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BRANDING’S FOUR Rs

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

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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

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

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BEYOND THE M60

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

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Educate pedestrians before redesigning vehicles

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

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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

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

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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

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

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First should prioritise passengers over shareholders

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

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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

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

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£170M funding for England

The UK government has launched four bid-for funds of £170million...

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Wrights’ Barnett joins Translink

Former Wrightbus business development director David Barnett...

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Malaga to test driverless Irizar on city streets

The Spanish city of Malaga is set to be the first in Europe to...

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SHORT HOPS

■ TOWER TRANSIT has ordered 37 Optare Metrodecker EV electric...

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Ay up, it’s Hulleys

Hulleys of Baslow, the Derbyshire independent set to celebrate...

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One of First’s Leeds Connexions

PICTUREVIEW Connexions Buses has been operating half-hourly...

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Multi-operator tickets would speed passengers’ journeys

The readers’ letters about ticketing and bus stops (You Write,...

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New Year link to Street

The Bristol Road Transport Collection organised the operation...

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Arriva and Warrington step in with rapid replacements

Arriva North West and Warrington’s Own Buses moved quickly...

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FLEETNEWS IRELAND

TRANSLINK Volvo 7900e 201 D 5834, the first commercial electric...