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Latest news written with authority

Pandemic decimates services

The coronavirus pandemic led to a massive and rapid reduction...

The highlights of 74 years of Wrights

Alan Millar reviews Wrightbus – From 1946 to New

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INSIDE TRACK: The pandemic crisis

Just before the 2009 swine flu outbreak...

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COMMENT: National emergency

If it had not already struck home, the gravity of the coronavirus pandemic...

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Fleet News England & Wales: May 2020

Welcome to Fleet News for England and Wales May 2020...

Stagecoach’s doomed Gold brand and Ensignbus’s silver and blue

The Chinese factory producing Northcord’s models has returned to work

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London-style for all?

Brought up to appreciate the simplicity and unity of London’s bus network...

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PUBLICITY MATTERS: Joined-up journeys

A community rail partnership in the East Midlands has teamed up with bus and train operators...

Love affair with Glasgow’s unloved trolleys

Alan Millar reviews a new publication...

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Contrasting fortunes

DAVID JENKINS begins his look at current developments in Greater Anglia...

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PRESERVATION UPDATE: Coronavirus ravages rally season

Government advice on controlling the coronavirus pandemic brought this year’s rally season
to an abrupt halt...

When Salisbury Reds embraced electrification

Alan Millar reviews the Salisbury Reds video...

Brighton & Hove to go exact fare only

Brighton & Hove Buses says its drivers will not give out change to those paying by cash on its services from next Wednesday, 15 April.

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Buses Magazine April 2020

Welcome to Buses Magazine April 2020

TfGM ‘blocking government aid’, says Peddle

Prominent bus industry entrepreneur Julian Peddle says Transport for Greater Manchester is blocking the flow of government help available to keep vital daytime services running to carry essential workers to hospitals and other establishments.

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Buses Magazine April 2020

The full issue in page-turning format

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Chasing through the Cheviots

PICTURE VIEW Peter Hogg operates the cross-border service...

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Provincial survived right through to the 2000s

I was pleased to see the 50th anniversary of the sale of the...

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Queen Mary joins London Country celebration

There was a Southdown connection at the Epping Ongar Railway’s...

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Flixbus expands into UK

German long haul scheduled coach giant Flixbus is marking seven...

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Another major group’s 2020 Handbook

Title: 2020 Arriva Bus Handbook Editors: Bill Potter & Stuart...

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Lothian MD Richard Hall resigns

Lothian Buses managing director Richard Hall stepped down from...

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Oxford Bus says PickMeUp ‘remains a financial challenge’

Oxford Bus Company has admitted that its 18-month-old PickMeUp...

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Flixbus heads for Africa, tries solar panels

Flixbus has taken its first steps into Africa, connecting 27...

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Branding adds speedy wings to the X140

Route branding has been applied to some of Metroline’s Wright...

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A fitting honour from Stagecoach

I’m pleased to learn that Stagecoach has named a double-decker...

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PACER REPURPOSED

As train leasing companies explore repurposing opportunities...

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Stop took name from shop closed 90 years earlier

Roger A. Smith (You Write, February) mentions a bus stop that...

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Air-conditioned CMB Condor returns to Hong Kong

The first air-conditioned member of the China Motor Bus (CMB)...

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Govt pledges £5bn for buses and bikes

Operators and transport authorities have responded positively...