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Australian on-demand service costs over £50 per passenger

Figures obtained by the New South Wales press in Australia have...

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BLAKEY MAY NOT BE DEAD

It would appear that layers of some bus companies’ management...

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Westminster sets out Oxford Street plans as assembly urges mayor to act

Westminster City Council has outlined what it describes as an...

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Is this Derwent the longest lasting roadside café bus?

David Bell says that this former Midland Red Ford R192 with Plaxton...

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Physically attacked on south-east London routes

Has any one of those people photographed outside the Houses of...

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MTT showcases OB and Metrobus

■ PICTURES: MARK YOUDAN Two recent restorations were among...

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Short notice registrations for many Strathclyde tendered services

McGill’s J7800 (YJ58 PKY), an Optare Solo M780SE new to Henderson...

Go-Ahead starts using opp-charged Volvos in London

Wright SRM-bodied Volvo B5LHC VHP1 (BV18 YAD) in Wandsworth on...

Last minute reprieve for some Northamptonshire rural links

Following the withdrawal of county council subsidies (Buses August),...

Inter-group cooperation ends in Colchester

At short notice at the end of July, Arriva and First stopped...

First acquires a 70-vehicle Canadian schoolbus operator

First has expanded its presence in eastern Canada by acquiring...

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THE NORFOLK BROADS

For the second of his rides around a national park*, former Arriva...

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New light priorities signalled as penalty enforcement remains patchy

Transport for London has awarded a 10-year contract to Siemens...

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Titan returns to Saffron Lane

My thanks to Adrian Rodgers for revealing the fine artwork that...

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CHESTER SINCE 1967

PAUL CHANCELLOR uses photographs from the Colour-Rail photograph...

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Preserved VR has 1980s West Yorkshire livery

The preserved West Yorkshire Road Car Bristol VR illustrated...

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McGill’s shows Western Leopard

■ PICTURE: DAVID McGEACHAN Adding a bus dimension to a rally...

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Those white coaches could have been yellow

Title: National Express Coaches Author: Keith A. Jenkinson ...

Merseyside keeps all options open

All options — from strengthening the existing bus alliance...

Walsall Trident set for Gaydon

BUSES FESTIVAL An Alexander Dennis ALX400- bodied Trident newly...

Stagecoach SW’s Williams to head Reading Buses

Robert Williams Martijn Gilbert Stagecoach South West...

Good news for Irizar from the gents of Aix

The south-eastern French city of Aix-en- Provence is the latest...

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Optare wins first orders for its four-year-old Metrodecker

Reading Buses has applied Green Line livery to 899 (YJ16 DFG),...

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D&G’s 130 fails to take off against Arriva

D&G Bus’s complementary service to Arriva’s Sapphire 130...

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Bus station with public park for Stockport

Greater Manchester Combined Authority has agreed plans for a...

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Spain’s CAF buys Solaris

One of five opportunity charged electric Solaris Urbino 12s operated...

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Low-hanging trees and cabling postpone conversions

New Metroline VMH2458 (LK18 AKU), an MCV EvoSeti-bodied Volvo...

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They’re red double-deckers… whichever way you view them

Such is the association of London with its red double-deckers...

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Why are two Coastliner seats low back?

Last week I took a trip on one of the new Enviro400 MMC double-deckers...

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Paladin back in ABC red

Making its debut in original livery at the Keighley Bus Museum...