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Bus services may operate to varied levels of service during the Christmas
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News
National Express Transport Solutions
to close Gillingham and Lower Sydenham
depots
Posted 13/10/23.
Source:
Route One Magazine
Touromo from National Express to come
to an end from October 2023
Posted 06/08/23.
Source:
Touromo.com
Heyfordian Travel ceases trading
Posted 06/08/23.
Source:
Route One Magazine
Stagecoach to purchase Peoplesbus,
Merseyside
Posted 24/06/23.
Source:
Route One Magazine
National Express Group PLC to change its
name to Mobico Group PLC
Posted 10/06/23.
Source:
National Express Group PLC
Go-Ahead expands into the Cotswolds by
buying Pulham & Sons
Posted 10/06/23.
Source:
Oxford Bus Company
FirstGroup plc reaches agreement to acquire
Essex-based Ensign Bus Company
Posted 19/02/23. Source:
FirstGroup plc
Go-Ahead subsidiary Brighton and Hove
acquire Southdown Buses (West Sussex)
Posted 04/02/23. Source: Route
One
City Red leaving Southampton after Saturday
18th February 2023
Posted 01/12/22. Source:
FirstBus
Go-Ahead expands in South West
acquiring Dartline
Posted 14/11/22. Source:
Go-Ahead Group
Southampton Mini Link Company closes
after Sunday 9th October 2022.
Posted 04/10/22. Source:
Daily Echo
Kelsian Group/Tower Transit have acquired
Jersey's LibertyBus and CT Plus operating
in Guernsey.
Posted 18/09/22. Source:
Kelsian Group
CT Plus (Yorkshire) Community Interest
Company entered administration on
Monday 8th August 2022.
Posted 23/08/22. Source:
HCT Group
Powell's Bus ceased services on Friday 5th
August 2022
Posted 23/08/22. Source:
HCT Group
I
Squared to no longer pursue a takeover deal
for FirstGroup
Posted 23/08/22. Source:
CBW
First Bus confirms changes to its regional
organisation structure
Posted 20/08/22. Source:
Route One
Xela Group to continue Yellow Coaches brand
Posted 06/08/22. Source:
Bus & Coach buyer
Midland Classic acquired by Rotala
Posted 03/08/22. Source:
Route One
Bournemouth Transport (Yellow Buses)
enters Administration
Posted 31/07/22. Source:
Yellow
Buses
Go-Ahead accepts 650m takeover offer
from Kinetic
and Globalvia
Posted 26/06/22. Source:
The Guardian
DWS bid for Stagecoach set to progress as
acceptance gained
Posted 24/05/22. Source:
Route One
6 buses go up in flames at Metroline Potters Bar
bus depot
Posted: 24/05/22. Source:
HertsLive
Johnsons 'Excelbus' to be taken on by Diamond
Bus from Sunday 29th May 2022
Posted: 09/05/22. Source:
Diamond Bus
Massive blaze at Kev's Coaches in
Bromsgrove
Posted 13/03/22. Source:
Bromsgrove Standard
Stagecoach withdraws support for National
Express merger
Posted 13/03/22. Source:
Route One
Diamond Bus (a subsidiary of Rotala PLC)
has agreed to acquire the bus business and
certain specific assets from Claribel Coaches
Posted 06/02/22. Source:
Rotala PLC
Stagecoach agree to sell Megabus UK,
Scottish Citylink and Falcon South West to
Comfort Delgro
Posted 19/12/21. Source:
Sharecast
National Express and Stagecoach agree merger
Posted 19/12/21. Source:
Passenger Transport
Possible combination of National Express Group PLC and Stagecoach Group PLC
Posted 21/09/21. Source:
National Express Group
National Express sells Xplore Dundee to McGill's
Posted 22/12/20. Source:
Coach&BusWeek
Arriva sells Cannock operations to D&G Bus
Posted 26/11/20. Source:
Bus & Coach Buyer
Fleet News
Tootbus fleet list added 13/10/23
Pulham's Travel added to Oxford Bus
Company fleet list 06/08/23
Peoplesbus added to Stagecoach
Merseyside & South Lancashire fleet list
09/07/23
