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Latest news written with authority

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SHORT HOPS

•CONTACTLESS bankcards now account for around 45% of all pay-asyou-...

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PRESERVATION UPDATE

AEC power in action at GCR One of the longest surviving vehicles...

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DOUBLE-DECK BUS

Reading Buses began taking delivery of 17 Alexander Dennis Enviro400CBG...

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First faces possible takeover bid

NEWS FirstGroup faced an uncertain future as we closed for press...

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Bring your bus to Gaydon

BUSES FESTIBEL Entries are starting to flow in from owners of...

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Big Lemon beats target to raise EV bus funds

The second Optare Solo converted last year to electric traction...

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Dunn Group company takes Custom Bus back into British ownership

Custom Bus, the Australian bodybuilder owned for two years by...

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Latest tendered service awards

East Thames Buses DW8 (LF52 TKK), a short wheelbase Wright Cadet-bodied...

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HALFCABS ETCETERA

OUR OCCASIONAL GLIMPSE INTO THE NEW LIVES OF RETIRED BRITISH...

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FLEET IN FOCUS ALPINE TRAVEL

East Lancs Myllennium Vyking-bodied Volvo B7TL BHZ 9546 has a...

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REALISING THE POTENTIAL

DAVID JUKES

It is 31 years since Stagecoach acquired Hampshire Bus from the...

DAVID JUKES
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TfGM consults with 35 operators on franchising proposal

Transport for Greater Manchester has invited 35 operators to...

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Stagecoach redeploys open-top Trident to Eastbourne

The open-topper will complement the Dotto train that Stagecoach...

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Arriva looks north to expand DRT Click service

Arriva hopes to introduce its demand responsive Click minibus...

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French rail strikes boost Flixbus income

A wave of strikes disrupting France’s staterun rail network...

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Yutong E10 begins trials with Arriva in Croydon

The first of two Chinese-built Yutong E10 battery electric demonstrators...

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VINTAGE FENTON FILE

Thornycroft had high hopes for a new range of bus and coach chassis...

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NEW MODELS SPECIAL

LATEST LAUNCHES FROM VOLVO, PLAXTON AND ALEXANDER DENNIS ...

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Little & Often Sprinters to move on

Stagecoach is to revise its Ashford Little & Often minibus operation,...

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TfWM starts planning for 2022 Commonwealth Games

Transport for West Midlands says public transport will form a...

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SMILE PLEASE

With PHIL STOCKLEY

We are a customer service business — everything we do should...

With PHIL STOCKLEY
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Metroline regains the 292

MARK LYONS

Some ground regained but more cross-border cuts are looming ...

MARK LYONS
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Millar’s TALES

This could be the Regal & Shires Simon Brown was...

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PRESERVATION UPDATE

Halfcabs turn heads at Aston Manor Notable performers at the...

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SINGLE-DECK BUS

Arriva North West took delivery of an additional nine gas-fuelled...

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Go-Ahead named preferred bidder for second Dublin contract

Go-Ahead Dublin is set to win a second tranche of bus routes...

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Back to numbers in latest Yellow Buses revamp

RATP-owned Yellow Buses revamped its Bournemouth area route network...

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Congestion hits satisfaction ratings

Passengers in Bournemouth are among the most satisfied in England,...

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Arriva minibuses take over in Sevenoaks

Arriva Southern Counties has introduced a third centre of Mercedes-Benz...

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Trondheim places biggest order yet for Exqui.City

The central Norwegian city of Trondheim has placed the largest...