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Latest news written with authority

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A heritage Routemaster with a band of gold

MODELS OF THE MONTH Vehicle: Stagecoach London AEC/Park...

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ALWAYS SEND A LARGE STAMPED ADDRESSED ENVELOPE

When writing to event organisers for information, ALWAYS send...

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Citybus changes increase P&R competition

Network changes at Plymouth Citybus from 23 February doubled...

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Kaunus says farewell to Skoda trolleybuses

PICTURE: GUNTER MACKINGER Kaunus, Lithuania’s second-largest...

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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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...

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Strasbourg takes delivery of first production Aptis

The French city of Strasbourg has taken delivery of the first...

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Multi-door boarding ending on all New Routemasters

Following a trial on route 8 (Bow-Tottenham Court Road), the...

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Kuwait’s double-deckers are not as depicted

Had I not known any better, I could have become highly excited...

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TWO CITIES PLUG IN

Glasgow and Salisbury have ushered in the 2020s with small pioneering...

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Puma was an AEC or Albion, not an ACE

The Wright Contour-bodied Puma coach that Mike Fenton mentioned...

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Better to wait and make time than arrive ahead of schedule

I do not live or work in London and fully accept that Aberdeenshire...

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Rotherham Daimler settled at Beamish

As reported in September Fleet News, Rotherham Corporation 220...

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CAMERON’S CAMERA

Ken Cameron’s scene from a past decade was taken at Whitesands...

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Go-Ahead is first of the 2020 Handbooks

Title: 2020 Go-Ahead Bus Handbook Editors: Mark Lyons,...

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Widely regarded operator Jim Stones to retire

One of the best-regarded independent local bus operators in the...

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Northcord to model Enviro400 City

Northcord Model Company has reached a licensing agreement with...

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NatEx-owned ALSA orders 700 buses for Casablanca network

National Express-owned ALSA has ordered 700 Mercedes-Benz and...

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Green Line 758 loses its coaches

Arriva Southern Counties has had to substitute buses for coaches...

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A puzzle beyond centenarians?

Howard Piltz was unable to resist this jigsaw puzzle he spotted...

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MUNICIPAL MOURNING

The sudden demise of Halton Transport is another sad step in...

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Halton folds after 111 years

Six-figure loss leaves just eight arms length municipals ...

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Bristols salute the X90

Two preserved ECW-bodied Bristols helped mark the Oxford Bus...

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Corporation began operation in the Edwardian decade

One of the minority of municipal undertakings not to run trams,...

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Pronto partners part as Trent Barton withdraws

Trent Barton has withdrawn from the Chesterfield-Mansfield-Nottingham...

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Three more small independents reach end of the road

Kent coach operator Carol Peters and West Yorkshire independent...