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New Transit
Feature Detail

Hornby was appointed as commercial director of the award-winning, not to mention highly respected, bus operator Trent Barton earlier this year.
His... continue
New Transit
Feature Detail

Dunn has buses in the blood. His first taste of the business was with his father’s Nottingham-based Dunn Line business. He helped to turn that... continue
New Transit
Bus News Lead Story

Andrew Garnett
Months of industry speculation has been confirmed with the news that Australian investment bank Macquarie has put its London bus business up for... continue
Months of industry speculation has been confirmed with the news that Australian investment bank Macquarie has put its London bus business up for... continue
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People
Municipal bus operator Reading Transport has announced the appointment of Greg Chambers as finance director. He took up his post in early April,... continue
New Transit
Letters
Richard Iles
Your piece on the defective Australian train in New Transit reminded me of an incident back in the 1980s when I was managing director of United... continue
Your piece on the defective Australian train in New Transit reminded me of an incident back in the 1980s when I was managing director of United... continue
New Transit
Projects Lead Story

Alex Macaulay
I have to confess to mixed emotions when passing the site of what was the longest guided bus way in the UK until Bob Menzies built the Cambridge... continue
I have to confess to mixed emotions when passing the site of what was the longest guided bus way in the UK until Bob Menzies built the Cambridge... continue
New Transit
Bus News
Stagecoach has welcomed a ruling by the Competition Appeal Tribunal following an appeal against the Competition Commission’s decision to force... continue
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Bus News

Stagecoach says that it is considering its options after the Competition Appeal Tribunal agreed with some elements of its appeal against the... continue
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Bus News

Andrew Garnett
The sale of Preston Bus by Stagecoach could take place within weeks according to local media reports. The Lancashire Evening Post revealed yesterday... continue
The sale of Preston Bus by Stagecoach could take place within weeks according to local media reports. The Lancashire Evening Post revealed yesterday... continue
New Transit
People

Bluestar operations manager Alex Hornby has been named as the new commercial director of award-winning Derbyshire-based bus operator... continue
New Transit
Interview

Ian Morgan stepped back from the day-to-day running of TrentBarton last year, but his “semi-retirement” as non-executive deputy chairman... continue
New Transit
Cover Story Detail

The average Briton makes 20 long distance journeys every year, but only one is by coach. The coach sector is relatively small but there does appear... continue
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Bus News Lead Story

Centro has used powers in the Local Transport Act to set up a quality partnership in north Walsall which will see bus operators co-operate rather... continue
New Transit
Bus News

Andrew Garnett
Two Guildford bus operators have announced that they are to end the joint operation of two bus services in the town in a move that aims to improve... continue
Two Guildford bus operators have announced that they are to end the joint operation of two bus services in the town in a move that aims to improve... continue
New Transit
People
Scottish independent operator McGill’s Buses has announced the appointment of Ralph Roberts as managing director. He joins from Arriva’s... continue
New Transit
Inside View

Anonymous
For over 15 years the subject of achieving partnership working in one form or another between local authorities and bus operators has been a high... continue
For over 15 years the subject of achieving partnership working in one form or another between local authorities and bus operators has been a high... continue
New Transit
Projects

Andrew Garnett
Frustration over contractual issues that have left the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway delayed by more than a year boiled over into a public dispute... continue
Frustration over contractual issues that have left the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway delayed by more than a year boiled over into a public dispute... continue
New Transit
Bus News

Go Ahead has been named as the surprise buyer of Norfolk independent bus operator KonectBus.
The London-based group acquired the 40-vehicle business... continue
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People
The Confederation of Passenger Transport has announced that Steve Whiteway, commercial director of the Epsom Coaches Group, will be its President for... continue
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Profile Detail

1980 Coach Driver
Epsom Coaches
After a decade as a carpenter and joiner, Whiteway fulfills an ambition to become a coach driver.
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