It seems incredible to me that this week’s edition marks 25 years since we started Bus & Coach Buyer; it doesn’t feel anything like that long. Sitting down to write an editorial feature on the anniversary was a reminder to me of how much the industry has changed in the intervening period as well as […]
Frankly, I had expected the public to think better of it and stay in bed but no, there was a crowd assembled, predominantly of children who had brought their parents along, but swelled by dignitaries and local politicians. Lots was going on, it was colourful if damp, and for a while there was a buzz. […]
Arriving from the north, having seen extensive works in progress on the new Forth crossing from the present road bridge, I took advantage of the Park and Ride (P+R) site at Ingliston, one of five strategically placed sites close to the city’s ring road. The site is well used and has the benefit of a […]
Northampton’s Greyfriars Bus Station didn’t have a lot of friends but it seems the replacement for it isn’t exactly popular either… Roger French will be looking at it in his next French Connection column but in the meantime, why not check out this link for a musical local appraisal of it. https://audioboo.fm/boos/1968249-northampton-bus-station-song I hope you […]
I was talking to Derek Brumpton of Irizar UK recently. His family used to be coach operators and he told me how, in the early 1980s, his father had said to the salesman delivering his new Plaxton bodied Bedford, that it would be his last new coach because you couldn’t make money with coaches costing […]
After last week’s blog was brought to you courtesy of a chance meeting on a ScotRail train, I’m back on the rails writing this week on a Piccadilly Line Underground train to Cockfosters, but it’s safety on the roads I’m focusing on. I’ve just been on a day training course with Driver First Assist and […]
One of the upsides of public transport over using my car is that I can get work done when otherwise my time would be entirely unproductive. The point was emphasised yesterday when, sat on a train heading from Aberdeen to Edinburgh, I was downloading my pictures from the previous 24 hours. On screen came the […]
Avid readers of CPT’s daily News Desk service may have noticed a reference to a talk hosted by the Werrington Local History Group entitled The History of Delaine Buses on Thursday evening last week. Alerted by this mention I went along after work and found the car park at the community centre of this Peterborough […]