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Latest news written with authority

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RTs on Putney Bridge on Christmas Day

Park Royal-bodied RT2043 (LUC 291) was one of three of these...

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Inflation-proof Routemaster

Having just survived another general election campaign, I’m...

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A BRISTOL BY THE COSMOS

State ownership brought an abrupt and premature end to Bristol’s...

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Galway ahead of Plymouth with defibrillators

I read with interest the news item last month about the fitting...

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D9 delight in Leicester

Midland enjoyed Red a late enthusiasts Christmas treat when the...

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FLEET IN FOCUS BIBBY’S OF INGLETON

Based: Head office and depot – Ingleton Industrial Estate,...

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Trevor Leach, West Yorkshire Road Car expert

OBITUARIES Trevor Leach, who edited the West Yorkshire Information...

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Trade secretary opens Equipmake facility

International trade secretary — and local MP — Liz Truss...

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Setra retires after 42 years’ public service

One of Europe’s oldest working buses has been withdrawn from...

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Metroline VP-class Presidents bow out

Metroline withdrew the last President-bodied Volvo B7TLs from...

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BRUM GOES SHHH

Birmingham Airport’s introduction of six opportunity-charged...

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BLACKBURN & DARWEN

Fifty years ago, these neighbouring towns in east Lancashire...

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Tri-ang’s Glaswegian ‘big tin bus’

I read, with a smile on my face, your item about the Tri-ang...

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In Fleet News this month

• New 20-registered Tourismos for Alpine and Llew Jones •...

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First plans to sell its Taunton bus station

First South West is in discussions to sell Taunton bus station,...

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Gordon Steele, Highland Omnibuses traffic manager

Gordon Steele, an enthusiast who was traffic manager of the Scottish...

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First MAN Lion’s City Es arrive in Hamburg

Two operators in the north German city of Hamburg have become...

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Fake sound fixed for electric fleet

Go-Ahead London General’s 9.6m BYD/Alexander Dennis Enviro200EVs...

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New life for a shelter with no service

What does a village do with a bus shelter, especially one built...

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RETRACING JOHN GILLHAM

As part of our 70th anniversary, BOB HIND continues from Hastings...

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Shire counties need more cash to support services

It was very interesting to read Mark Lyons’s article last month...

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Centrebus expands to acquire Staffs-based D&G Bus

Centrebus has acquired Staffordshire-based D&G Bus following...

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Red Rose revives abandoned Arriva service

Red Rose Travel started an hourly interurban route between Aylesbury...

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New transport bookshop for Birmingham

Following the closure of the Ian Allan book and model shop in...

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Arriva in part of the Netherlands

Title: Busvervoer in de Drechtsteden Author: Rinse Kooiman ...

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Open Data Service is launched

England’s Bus Open Data Service is being rolled out over the...

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Flixbus expands into Russia and pushes car-share in France

Flixbus has expanded into Russia for the first time with a regular...

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SHORT HOPS

■ EXHAUST SYSTEMS to meet Euro6 emissions standards had been...

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Surprise Swiss sighting on M6

Stand on an M6 overbridge in Cumbria and there’s a good chance...

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CREAM OF CORNWALL

JOHN YOUNG spent a week in the summer making good use of the...