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Latest news written with authority

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Buses take the strain during summer rail works

Additional peak hour buses were provided on three routes while...

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VINTAGE FENTON FILE

MIKE FENTON

MIKE FENTON has dug through his own collection of photographs...

MIKE FENTON
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Seaford’s fundraising running day

PRESERVATION UPDATE PETER ROWLANDS TERRY BLACKMAN...

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In Fleet News this month

David J. Stanier

BODY TYPE AB Articulated single-deck bus AC Articulated coach...

David J. Stanier
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Arriva UK by road and rail

ALAN MILLAR

Title: 2017 Arriva UK Fleet Book Author: Andrew Woolhouse Publisher:...

ALAN MILLAR
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MCV SUPPLYING FROM AFAR

DAVID BARROW

DAVID BARROW finds out the story behind the Egyptian bodybuilder’s...

DAVID BARROW
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Go South Coast places £13m order for 2017/18

Go South Coast has placed a £13million-plus order with Alexander...

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Arriva expands in Croatia

GLOBAL NEWS A Setra S516HD coach in the Autotrans fleet....

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Bendybuses for the suburbs?

MARK LYONS

Mayor’s deputy also hints at trolleybus revival for new developments...

MARK LYONS
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Lost in translation

Millar’s TALES

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

Millar’s TALES
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Why foist a London design on Bristol and beyond?

Allan Macfarlane, Bristol

The rear of the upper deck of First West of England 39401, to...

Allan Macfarlane, Bristol
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LVVS Leyland in heritage hues

STEPHEN WHITELEY The Lincolnshire Vintage Vehicle Society...

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FLEETNEWS IRELAND

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

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THE MINIBUS MAESTRO

DAVID LEEDER

Harry Blundred, one of the most colourful and influential busmen...

DAVID LEEDER
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IMBERBUS 2017

A newly re-roofed extra-long Routemaster was the best-kept surprise...

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Diamond nets Little Gem in second Rotala purchase

Rotala has made its second operator purchase in a month, acquiring...

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McGill’s signals growth ambitions as ex-Arriva CEO joins board

McGill’s Bus Service has flagged up its ambitions for further...

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Grande West reports first profitable quarter

A 35ft Grande West Vicinity operating with T3 Transit in Charlottetown,...

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Van Hool hydrogen pair shipped to the UK

JAN DE VRIES

Tower Transit BH63102 and BH63101, the Van Hool A330s for route...

JAN DE VRIES
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Yellow years at Arbroath

My item in August ‘Tales’ about Southdown-style coach TUF...

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Bob Hind, the Arctic Circle, pelicans and puffins

Alan Howarth, Lower Cumberworth, W Yorks

I have much enjoyed Bob Hind’s tales of bus travel around various...

Alan Howarth, Lower Cumberworth, W Yorks
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Midlands return for BMMO S23

One of the last of Midland Red’s own built BMMO S23 single-deckers...

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Adding colour to Burwell & District

It is unlikely that anyone knows as much about Burwell & District...

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OPTARE WIRES IN

ALAN MILLAR

Reinvented as the UK’s first all-new battery electric double-decker,...

ALAN MILLAR

Two Welsh independents reach end of the road

The demise of two Welsh independent operators in one case marks...

Stagecoach offers Appleby a commercial lifeline

Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire is introducing a new commercial...

PTE finds replacements for all BrightBus routes

BrightBus 6330 (F330 UJN), a 106-seat Duple Metsec-bodied Dennis...

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Double events in Leicester

PRESERVATION UPDATE The Leicester Heritage Transport Trust is...

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FLEET IN FOCUS BL TRAVEL

The first BL Travel bus bought new, Optare Versa YJ12 GVO, in...

Germany funds two-year electrification drive

The German government is providing financial support for 250...