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What Bolton routes are for upgrade next, one assumes V1 and V2, but 38 buses for those is a little too many vehicles?

I agree with Leyland Bus on this issue, the only mid term sensible issue is to re-route buses away from Barton Lane, there has been at least 12 issues involving buses becoming deroofed over the last 60 years there, and not only that also HGV's as well. The bridge was fine in its time but it has...

There have been at least 4 incidents since deregulation in 1986, and there was possibly an incident before involving a Weaste Depot based ANA---Y Northern Counties Atlantean in the early 1980's. The easiest solution is to divert all bus services away from Barton Lane, that way any confusion...

There is already evidence that its likely the new PTE's operators will buy from ADL, The Bee Network has placed about half its orders with ADL, Merseytravel have placed orders with ADL and West Yorkshire Metro has shown off a new E400EV in its new livery for their new network, these are the...

One of ADL's downfalls according to the local MP, is the lack of Scottish orders coming through for ADL vehicles, especially with there latest Scottish Bus Grant were only a small number of buses were odered from ADL, indead ADL's biggest customer is TfGM's Bee Network in Manchester, and if that...

There are a number of issues I can see, first of all the bus market has declined year on year from its heyday in the early-mid 1950's, that requires fewer vehicles to be built, as said before the import of Chinese vehicles, and the fact the Scottish plants aren't as central to the UK as...

Thats not correct, the Central Park depot was/is intended to replace Queens Road, Oldham and Middleton depots, but seeing as all three are being electrified, I can't see any hurry, at the moment there are no plans to replace Hyde Road, although a small plot of land was bought close to Piccadilly...

Slough Brunell Bus Station was undercover, it has now been demolished.

Ribble's/North Western's Liverpool Skelhorne Street Bus and Coach Station/Depot was under-cover. Great Yarmouth in Norfolk had its Wellington Street Eastern Counties Depot/Bus Station under cover and I am nearly sure that the current Great Yarmouth Bus Station is at least partually under cover...

Part of the previous Warrington Golden Square Bus Station was under cover as well, and then there was a couple in Newcastle-on-Tyne, which I cant remember the names of sadly.

Also in Manchester, besides GM Buses with its Piccadilly Line, later came Mancunian, Formally known as Lyntown Bus Company, with its examples that probably came via Scotland, they also remained in LT Red, with Mancunian placed diaganally on an LT style badge on the sides.

In Scotland, A1, Ayrshire had anumber of different RT varieties in service, amongst its Membership.

It might be based on orders, if demand and orders should slump in the bus market, but not in the travel market, then we will offer coaches, but with newly elected Mayors entering the big Cities, the bus market for new buses might not be dead for sometime. Volvo is someone who really neads to...

Incidently, Moir Lockhead is not from Aberdeen originally and isn't Scottish, his career started at Darlington Transport in the engineering department there, he then went through Greater Glasgow PTE, before arriving at Grampian Regional Transport. Some major bus operators are now based or...

It is one of 4 vehicles that Stagecoach have taken back from Metroline, in order to cover School Contracts formerly operated by Metroline, due to driver shortages

The route was the 402 Warrington - Leigh - Bolton Express, it originally ran Leigh - Bolton - Bury - Rochdale but was changed at Deregulation, the 402 Warrington - Bolton, did run at least partly on a Sunday as I remember them going through Atherton in about 1986/7, later on the service was...

I can see why RATP have sold it, as it was making big losses, I believe, FirstGroup now need to straighten it out financially. Not suprised FirstGroup have gone back into London as the managers who left the London market have all gone from the group, FirstGroup is over its financial troubles...

1731445131 Derby City Transport also had a Foden NC, Nothern Counties, Greater Manchester had two examples, and there was a further example that wasn't finished and only had its lower deck finished and was sold to R. Bullock, Cheadle afterwards.

The nearest point is actually Leigh, not Atherton, so it is quite feasible as several journeys comence from Leigh in any case. Busway routes are slightly more complicated as they would require a large reorganisation of staff, with busway training, and last time they tried to move them out of...

Doubling of the 132 does make a lot of sense, as the route between Tyldesley and Wiogan several years back was every 15 minutes, so this does make sense towards restoring the frequency partually back to its original frequency, and is good for shops in Wigan and the Trafford Centre, in the lead...