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Fenton files his birthday bus

Millar’s TALES The editor’s sideways view of the...

Municipal expansion ‘would stifle’ industry

Blackpool Transport, whose profitability was highlighted in the...

Doom for award winning Zoom

Trent Barton withdrew its Long Eaton-Derby Zoom service — a...

Transdev orders Versas for Burnley

The new Optare Versas will replace Wright Eclipse 2-bodied Volvo...

Berlin aims to bridge technology gap with gas

Berlin transport operator BVG wants to buy compressed natural...

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MENDIP MULE MOTORBUS

CHRISTOPHER CARTER

After some close shaves with financial oblivion, the owner of...

CHRISTOPHER CARTER
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The importance of bus shelters These are letters pages and...

Scottish Bill will aim to stem decline in ridership

Route franchising will be among the options the Scottish government...

Oxford axes loss-making BHX

UK17 PUL, a new Plaxton Panther-bodied Volvo from Pulham’s...

Anthony Wyer, Selnec Preservation Society founder

Anthony Wyer, founder and leader of the Selnec Preservation Society,...

Rusty buses sculpture divides Dresden

PICTURE: MARTIN BENSLEY

Three scrap buses propped up vertically in front of Dresden’s...

PICTURE: MARTIN BENSLEY
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Reassessing a London ‘failure’

ALAN MILLAR

Title: The London DMS Author: Matthew Wharmby Publisher: Pen...

ALAN MILLAR
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A CLOSE SHAVE

STEPHEN MORRIS

STEPHEN MORRIS reports on how Surrey County Council’s funding...

STEPHEN MORRIS
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FLEETNEWS ENGLAND & WALES

LAWRIE BOWLES and JOHN YOUNG

JOHN G. LIDSTONE With additional material compiled by LAWRIE...

LAWRIE BOWLES and JOHN YOUNG

Oxford set for new city centre ban

Work on building the Westgate centre proceeds behind white sheeting...

TrawsCymru set for 30% growth

First Cymru 69304 (CU08 AHV), a Wright Eclipse Urban-bodied Volvo...

Derry buses to go red but name and logo yet to be finalised

Northern Ireland’s state-owned public transport group, Translink,...

Vienna buys big Citaro bendies

Wiener Linien, which runs public transport in the Austrian capital...

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It started with Silexine

ALAN MILLAR

Rather like Marmite — a product I do not think has ever been...

ALAN MILLAR
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IDENTITY PARADE

The MHD Partnership goes out on a creative limb to conceive a...

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FLEETNEWS IRELAND

PAUL SAVAGE & IAN MOLLOY

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

PAUL SAVAGE & IAN MOLLOY

Stagecoach relaunches the urban minibus in Kent pilot

Stagecoach South East took delivery of the buses for the Little...

Cardiff Bus places £1.5m Enviro200 order

Council-owned Cardiff Bus has placed a £1.5million order for...

Many German coach stations failing, says report

Conditions at some long-distance coach stations in Germany have...

Small Swedish town goes all-electric

The small southern Swedish town of Värnamo (pop: 19,000) is...

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Rural enterprise in the north Midlands

ALAN MILLAR

This is the story of a rural Staffordshire operator best known...

ALAN MILLAR
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Go-Ahead gains the 131

MARK LYONS

Possible retrenchment foreshadowed in Surrey LOOK IN ON...

MARK LYONS
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Liverpool Leyland revived for bus club’s birthday

PRESERVATION UPDATE L227, with Merseyside PTE logo, picks...

Supreme Court leaves disabled access in new grey area

The law governing disabled passengers’ right of access to buses...