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SUBURBAN SUPERLOOP PLANNED AS CENTRAL CUTS START

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced plans to create...

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PATCHWORK DOUBLE-DECKERS BACK ON THE SOUTH BANK

Seventy years on, they’ve been remembering the 1951 Festival...

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BUSES FESTIVAL 2023 – SPEAKER CONFIRMED AND FLYPAST SECURED

Buses Festival will once again be held at Sywell Aerodrome in...

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IN FLEET NEWS THIS MONTH

JOHN G. LIDSTONE With additional material compiled LAWRIE BOWLES and JOHN YOUNG

A BODY TYPE AB Articulated single-deck bus AC Articulated coachB...

JOHN G. LIDSTONE With additional material compiled LAWRIE BOWLES and JOHN YOUNG
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RATP TO REVIEW ITS LONDON OPERATIONS

RATP Group’s annual accounts, published on March 3, showed...

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Martin Gibbon to become MD of Stagecoach South Wales

Martin Gibbon is currently operations director of Stagecoach...

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BUSSING IN THE LAKES

Is the superb scenery in the Lake District matched by superb...

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LATEST LOOK AT ARRIVA AND NATIONAL EXPRESS

Titles: 2023 Arriva Bus Handbook 15th Edition National Express...

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WATERSIDE WAY CLOSES

Go-Ahead London’s Waterside Way base closed on March 24 as...

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NEAT WILES VISTA WOWS RAIL RIDERS

Harry Barker, who chairs the East Lothian Community Rail Partnership,...

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A CENTURY OF ASSISTANCE

With the Transport Benevolent Fund CIO (TBF) reaching its centenary...

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YOU WRITE

These are letters pages and the views expressed therein are purely...

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THE COACH THAT FLEW BY NIGHT

MODEL OF THE MONTH Vehicle: Eastern Scottish Seddon...

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MAIDENHEAD LOSES HEATHROW LINK

First Beeline has rerouted service 4 to run between Heathrow...

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Buses hosts Scotland conference

As part of a two-day event at Voco Grand Central, Glasgow, Buses...

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COACHING SHOWCASE RETURNS

ANDREW JAROSZ reports from the fifth UK Coach Rally in Blackpool...

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FLEET IN FOCUS

SCOTLAND SANDY MACDONALD

E Stott & Sons Based: Head Office and depot – Colne...

SCOTLAND SANDY MACDONALD
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POLITICIANS INTERESTED AT LAST?

Early in March, my attention was drawn to a BBC Radio 4 programme,...

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ROGER SETS UP SHOP AT BROOKLANDS

Arather neat addition made to the displays at the London Bus...

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Alexander Dennis to manufacture electric buses at Larbert

Alexander Dennis has announced plans to expand its Larbert head...

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LAKES PRE-STAGECOACH

IAIN MACGREGOR

Although many visitors travelled aboard the main Lake District...

IAIN MACGREGOR
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THE BYGONE DAYS OF BUS CONDUCTING

Title: A London Busman’s Career, 1946-1972Author: Laurie Akehurst...

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LONDON UNITED LOSES ROUTE 9 TO METROLINE

London United will lose the contract to operate route 9 (Aldwych...

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KINGSBRIDGE GAINS A HISTORICAL LANDMARK

The south Devon town of Kingsbridge will be familiar to many...

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A NETWORK OF COLLEAGUES

For the first time since the pandemic, the Confederation of Passenger...

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FLEETLINE FROM WIRRAL BATTLE

Memories of the early 1990s battles between the former PTE operators...

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Buses Magazine May 2023

The full issue in page-turning format

The Scottish government’s vision for buses

Jenny Gilruth, Scottish Minister for Transport, gives the opening presentation at the Public Transport Scotland 2023 conference's Buses in Scotland day

The recruitment crisis - Alan Millar

Buses Magazine's consultant editor, Alan Millar, examines the industry's recruitment crisis at the Public Transport Scotland 2023 conference's Buses in Scotland day

CAVForth autonomous bus trial - Stagecoach

Steven Russell from Stagecoach discusses the CAVForth AV trial at the Public Transport Scotland 2023 conference's Buses in Scotland day