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Douglas Adie, former London Central and Oxford Bus Company MD

OBITUARY Douglas Adie, one of the senior managers recruited...

Australian on-demand service costs over £50 per passenger

Figures obtained by the New South Wales press in Australia have...

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BLAKEY MAY NOT BE DEAD

It would appear that layers of some bus companies’ management...

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Westminster sets out Oxford Street plans as assembly urges mayor to act

Westminster City Council has outlined what it describes as an...

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Is this Derwent the longest lasting roadside café bus?

David Bell says that this former Midland Red Ford R192 with Plaxton...

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Physically attacked on south-east London routes

Has any one of those people photographed outside the Houses of...

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MTT showcases OB and Metrobus

■ PICTURES: MARK YOUDAN Two recent restorations were among...

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Short notice registrations for many Strathclyde tendered services

McGill’s J7800 (YJ58 PKY), an Optare Solo M780SE new to Henderson...

Go-Ahead starts using opp-charged Volvos in London

Wright SRM-bodied Volvo B5LHC VHP1 (BV18 YAD) in Wandsworth on...

Last minute reprieve for some Northamptonshire rural links

Following the withdrawal of county council subsidies (Buses August),...

Inter-group cooperation ends in Colchester

At short notice at the end of July, Arriva and First stopped...

First acquires a 70-vehicle Canadian schoolbus operator

First has expanded its presence in eastern Canada by acquiring...

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THE NORFOLK BROADS

For the second of his rides around a national park*, former Arriva...

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Bucks reviews 40 groups of subsidised services

Z&S Transport EG02 OAN, a prototype TransBus Enviro300, on the...

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Emsworth & District’s licence revocation is delayed

The revocation of West Sussex independent Emsworth & District’s...

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Plans in hand for Devon General centenary

The Devon General Society is inviting owners of preserved Devon...

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Souter group sells NZ budget coach operation

Sir Brian Souter’s InMotion group sold ManaBus, its long distance...

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Wrecking ball reveals mural and rekindles some happy memories

Millar’s TALES The editor’s sideways view of the bus...

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No swipe intended, congestion is the real enemy of the bus

Apologies to Terry Challis and other readers if it came across...

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Postponed Tavistock day follows Royal Blue Run

Heavy drifting snow caused The Thames Valley & Great Western...

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FLEET IN FOCUS

HIGH PEAK BUSES Optare Versa 780 (YJ62 FPK) operating Peaks...

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Latest listings for First Bus fleets

Title: 2018 First Bus Handbook Editors: Stuart Martin & Bill...

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Optare wins first orders for its four-year-old Metrodecker

Reading Buses has applied Green Line livery to 899 (YJ16 DFG),...

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D&G’s 130 fails to take off against Arriva

D&G Bus’s complementary service to Arriva’s Sapphire 130...

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Bus station with public park for Stockport

Greater Manchester Combined Authority has agreed plans for a...

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Spain’s CAF buys Solaris

One of five opportunity charged electric Solaris Urbino 12s operated...

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Low-hanging trees and cabling postpone conversions

New Metroline VMH2458 (LK18 AKU), an MCV EvoSeti-bodied Volvo...

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They’re red double-deckers… whichever way you view them

Such is the association of London with its red double-deckers...

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Why are two Coastliner seats low back?

Last week I took a trip on one of the new Enviro400 MMC double-deckers...

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Paladin back in ABC red

Making its debut in original livery at the Keighley Bus Museum...