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Lothian set to become Edinburgh’s multi-modal operator

ALAN MILLAR

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
LondonTransport RML2452 News Premium

Fares fair 40 years on

MARK LYONS

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
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London Bus Museum to hold route 93 running day

MARK LYONS

Running day follows museum's successful route 65 event

MARK LYONS
Salzburg’s Gräf & Stift 245 News Premium

Salzburg says goodbye to Gräf & Stift trolleybuses

Martin Bensley

Salzburg has retired the final examples of its first-generation low-floor Gräf & Stift articulated trolleybuses

Martin Bensley
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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

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Buses Magazine September 2021

The full issue in page-turning format

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Wise words on Delta lookalike

No one lived and breathed Optare as long as former commercial...

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FENTON FILE

MIKE FENTON

In his continuing quest of the unusual, MIKE FENTON offers his...

MIKE FENTON
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RIDING A TAILWIND

JAMES DAY reports

Alexander Dennis provides an update to the media, highlighting...

JAMES DAY reports
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Ambitious plan to electrify principal TrawsCymru route

Optare Tempo YA13 AAJ in Betws-y-coed on the new...

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ACROSS WALES

MALCOLM COWTAN

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
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SHOW SEASON RETURNS

James Day

JAMES DAY attends ITT Hub 2021, reporting on what was on show...

James Day
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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.

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I’M KEEPING MY MASK ON

James Day

Masks would have been a small price to pay for the abolition of social distancing

James Day
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LOOK IN ON LONDON

MARK LYONS

Abellio West London will operate route 111 (Heathrow – Kingston) from next April.

MARK LYONS
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READING BETWEEN THE LINES

PAST & PRESENTThe surviving municipal operator nearest to London...

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THE RISE AND DECLINE OF ARRIVA

DAVID JENKINS

DAVID JENKINS looks over the history of Arriva, and assesses...

DAVID JENKINS
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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
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A DAY OUT ON HULLEY’S

JOHN YOUNG

Following the company’s centenary in April, JOHN YOUNG samples...

JOHN YOUNG
Volvo 7900E demonstrator in use on the Fastrack network at Greenhithe station in May 2018 News Premium

Fastrack ZEBRA winners announced

DAVID JENKINS

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 JENKINS

Enviro400XLBs 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

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Did Lillyhall give Lily an extra door?

Alan Millar’s sideways view of the bus scenePlease send any...

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ELECTRIC DREAM

The bus fleet at Newport Transport is in the process of a complete...

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Return of the Royal Blue Run

PICTURE: DWR PICTURE LIBRARYTwelve preserved coaches and one...

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Present day operation in one of the Outer Hebrides

Author: Richard Walter

Title: Buses on the Western Isles Publisher: Amberley Publishing...

Author: Richard Walter
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Oxford Street to be cut in two

Westminster City Council and The Crown Estate have published...

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UK home for US Ford

Warwick Hulme found this North American schoolbus, a Ford E350...