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Well known bus and coach operator Heyfordian Travel of Bicester, Oxfordshire is the latest company to unfortunately cease trading. A note at the bottom of their website confirms the sad news: https://www.heyfordian.co.uk/ A BBC news article has some further info on their school contracts...

Yes, agreed although I'd also add the U1 (dropping the U prefix) group into the mix given the route's profile. It certainly does some heavy tourist and visitor lifting in the summer months. So essentially the east-west (red) and north-south (blue) trunk routes, plus the open top services (but as...

Yes, I think 507RUO was on loan from David Hoare's Chepstow Classic to Warrick Hulme's Rubicon Classic operation between 1999 and 2003.

Chepstow Classic Buses is run by David Hoare who is well known and long active in the bus preservation world. I think the festival shuttle from Castle Cary station to the Glastonbury Festival site is run by Alan Peters' ABus with vehicles hired in from Chepstow Classic, Centurion Coaches, Steve...

@Simon75 has in post #12 above.

Yes, I don't think there's much more that could be done signage wise in this instance. The difference in the approach signage between the first bridge and second bridge alone should trigger any professional driver's attention. As well as the wall of yellow signage, there is also a flashing...

For Scania products an additional prefix letter is added to the chassis code for products where Scania built the body work as well. Those prefixed C were built at the former Kapena plant in Poland.

I think we should remember that in 2020 the Exmoor Coaster didn't exist. Whilst there are sure to be ways the service could be enhanced further, let's not forget how well First have done to effectively start this service from scratch (as a two vehicle route) to what they are running now (with a...

Plymouth Corporation did something similar to distinguish between 7'6" wide buses and 8' wide vehicles, with their first batch of 8' wide Leyland Titan double deckers having white steering wheels as an instant visual reminder for drivers. I think Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co Ltd used a...

@Paulus01 Sorry for the late reply. Southdown's garage at Bolney was located on the east side of the London Road on land bounding Bolney Common. I believe almost opposite the junction with Top Street. The garage comprised a basic lockable shed, 22ft wide and 30ft deep, capable of holding two...

Having experienced life living under totalitarianism I can assure you this statement is utter b*##***s (and I'm hoping is hyperbole on your part, otherwise offensive also to those who've genuinely suffered under such regimes).

Western National made use of the Cornish Fairways fleetname on vehicles in Cornwall from (I think) 1981. As shown, this Flickr photo illustrates how the fleetnames were used on standard NBC livery: https://www.flickr.com/photos/8050359@N07/3164926676 A little later came the Hoppa buses...

This seems like a wholly unnecessary mess. You say that this has caused confusion with the school, presumably this means you're in contact/discussion with the school and Transpora's new services have been introduced in discussion/agreement with them? Yet, the Morebus announcement says: Are...

National Express have announced the merger of their existing coach holidays and tours businesses under one brand: Touromo (www.touromo.com) This will replace the various acquired brands under which the group’s holiday and day trips used to be offered. The brands being replaced were acquired...

Yes, although not so much circulars but, with three main destination points - Canterbury, Whitstable & Herne Bay - the route effectively forms a Triangle. Herne Bay & Whitstable being on the coast and Canterbury being the opposing point inland between the two. Hence the route branding/name...

The Enviro 400 Citys were delivered in Nov/Dec 2019. I wonder if anything might have happened in early 2020 to have caused Plymouth Citybus (along with many, many others) to pause the intake of new vehicles ...? Taking Euro 6 converted vehicles from London and select others from elsewhere in...

I certainly don't have a definitive answer, but I believe it was published by the publishers of Passenger Transport (magazine) and latterly Ian Allen at points in its history. I think the last edition was about 2015, so seeming to end with the publishing side of the Ian Allen business?

M This isn't quite correct. The original Dart wasn't an integral - in the true sense - it was always a body on chassis design. The bodywork was by Hestair Duple and the chassis was by Dennis Specialist Vehicles. Both companies were then owned by the Hestair Group. The original chassis was 9m...

Although the company seemed to disappear overnight, I'd suggest Gardner's story is actually one of slow decline, rather than sudden collapse. The spiral if decline really began in the 1970s. Gardner built its reputation on quality - reliability, durability and fuel frugality. Essentially...

Historically that's not the case, with the boundary being well-established since medieval times. The ancient hospital foundation of St. Bartholomew's being a lepar hospital was deliberately situated at the city limits on the boundary with Chatham. Thus, if you mean the signs at the bottom of...