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Good operators have learnt art of managing route branding

Ken Crawley, Boston, Lincolnshire

I have worked as a driver for three operators, one large national,...

Ken Crawley, Boston, Lincolnshire
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Renown regains Hutchison hues

Wright Renown-bodied Volvo B10BLE Y182 BGB has returned to the...

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FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND

AAA Coaches, Kirknewton C57Ft-seated Irizar i6S integral AD69...

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NatEx nudges into Nuneaton in apparent tit-for-tat move

In what appears to be a tit-for-tat move for Stagecoach’s new...

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Council drops plans to buy First Glasgow operations

Glasgow City Council is no longer exploring the idea of taking...

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Alexander Dennis to build at least 100 hybrids for Ireland

Transport for Ireland has signed a framework agreement with Alexander...

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Strasbourg takes delivery of first production Aptis

The French city of Strasbourg has taken delivery of the first...

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Multi-door boarding ending on all New Routemasters

Following a trial on route 8 (Bow-Tottenham Court Road), the...

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Kuwait’s double-deckers are not as depicted

Had I not known any better, I could have become highly excited...

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TWO CITIES PLUG IN

Glasgow and Salisbury have ushered in the 2020s with small pioneering...

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Puma was an AEC or Albion, not an ACE

The Wright Contour-bodied Puma coach that Mike Fenton mentioned...

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Better to wait and make time than arrive ahead of schedule

Rob Bucher, banff

I do not live or work in London and fully accept that Aberdeenshire...

Rob Bucher, banff
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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,...

ALAN MILLAR
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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

ALAN MILLAR

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

ALAN MILLAR
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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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Buses Magazine February 2020

The full issue in page-turning format

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De Lijn places biggest ever order for VDL hybrids

De Lijn, the state operator in Flemish-speaking Belgium, has...

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Stagecoach and Go-Ahead to swap routes in Bromley

Two routes run currently by Go-Ahead London’s Metrobus operation...

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Ivy clings to a green RML

There’s certainly nothing unusual about a Routemaster on the...

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CONFUSED IN CONWY

RHODRI CLARK

RHODRI CLARK found passengers struggling to locate regular routes...

RHODRI CLARK