New Adventure Travel fleet list added
28/05/23
Dartline Coaches added to Go South West
fleet list 08/05/23
Southdown PSV added to Brighton & Hove
fleet list 08/05/23
Londoner Buses fleet list added 12/03/23
Seaview Services fleet list added 12/03/23
First South and South West England
fleet list added 04/03/23
Southampton Mini Link fleet list removed
04/02/23
Altonian Coaches fleet added 30/10/22
Coastliner and Sightseeing Manchester
fleet added 27/10/22
ex First Scotland East fleet added to
McGills fleet list 23/09/22
Xelabus (and Xela Group) fleet list added
20/08/22
Johnsons and Whittles fleet list added
1508/22
ex Midland Classic fleet added to Diamond
fleet list 03/08/22
ex Tower Transit vehicles added to
Stagecoach London fleet list
17/07/22
Beeline (Warminster) and South West Coaches
fleet list added 26/06/22
ex Claribels fleet added to Diamond fleet list
24/04/22
Select Bus Services fleet list added
12/02/22
buses.gg (CT Plus Guernsey) fleet list added
30/01/22
Prospect Coaches (West) fleet list added
29/01/22
Dekkabus (Southampton Mini Link) fleet list added 30/09/21
The Green Bus fleet list added 10/09/2021
Team Pennine added to Transdev Blazefield fleet list 01/08/2021
Abellio London fleet list added 08/05/2021
McGills fleet list added 19/02/2021
D&G Bus Chaserider fleet list added 10/01/2021
National Express Transport Solutions fleet list added 31/12/2020
Stagecoach North East fleet list added 09/08/2020
Tower Transit fleet list added 31/05/2020
Aircoach fleet list added 10/04/2020
First Scotland East fleet list added 08/04/2020
Lucketts Group fleet list added 12/03/2020
Centrebus fleet list added 23/02/2020
First Glasgow fleet list added 15/01/2020
ex South Gloucestershire Bus & Coach fleet added to Stagecoach West 29/12/2019
First Aberdeen fleet list added 17/11/2019
First Greater Manchester fleet list added 25/10/2019
Wellglade Group fleet lists added 20/10/2019
Atherton depot removed from Diamond NW 20/09/2019
National Express Accessible Transport added 18/08/2019
First loan buses to Diamond North West added 18/08/2019
Bolton depot added to Diamond North West 11/08/2019
Stagecoach Yorkshire fleet list added 15/07/2019
Go North West commenced operations 02/06/2019
fleet list added 07/06/2019
LibertyBus, Jersey fleet list added 14/04/2019
Lothian fleet list added 01/01/2019
Westbus fleet list added 25/11/2018
Nottingham City Transport fleet list added 07/11/2018
Stewarts and Woods Coaches fleet added to Clarkes/The Kings Ferry fleet list
03/10/2018
Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire fleet list added 04/07/2018
EYMS now part of the Go-Ahead Group PLC 16/06/2018.
Yellow Buses fleet list now includes route branding 03/06/2018.
Stagecoach South Wales fleet list added 26/05/2018.
Stagecoach Oxfordshire fleet list added 11/04/2018.
Stagecoach East Scotland fleet list added 01/04/2018.
Central Buses fleet now included with Diamond Buses.
Rossendale Transport (Rosso) fleet list has now been merged with Transdev
Blazefield.
Events
Do you have a bus event coming up?
Let us know and we will post the details here...
2024
May
Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th May 2024: Rydabus, Isle of Wight.
Click here for more
details.
July
Sunday 7th July 2024: Bournemouth Bus Rally, Kings Park (Bournemouth).
Click
here for more details.
Sunday 21st July 2024: Alton Bus Rally &
Running Day (to be confirmed).
Click here for more details.
September
Sunday 29th September 2024: SHOWBUS, Buckinghamshire Railway Centre,
Quainton near Aylesbury. Click here for
more details.
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