...

Megabus starts airport links but ends sleeper services

Newly repainted South Gloucestershire FJ12 FXK, a Caetano Levante-bodied...

Aldenham Titan twin-pack coming from EFE

A twin-pack of two London Transport Leyland Titans in special...

Italian rail enters coach market

A Mercedes-Benz Tourismo displayed Busitalia Fast branding at...

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CLICK & BE COLLECTED

DAVID JENKINS

Arriva is trialling an American-style demand responsive minibus...

DAVID JENKINS
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Route branding returns

MARK LYONS

East London suburbs chosen for trial to boost ridership ...

MARK LYONS
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FLEETNEWS IRELAND

PAUL SAVAGE & IAN MOLLOY

Where to send your reports ››››› Send your reports...

PAUL SAVAGE & IAN MOLLOY

Win tickets to BUSES FESTIVAL and Imberbus

BUSES FESTIVAL We have two competitions this month offering...

Ulsterbus marks 50th birthday

Ulsterbus 551 (EFZ 9551), the Wright Solar Rural-bodied Scania...

VDL leads BYD with Dutch electric orders

VDL Bus has won its biggest order yet for electric buses in its...

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SEIZING THE DAY

RHODRI CLARK

RHODRI CLARK tells the story of the bus operations of Llew Jones,...

RHODRI CLARK
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VINTAGE FENTON FILE

MIKE FENTON

The radiator grille suggests that this observation coach has...

MIKE FENTON

Stagecoach’s £70m order

Breeze-branded Stagecoach South East 15274 (YN16 WVP), one of...

Arriva takes blocks off two more Sprinter purchases

Arriva Southern Counties 1001 (BT66 UAM), one of three Sprinter...

Fleet is fuelled with recycled cooking oil

Tom Druitt: ‘We have a few irons in the fire.’ The Big...

BoltBus completes on-board entertainment roll-out

BoltBus, the premium coach division of First’s Greyhound Lines...

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WHERE’S THE VISION?

with ALAN MILLAR

COMMENT Nottingham — already in line to have a clean...

with ALAN MILLAR
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FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES

LAWRIE BOWLES and JOHN YOUNG

JOHN G. LIDSTONE With additional material compiled. In...

LAWRIE BOWLES and JOHN YOUNG

BrightBus to close at end of summer term

MAS Special Engineering is closing its 60-vehicle BrightBus schoolbus...

Rapido to reveal its first UK double-decker

Canadian model bus and train manufacturer Rapido will reveal...

No German tolls, but more cash for electrification

One of three conductively-charged Volvo 7900H electric hybrids...

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RURAL PLIGHT

JOHN DISNEY & JOHN CAREY

JOHN DISNEY & JOHN CAREY relate the sad story of the end of an...

JOHN DISNEY & JOHN CAREY
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More British than Polish in Kraków

The editor’s sideways view of the bus scene Millar’s...

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A novel tale of Bristol’s bus history

REVIEWS By Alan Millar Title: Bring on the Blacks Author:...

Blakes Beulas is Coach of the Year

BC17 CWB, Blakes’ Beulas Mythos-bodied MAN, at work in Teignmouth...

Bus Éireann strike ends after three-week stoppage

Unions at Bus Éireann suspended strike action on 13 April following...

Singapore and Dubai plan driverless demonstrations

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) in Singapore is to trial a...