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Latest news written with authority

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FLEET IN FOCUS

RELIANCE MOTOR SERVICES YJ51 NXK, the mainly cream Wright...

DB drops Arriva flotation

German railway Deutsche Bahn has shelved plans to float Arriva...

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What is the point of route branding?

Further to Ken Crawley’s letter (You Write, November), here...

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COMMENT with ALAN MILLAR

ALAN MILLAR

EMBRACE THE NEW SOLUTIONS Stagecoach North Scotland...

ALAN MILLAR
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FENTON FILE

MIKE FENTON

Leicester Carriage Builders has carved a niche for itself in...

MIKE FENTON

IN BRIEF

• PLAXTON is developing a 12.2m short wheelbase version of...

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LONDON’S FIRST BUSWAY

DAVID JUKES

The Millennium Busway was built to take south-east Londoners...

DAVID JUKES
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Saluting a market leader

ALAN MILLAR

Title: Bedford Buses and Coaches Author: Nigel R. B. Furness...

ALAN MILLAR
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Tender success for Abellio and Sullivan

X26 to go double deck — New Routemasters for the 254 Abellio...

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RT celebrates Queen’s 90th

PRESERVATION UPDATE The London Bus Museum’s RT2775 was...

Enviro 400 MMCs for Stagecoach Gold

The first 30 Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC double-deckers for...

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STRIKING A BALANCE

PETER ROWLANDS

PETER ROWLANDS applauds some recent examples local route branding,...

PETER ROWLANDS
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Ribble returns

PHIL HALEWOOD

In operation at the Merseyside Transport Trust’s Liverpool...

PHIL HALEWOOD

More cash for green buses

Wrights reveals hydrogen StreetDeck for London trial ...

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THE LESSER KNOWN 554

DALE HOWCROFT

It runs much less frequently and has older vehicles than the...

DALE HOWCROFT
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A trolley tale for a modern age

ALAN MILLAR

Title: Cardiff Trolleybuses Author: Peter Smith Publisher:...

ALAN MILLAR
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THIS AIN’T FRANCHISING

with JULIAN PEDDLE

In the post-truth world of politics, what franchising means in...

with JULIAN PEDDLE
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Doyen debuts at Dewsbury

PRESERVATION UPDATE PICTURE: MARK YOUDAN PICTURE:...

NCT is Operator of the Year

Nottingham City Transport 676 (YN05 WFE), the East Lancs-bodied...

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AM I APPY?

CHRISTOPHER CARTER

CHRISTOPHER CARTER can see Stagecoach buses from his window,...

CHRISTOPHER CARTER
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Stagecoach buses, trams…and even trains

ALAN MILLAR

Title: 2017 Stagecoach Fleet Book Author: Andrew Woolhouse ...

ALAN MILLAR
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Routemaster is on your case

Millar’s TALES

The editor’s sideways view of the bus scene Please send...

Millar’s TALES
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In Fleet News this month

With additional material compiled LAWRIE BOWLES and JOHN YOUNG

FLEETNEWS ENGLAND & WALES JOHN G. LIDSTONE • Big Bus Company...

With additional material compiled LAWRIE BOWLES and JOHN YOUNG

Two Stagecoach MDs join First

BUS PEOPLE Phil Medlicott Andrew Jarvis First...

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Liveries must be practical as well as wowing

These are letters pages and the views expressed therein are purely...

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IDENTITY PARADE

This month’s project for the MHD Partnership was to imagine...

Axe falls as First focuses on growth areas

First’s focus on Bristol has seen the West of England business...

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A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY

DAVID JENKINS

Bus Éireann’s extensive Expressway network is losing money...

DAVID JENKINS
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Last acts of the largest network

ALAN MILLAR

Title: The Final Chapter Author: Mick Webber Publisher: Bowden...

ALAN MILLAR