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Latest news written with authority

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Vienna Regent reached Ossett

The Essex Bus Boys’ round-theworld trip in 940 days (January...

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Stagecoach offers profit sharing in Manchester

Stagecoach has offered to share profits with the Greater Manchester...

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A was for London,Y for Somerset

Title: The Number Plate Book Authors: John Harrison Publisher:...

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Southern Vectis green on Northcord’s latest Enviro400

Vehicle: Go South Coast Southern Vectis Alexander Dennis Enviro400...

Transdev orders 19 Enviro400s for two routes

Transdev Blazefield has ordered 19 Alexander Dennis Enviro400 double-deckers for two of its fleets in Lancashire and Yorkshire, all to replace Wright-bodied Volvos.

First to keep UK bus business

FirstGroup confirmed this morning that it intends to sell all of its North American businesses and turn itself back into an operator solely of buses and trains in the UK and Ireland.

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Buses Magazine March 2020

The full issue in page-turning format

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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...

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Go-Ahead expands with big Cornwall contract win

Plymouth Citybus has won an eight-year contract starting 29 March,...

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Luxembourg gears up for free travel

Fares on buses trams and trains in the state of Luxembourg will...

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New role for early BYDs

Latest awards will put electric double-deckers on three school...

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New WycombeHeathrow express link

Oxford Bus Company starts a new limited stop coach service between...

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TAPPING A RICH SEAM

Tap-&-cap is set to become the new norm for fare collection and...

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PRAISE FOR YNYS MÔN

MALCOLM FLYNN was impressed not just that the council still publishes...

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Good operators have learnt art of managing route branding

I have worked as a driver for three operators, one large national,...

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Renown regains Hutchison hues

Wright Renown-bodied Volvo B10BLE Y182 BGB has returned to the...

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FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND

AAA Coaches, Kirknewton C57Ft-seated Irizar i6S integral AD69...

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NatEx nudges into Nuneaton in apparent tit-for-tat move

In what appears to be a tit-for-tat move for Stagecoach’s new...

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Council drops plans to buy First Glasgow operations

Glasgow City Council is no longer exploring the idea of taking...

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Alexander Dennis to build at least 100 hybrids for Ireland

Transport for Ireland has signed a framework agreement with Alexander...