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Latest news written with authority

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Newbury Park bus station ‘relisted’

Hallmark 20176 Wright StreetLite DF (BD20 ODT) outside Newbury...

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IMBERBUS BUILDS BACK

After missing a year, Routemasters and other mainly London vehicles...

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Alexander Dennis to supply 20 H2.0 double decks to Liverpool City Region

Alexander Dennis has been selected by the Liverpool City Region...

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CENTENARY GATHERING FOR VILLAGE DEPOT

Fourteen preserved Alexander and Midland Scottish vehicles were...

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FLEET IN FOCUS

ST IVES BUS COMPANY Based: Head Office and depot –...

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First of a definitive trilogy from Malta

Title: MalteseBuses: DBY 300 to DBY 470Authors: Stuart Harvey,...

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Transport for London pulls 'creepy' ad

Transport for London has ordered that advertisements for the Channel 4 programme 'Naked Attraction' are removed from buses on its services

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Driver shortages across the country

Driver shortages are spreading in other parts of the country, with some operators now reducing or withdrawing services temporarily

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Lothian set to become Edinburgh’s multi-modal operator

Revised plans from the City of Edinburgh Council are to transform Lothian Buses into a business charged with delivering multi-modal public transport

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Fares fair 40 years on

It is 40 years since the Labour-led Greater London Council introduced its ‘Fare’s fair’ policy which saw bus and tube fares cut by 32%

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London Bus Museum to hold route 93 running day

Running day follows museum's successful route 65 event

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Salzburg says goodbye to Gräf & Stift trolleybuses

Salzburg has retired the final examples of its first-generation low-floor Gräf & Stift articulated trolleybuses

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Wrightbus to hire 300 new staff

Wrightbus has announced it will create up to 300 new permanent jobs, after recent success with vehicle orders in the UK and Ireland

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Buses Magazine September 2021

The full issue in page-turning format

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I’M KEEPING MY MASK ON

Masks would have been a small price to pay for the abolition of social distancing

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LOOK IN ON LONDON

Abellio West London will operate route 111 (Heathrow – Kingston) from next April.

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READING BETWEEN THE LINES

PAST & PRESENTThe surviving municipal operator nearest to London...

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THE RISE AND DECLINE OF ARRIVA

DAVID JENKINS looks over the history of Arriva, and assesses...

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A DAY OUT ON HULLEY’S

Following the company’s centenary in April, JOHN YOUNG samples...

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Wise words on Delta lookalike

No one lived and breathed Optare as long as former commercial...

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FENTON FILE

In his continuing quest of the unusual, MIKE FENTON offers his...

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RIDING A TAILWIND

Alexander Dennis provides an update to the media, highlighting...

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Ambitious plan to electrify principal TrawsCymru route

Optare Tempo YA13 AAJ in Betws-y-coed on the new...

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ACROSS WALES

In the first of two articles, MALCOLM COWTAN begins a journey on the T2 from Bangor to Aberystwyth in March 2020, just before the pandemic began in earnest.

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SHOW SEASON RETURNS

JAMES DAY attends ITT Hub 2021, reporting on what was on show...

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PRESERVATION UPDATE: GATESHEAD DEBUT FOR TWO OLYMPIANS

Two newly restored Olympians — one Leyland and one Volvo — were among the stand-out participants in this year’s North East Bus Preservation Trust rally at the Metrocentre in Gateshead on July 22.

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Fastrack ZEBRA winners announced

Six local authorities have been named by the Department for Transport as the first potential recipients of the Zero Emission Bus Regional Area (ZEBRA) funding

Enviro400XLBs join Cambridge Busway network route B

Stagecoach East is making several service changes to its Cambridgeshire Busway network, with Alexander Dennis Enviro400XLB 100-seaters entering service on route B

King Harry Coaches acquired by Truronian

The coaches will become the first vehicles to adopt a new ‘Truronian Classic’ sub brand