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FoKAB reschedules, Alton Rally cancels

PRESERVATION UPDATE Lack of clarity on social distancing...

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Burnham backs franchising by 2025

A single identity is planned for buses, trams and trains in Greater...

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FLEETNEWS IRELAND

Where to send your reports ››››Send your reports on Northern...

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Torbay spends savings on subsidising services

Torbay Council is using part of a £4million underspend on children’s...

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REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL

Passengers boarding Lynx 23 (YJ60 KAK), an Optare Tempo new to...

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TfL budget extension

Commissioner says DfT is asking questions but not negotiating...

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Barton hangs on in Melton Mowbray

Famed above all else as the home of pork pies and Stilton cheese,...

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AN ENGLISH REVOLUTION

It is hard to understate the amount of change heralded in Bus...

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Swestrans should ask SPT to fix its information problem

Steven Ardron’s Room for Improvement article (Publicity Matters...

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Ward’s Seddons all had Perkins V8 engines

Last month’s Made in Yorkshire feature made mention of one...

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Hong Kong Van Hool is set for restoration

Wiltshire-based Hong Kong bus collector Dave Rogers has continued...

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Concern raised over autonomous buses in hard shoulders

SCOTTISH COLUMNFLEETNEWS SCOTLAND Stagecoach and Transport...

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First shrinks as Go-Ahead goes on growing

Title: 2021 First Bus HandbookEditors: John Birtwistle, Bill...

NCT managing director Mark Fowles retires

Mark Fowles has accumulated 27 years of service with Nottingham City Transport

Van Hool UK replaces Arriva Bus and Coach

Van Hool UK Ltd has been set up by the Belgian manufacturer to continue offering coaches and aftersales support

CPT launches coach strategy campaigns

Strategy calls for millions in government grants, extension on loan repayments and the promotion of coach travel

Coach industry warns of ‘coach deserts’ if support not given

Some of the difficulties facing the coach industry have been laid bare to MPs

National Express 2020 results reveal full COVID impact

After a strong January and February, operator reveals £380m loss for 2020

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Remote working ‘could benefit buses but increase subsidy’

The Welsh government expects the increase in working from, or...

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THE WILMSLOW WILDERNESS

INSIDE TRACK It has always interested me why there are,...

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LEZ changes hit cross-border routes

LOOK IN ON LONDONOperators given three months’ grace to complete...

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Did it grow into a Metrobus?

Did this Fiat 126 turn into an MCW Metrobus when it grew up?Terry...

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A QUESTION OF SCALE

COMMENT How big should a regional bus company be? Compact...

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Council views Hunstanton bus station as entirely superfluous

Your article in Buses last month concerning the closure of Hunstanton...

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Beer & Buses misses a second year

PRESERVATION UPDATE The Isle of Wight Bus Museum’s...

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Restoration work progresses on Adelaide Daimler

The Sydney Bus Museum is progressing with the restoration of...

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Volvo Bus and Mercedes-Benz skip Busworld Europe

Volvo and Mercedes-Benz/Setra parent Daimler Buses have decided...

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Bolton Metroshuttle shelved after funding is cut

Bolton’s free Metroshuttle town centre service 500 is to end...

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Keolis orders 22 Volvo 9700 double-deckers

Keolis has ordered 22 of Volvo’s new 9700 DD double-deck coaches...