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Latest news written with authority

Merseyside keeps all options open

All options — from strengthening the existing bus alliance...

Walsall Trident set for Gaydon

BUSES FESTIVAL An Alexander Dennis ALX400- bodied Trident newly...

Stagecoach SW’s Williams to head Reading Buses

Robert Williams Martijn Gilbert Stagecoach South West...

Good news for Irizar from the gents of Aix

The south-eastern French city of Aix-en- Provence is the latest...

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Hemel bus station re-opened for Country RT70 celebration

Left to right, RT4779, RT604, RT3491 and RT3254 at the Hemel...

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SELF HELP

LES LUMSDON

LES LUMSDON explains why a users’ group has teamed up with...

LES LUMSDON
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Managers should seek out the good and not just find fault

I live in an area where the main bus operator is a multinational...

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Leylands at Manx festival

Buses participating in the Isle of Man Transport Festival on...

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FLEETNEWS SCOTLAND

SANDY MACDONALD

Where to send your reports ››››› Scottish reports...

SANDY MACDONALD

Rotala sells Wessex Bus

Wessex Bus 20821 (SF07 VOB), an Alexander Dennis Enviro200 expected...

Busy start for Mendip Mule Motorbus

Alexander (Belfast) RH-bodied Volvo Olympian P772 SWC retains...

Stagecoach supersedes Arriva at Surrey University

Stagecoach South 37264 (SL64 HWY), an Alexander Dennis Enviro200...

Enviro500EVs for Foothill Transit

Foothill Transit’s Enviro500EVs will be the first of the type...

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WHEN READING DEWIRED ITS TROLLEYS

DAVE HALL

DAVE HALL looks back 50 years to the closure of the last trolleybus...

DAVE HALL
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SHOW MORE RESPECT

With PHIL STOCKLEY

The way to really send me over the edge is to say that ‘all...

With PHIL STOCKLEY
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A Craster conundrum

Millar’s TALES

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

Millar’s TALES
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A websmith’s Handybus that also carries bikes

Former East London DW153 (NDZ 3153), a Wright Handybus new in...

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Who will end this DDA loophole?

The photograph with this letter was taken from inside one of...

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RALLY CALENDAR UPDATE

Full details of these and other events in 2018 and early 2019...

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FLEETNEWS IRELAND

PAUL SAVAGE & IAN MOLLOY

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

PAUL SAVAGE & IAN MOLLOY

Coventry fleet stays blue in West Midlands rebrand

Wright Eclipse 2-bodied Volvo B7RLE 2145 (BX12 DHV) in the sky...

Routes go as austerity reaches Reading Buses

A stay of execution for council-funded bus routes in Reading...

Bard’s Bus is banished from Birmingham

The Bard’s Bus-branded Enviro400 SN65 OJA Juliet arriving in...

Five Enviro500s added to Auckland sightseeing fleet

PICTURE: SCOTT MITCHELL In New Zealand, Ritchies Transport...

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4WD IN FUNCHAL

PATRICK CROSS

There are few low-floor buses in Madeira and, as PATRICK CROSS...

PATRICK CROSS
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Service 27 shortened in West London changes

Cross-London route 27 (Chalk Farm-Chiswick Business Park) is...

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A modern age toastrack?

Andy Rigby spotted this creation in Hammersmith on a recent visit...

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FENTON FILE

MIKE FENTON

Optare Solos may be commonplace, but two doors and a slim extra...

MIKE FENTON
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Mr Darcy was filmed somewhere else

Bob Hind (Buses last month) is mistaken when he said, in his...

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In Fleet News this month

JOHN G. LIDSTONE With additional material compiled LAWRIE BOWLES and JOHN YOUNG

FLEETNEWS ENGLAND & WALES Arriva Yorkshire 1815 (YJ08...

JOHN G. LIDSTONE With additional material compiled LAWRIE BOWLES and JOHN YOUNG