BURTON DAIMLER BLASTS THROUGH BAKEWELL
PICTURE: HOWARD WILDE The annual Peak Park Preserved Bus Gathering,...
Rural routes beyond home town boundaries
One of Walsall’s Willowbrook-bodied Bedford SBOs, 296 (XDH...
Transport for London pulls 'creepy' ad
Transport for London has ordered that advertisements for the Channel 4 programme 'Naked Attraction' are removed from buses on its services
MARK LYONSDriver shortages across the country
Driver shortages are spreading in other parts of the country, with some operators now reducing or withdrawing services temporarily
DAVID JENKINS
Lothian set to become Edinburgh’s multi-modal operator
Revised plans from the City of Edinburgh Council are to transform Lothian Buses into a business charged with delivering multi-modal public transport
ALAN MILLAR
Fares fair 40 years on
It is 40 years since the Labour-led Greater London Council introduced its ‘Fare’s fair’ policy which saw bus and tube fares cut by 32%
MARK LYONS
London Bus Museum to hold route 93 running day
Running day follows museum's successful route 65 event
MARK LYONS
Salzburg says goodbye to Gräf & Stift trolleybuses
Salzburg has retired the final examples of its first-generation low-floor Gräf & Stift articulated trolleybuses
Martin Bensley
Wrightbus to hire 300 new staff
Wrightbus has announced it will create up to 300 new permanent jobs, after recent success with vehicle orders in the UK and Ireland
FENTON FILE
In his continuing quest of the unusual, MIKE FENTON offers his...
MIKE FENTON
RIDING A TAILWIND
Alexander Dennis provides an update to the media, highlighting...
JAMES DAY reports
Ambitious plan to electrify principal TrawsCymru route
Optare Tempo YA13 AAJ in Betws-y-coed on the new...
ACROSS WALES
In the first of two articles, MALCOLM COWTAN begins a journey on the T2 from Bangor to Aberystwyth in March 2020, just before the pandemic began in earnest.
MALCOLM COWTAN
SHOW SEASON RETURNS
JAMES DAY attends ITT Hub 2021, reporting on what was on show...
James Day
PRESERVATION UPDATE: GATESHEAD DEBUT FOR TWO OLYMPIANS
Two newly restored Olympians — one Leyland and one Volvo — were among the stand-out participants in this year’s North East Bus Preservation Trust rally at the Metrocentre in Gateshead on July 22.
I’M KEEPING MY MASK ON
Masks would have been a small price to pay for the abolition of social distancing
James Day
LOOK IN ON LONDON
Abellio West London will operate route 111 (Heathrow – Kingston) from next April.
MARK LYONS
THE RISE AND DECLINE OF ARRIVA
DAVID JENKINS looks over the history of Arriva, and assesses...
DAVID JENKINS
In Fleet News this month - ENGLAND & WALES
JOHN G. LIDSTONE With additional material compiled LAWRIE BOWLES and JOHN YOUNG
JOHN G. LIDSTONE With additional material compiled LAWRIE BOWLES and JOHN YOUNG
A DAY OUT ON HULLEY’S
Following the company’s centenary in April, JOHN YOUNG samples...
JOHN YOUNG
Fastrack ZEBRA winners announced
Six local authorities have been named by the Department for Transport as the first potential recipients of the Zero Emission Bus Regional Area (ZEBRA) funding
DAVID JENKINSEnviro400XLBs join Cambridge Busway network route B
Stagecoach East is making several service changes to its Cambridgeshire Busway network, with Alexander Dennis Enviro400XLB 100-seaters entering service on route B
King Harry Coaches acquired by Truronian
The coaches will become the first vehicles to adopt a new ‘Truronian Classic’ sub brand
Go-Ahead aims to be carbon neutral by 2045
Go-Ahead plans to convert its entire 5,000-strong bus fleet to zero emission by 2035
Hull Trains director to take charge of TfL buses
Louise Cheeseman will be TfL's new director of buses from August 2
Did Lillyhall give Lily an extra door?
Alan Millar’s sideways view of the bus scenePlease send any...