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Rotherham Daimler settled at Beamish

As reported in September Fleet News, Rotherham Corporation 220...

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CAMERON’S CAMERA

Ken Cameron’s scene from a past decade was taken at Whitesands...

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Go-Ahead is first of the 2020 Handbooks

ALAN MILLAR

Title: 2020 Go-Ahead Bus Handbook Editors: Mark Lyons,...

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Widely regarded operator Jim Stones to retire

One of the best-regarded independent local bus operators in the...

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Northcord to model Enviro400 City

Northcord Model Company has reached a licensing agreement with...

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NatEx-owned ALSA orders 700 buses for Casablanca network

National Express-owned ALSA has ordered 700 Mercedes-Benz and...

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Green Line 758 loses its coaches

Arriva Southern Counties has had to substitute buses for coaches...

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A puzzle beyond centenarians?

Howard Piltz was unable to resist this jigsaw puzzle he spotted...

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MUNICIPAL MOURNING

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The sudden demise of Halton Transport is another sad step in...

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Halton folds after 111 years

Six-figure loss leaves just eight arms length municipals ...

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Bristols salute the X90

Two preserved ECW-bodied Bristols helped mark the Oxford Bus...

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Corporation began operation in the Edwardian decade

One of the minority of municipal undertakings not to run trams,...

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Pronto partners part as Trent Barton withdraws

Trent Barton has withdrawn from the Chesterfield-Mansfield-Nottingham...

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Three more small independents reach end of the road

Kent coach operator Carol Peters and West Yorkshire independent...

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Trolleybus reprieve as Schaffhausen buys electrics

The VBSH municipal in the Swiss town of Schaffhausen plans to...

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TravelWatch demands action as ridership and speeds fall farther

London TravelWatch has set out a five-point improvement plan...

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Arriva Garston garage redevelopment on hold

Watford Borough Council has refused planning permission for 165...

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DOUBLES UP

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With passenger numbers up by 12% over two years, Scottish Citylink...

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GOSPORT & FAREHAM

Although it became part of the National Bus Company 50 years...

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Cornwall demands driving skills

Rick Squirrell, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham

John Young’s interesting article about Cornwall (Buses last...

Rick Squirrell, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham
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Black Prince Vecta returns to Morley

PICTURE: DANIEL STAZICKER Stephen Whiteley’s 1995 Optare...

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SCOTTISH COLUMN Jamieson becomes Britain’s northernmost operator

At the start of the year, Jamieson of Cullivoe on the Shetland...

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Why BET might have been better off with Bristols

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Title: Red, cream and a touch of Gray Authors: Colin Scott ...

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Peddle makes a Sn-ap decision

Industry entrepreneur, Buses Inside Track columnist and Omnibus...

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Gough billed to succeed Bickerton at Reading Buses

BUS PEOPLE RATP London’s head of engineering, Bill Gough...

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Berlin abandons its Primove induction electrics

Berlin transport undertaking BVG has abandoned a showcase project...

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Cuts and extensions are proposed for Beckton

Transport for London is proposing changes to routes in the Beckton...

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Magnificent murals of Madeira

Peter Ramsell has returned from Madeira with these views of bus-themed...

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CLYNNOG & TREFOR COMMUNITY-OWNED SURVIVOR

MALCOLM COWTAN

MALCOLM COWTAN meets the directors of a north Wales operator...

MALCOLM COWTAN
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Public’s support is essential

D. R. Smith, Stamford Cardiff City Transport general manager 1971-86

In December 1945, West Yorkshire Road Car introduced a revised...

D. R. Smith, Stamford Cardiff City Transport general manager 1971-86