Buses Magazine

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Latest news written with authority

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YOU WRITE

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

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FIVE NEW NAMES IN NOTABLE INDEPENDENTS HANDBOOK

Lothian Buses and McGill’s have been moved to the latest Smaller...

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Driver shor tages bite at rail replacement

Impacts of the nationwide driver shortage are now spilling through...

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Peterborough on track for new bus depot

An evaluation study into the re-location of the bus depot in...

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MORE BATTERY-ELECTRIC CONVERSIONS AS TENDERING PROGRAMME RESUMES

Route 366 (Beckton – Redbridge) will pass from Stagecoach East...

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Alexander Dennis to supply 50 electric double-deckers to Manchester

Transport for Greater Manchester has ordered 50 zero-emission...

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FIRST BEATS A SCOTTISH RETREAT

ALAN MILLAR recalls the events over the past 30 years that have...

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FLEET IN FOCOUS

ROBERTS TRAVEL Mercedes-Benz Tourismo BL16 FYW. ROBERTS...

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A UNIQUE MIX THAT ONCE MADE LUTON SPECIAL

Until the end of the 1960s, the bus scene in Luton was a unique...

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SUSTAINABLE NETWORKS EMERGE

More operators have started to show their hand as to what constitutes...

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Stagecoach dominates at Bus Driver of the Year

Delayed by the Coronavirus pandemic, the 54th national Bus Driver...

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CITY SIGHTSEEING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS TOUR

Stagecoach London is using suitably branded Alexander Dennis...

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Yutong double-decker bus on the way

Pelican Bus & Coach, the UK’s importer of Chinese Yutong buses...

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THE ELIZABETHAN AGE

PAST & PRESENTIn the years of the late Queen Elizabeth II’s...

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EARLY DAYS ON THE CAPITAL’S STREETS

This attractively packaged picture album — with short articles...

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LEAD BY EXAMPLE

with JAMES DAY

COMMENT Nottingham City Transport 660 has been given...

with JAMES DAY
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Clayton Jones suspends bus services in Pontypridd

All Street Buses services in the Pontypridd area were suspended...

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TfL COMMISSIONER QUITS

MARK LYONS

LOOK IN ON LONDON London’s transport commissioner,...

MARK LYONS
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IT’S AN IDIOM, NOT A TITAN

When is a bus icon not about a bus at all? Perhaps when the bus...

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A SHINING DISPLAY

Best known for destination displays, McKenna Brothers has expanded...

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MTT GRACES SOUTHPORT’S STREETS

PRESERVATION UPDATE PHIL HALEWOOD The Merseyside Transport...

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LIONS, CHEETAHS AND A HYPHENATED TIGER-CUB

The solitary Lion Six LS1 for Lincolnshire Road Car, photographed...

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£2 fares launched in Liverpool and Bristol

Liverpool City Region has joined the list of mayoral authorities...

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Stagecoach SW service shake-up

Beleaguered Stagecoach South West introduces a major Exeter routes...

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JUBILEE BUSES REVERT TO RED AS TfL RESPONDS TO DEATH OF QUEEN

Following the death of Her Majesty the Queen on September 8,...

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Nu-Track closes business

Ballymena-based Nu-Track permanently closed on September 22....

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AN IRISH JOURNEY – PART 1

BOB HIND begins a marathon bus journey around the island of Ireland,...

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FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND

SANDY MACDONALD

SCOTTISH COLUMN McGill’s expands with First Scotland...

SANDY MACDONALD
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Passenger numbers bounce back

Department for Transport figures for bus use in England during...

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Adventure Travel expands in Monmouthshire as Stagecoach retreats

Cardiff-based Adventure Travel has expanded its territory by...