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Stagecoach orders UK’s first short-wheelbase B8RLEs

Stagecoach is Volvo’s first customer for the short wheelbase...

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An inspirational tale of preservation folk

Title: Bridgeton by BridgetonAuthor: Ed BonnerPublisher: Glasgow...

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Founders start reducing their Stagecoach shareholdings

Stagecoach co-founders Sir Brian Souter and Dame Ann Gloag have...

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South East Bus Festival to return in October

The organisers of the annual South East Bus Festival have confirmed...

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New trolleybuses for Minsk

The Belarus city of Minsk has ordered 150 new silent servants...

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Timebus commemorates 50 years since RLHs left service

London Bus Company RLH71 and RLH53 seen on Walis Road, Hackney....

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British Titan earns a stamp of approval

Alan Millar’s sideways view of the bus scene Please...

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BLINDS MAN FOR BUFFS

STEPHEN MORRIS meets a glass engineer who has diversified into...

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Date and venue change for 2021 Buses Festival

NEWSEvent moves to August 8 at East of England Showground, Peterborough,...

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US shows why municipal provision works best for communities

I am a firm advocate of municipal transport operation as I believe...

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Stagecoach sticks with its heritage fleet

PRESERVATION UPDATE ECW-bodied Bristol Lodekka FLF6G...

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In Fleet News this month

FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES  JOHN G. LIDSTONE With additional material compiled...

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Revisit the atmosphere of 1970s London

REVIEWS Title: London Buses, Coaches and Recollections...

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Buses Magazine June 2021

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Megasightseeing ends as Stagecoach launches joint venture with Grupo Julià

Stagecoach has announced a joint venture with City Sightseeing, which starts on May 20

Founders start reducing their Stagecoach shareholdings

Sir Brian Souter and Dame Ann Gloag plan to reduce their combined shareholding from 27.1% to 5% over ten years

Newport Transport to double electric fleet with new Yutong order

When the new batch arrives, a third of the operator's fleet will be zero emission

Transdev Blazefield acquires Yorkshire Tiger bus operations

Deal includes two depots, 61 buses and the transfer of 163 staff

Historic scene recreated at Route 65 road run

In lieu of the traditional spring gathering, the London Bus museum recreated the April 1939 photoshoot involving RT1 on Ham Common

James Armstrong appointed Scania (Great Britain) managing director

James Armstrong will take up the role from July 1, 2021

TfL confirms heritage Routemasters won’t return

Transport for London's Routemaster operated route 15H (Tower Hill – Trafalgar Square) will not run again

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Buses Magazine May 2021

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First SW expands commercially

First South West has revealed more plans to expand commercially...

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Open-tops return as English lockdown begins to be eased

Several operators have confirmed plans to restart open-top services...

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First acquires 200-schoolbus Nebraska fleet

First Student, FirstGroup’s North American yellow schoolbus...

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Trackless on Manx Proms

Alan Millar’s sideways view of the bus scene Please...

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MUSEUM GUIDE 2021/22

The bus and general transport museums of Britain and Ireland...

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Wilmslow is lucky to be served by D&G

You writeThese are letters pages and the views expressed therein...

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Cannock yard was completely open plan

I worked as a driver at Cannock garage from the day it opened...

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A Swindon & District Olympian wins its stripes

PICTURE: DAVE ROGERSThomas Daubney has completed his set of Swindon...