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Latest news written with authority

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In Fleet News this month

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

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Major management changes across group

Stagecoach has continued to implement changes in top people across...

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Oxford commemorates a landmark Leyland

ALAN MILLAR

MODEL OF THE MONTH Vehicle: A1 Service allLeyland Titan...

ALAN MILLAR
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Traffic commissioner terminates troubled Target Travel

Plymouth independent Target Travel’s operator licence was revoked...

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BRANDING’S FOUR Rs

With PHIL STOCKLEY

Everyone seems to have an opinion about branding. So, as I read...

With PHIL STOCKLEY
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New World First Bus puts its first Wright Gemini 3 Volvos into service

PICTURE: JOSEPH K. K. LEE The first of seven Wright Gemini...

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Is Quality Line quitting Surrey routes?

RATP London’s Quality Line operation has cancelled its registrations...

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TOP CLASS

ALAN MILLAR reports.

First Eastern Counties has invested over £5million in a new...

ALAN MILLAR reports.
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BEYOND THE M60

MARTIN ARTHUR, HOWARD LUNN

As the city region prepares for the possible franchising of its...

MARTIN ARTHUR, HOWARD LUNN
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Educate pedestrians before redesigning vehicles

Allan Macfarlane, Bristol

I have been bemused by the reports in Look in on London and elsewhere...

Allan Macfarlane, Bristol
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VRTs return to Red Bus country

Six ECW-bodied Bristol VRT/SL3 double-deckers — five of them...

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Stagecoach dons new clothes

The longer distance, standard and specialist service liveries...

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Definitive story of smart seaside Sunbeams and BUTs

James Prince

Title: Bournemouth Trolleybuses Authors: David R. H. Bowler...

James Prince
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NatEx lands prime Irish slot

National Express is moving into Ireland after winning the exclusive...

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Rotala and Translink place Wright orders

Rotala, Bus Vannin and Northern Ireland state-owned Translink...

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First expands its Canadian schoolbus operation

First Student, the UK group’s North American yellow schoolbus...

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Metroline to pilot pedestrian and cyclist friendly lighting on 24 double-deckers

Metroline is piloting a vehicle avoidance lateral lights (VALLs)...

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Third world ’shelter’ for first world city

Major roadworks at Headrow in Leeds city centre took some of...

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It began 68 years ago

Today’s service 900 was originally numbered 309, then 15 from...

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FENTON FILE

MIKE FENTON

This Mercedes-Benz was unique, the only example of a Formby bodybuilder’s...

MIKE FENTON
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First should prioritise passengers over shareholders

David Allen, Bristol

Your article last month on a change of strategy for FirstGroup...

David Allen, Bristol
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RALLY CALENDAR UPDATE

FEBRUARY 22 MAIDSTONE Vintage Toy Fair, 09.00-14.30, Lockmeadow...

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Electric coaches to provide new Dundee-Edinburgh service

New operator Ember expects to launch the UK’s first inter-city...

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Preserved classics in scenic settings

ALAN MILLAR

Title: Vintage Buses in Glorious Devon Authors: Roger...

ALAN MILLAR
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Buses Magazine February 2020

The full issue in page-turning format

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Trade secretary opens Equipmake facility

International trade secretary — and local MP — Liz Truss...

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Setra retires after 42 years’ public service

One of Europe’s oldest working buses has been withdrawn from...

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Metroline VP-class Presidents bow out

Metroline withdrew the last President-bodied Volvo B7TLs from...

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BRUM GOES SHHH

ALAN MILLAR

Birmingham Airport’s introduction of six opportunity-charged...

ALAN MILLAR
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BLACKBURN & DARWEN

Fifty years ago, these neighbouring towns in east Lancashire...