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  • Steps to Electric: Oxford Go-Ahead Group

    by Gary Seamarks ...
    Gary Seamarks documents the Oxford bus scene with a particular focus on the Oxford Go-Ahead Group and its move towards all-electric buses. Oxford Bus, the larger of the two Go-Ahead operators, has strong route branding and a buying policy that has seen a broad variety of new vehicles arrive over the years, coupled with the former X90 service to London and a very successful airport service to both ... Read more

    $12.59 USD

  • Arriva The Shires

    The Last Twenty-Five Years

    by Gary Seamarks ...
    2026 marks forty years since the United Counties operations in Luton, Hitchin and Aylesbury were transferred into the new Luton and District Transport Company, which in 1990 acquired London Country North West, and various other operators along the way. In 1994 the company was purchased by British Bus and later Cowie with the Arriva branding adopted nationwide in 1997. Boundary changes and closures ... Read more

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  • Milton Keynes Buses

    by Gary Seamarks ...
    Designated as a new town some fifty years ago, Milton Keynes was designed for the car owner, but public transport has provided a vital link for many. The large shopping centre opened in 1979 became the focus point for both town and country routes, with an underused bus station next to the new rail station a short distance away. United Counties provided the backbone of services until 1986 when it ... Read more

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  • Bedfordshire Independent Buses

    by Gary Seamarks ...
    Though they serve one of England’s smallest counties, the smaller operators in Bedfordshire contain some very interesting vehicles. For many years they were mostly employed on private hires and contract work, but nowadays the majority of their income comes from school contracts and tendered contracts for the local councils, with some commercial work. The vast majority of the vehicles operated were ... Read more

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  • Hong Kong Buses

    by Gary Seamarks ...
    For many years a major importer of new British buses, the former colony of Hong Kong, with its high-rise living, is dependent on public transport. As well as buses, trams ply the north shore of Hong Kong Island, with the modern Mass Transit Railway (MTR) below the streets. Buses remain the prime mover, however, with Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) and New World First Bus (NWFB) today’s main players, with ... Read more

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  • Showbus

    The Woburn and Duxford Years

    by Gary Seamarks ...
    Between 1982 and 2015, Showbus, Britain’s largest bus rally, was, with the exception of 2013, held at two sites. The first was the stately home of Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire, but in 1993 the rally moved to IWM Duxford near Cambridge. Modern and preserved buses and many others appeared over the years, with some of those new in 1982 being in the ranks of the preserved movement by 2015. Many one ... Read more

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  • Luton & District to Arriva the Shires: 1986-2000

    by Gary Seamarks ...
    Luton & District was formed in 1986 to operate the former southern depots of United Counties; it was sold by NBC to its employees in 1987 (a first), then sold again in 1994 to British Bus. It now forms part of Arriva, acquiring various local companies on the way, with a mixture of vehicles and liveries. New purchases as well as many second-hand purchases made for an interesting fleet, which ... Read more

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  • United Counties Omnibus

    by David Beddall, Gary Seamarks ...
    Dating back to 1921 and originally operating from a base in the small Northamptonshire town of Irthlingborough, United Counties expanded significantly during the 1920s and 1930s, firmly establishing themselves in the county of Northamptonshire, as well as a network of services in south Lincolnshire, south Leicestershire and the Stony Stratford area of Buckinghamshire. United Counties doubled in ... Read more

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  • How to Approach Writing a Risk Assessment for Event Managers

    by John Barber ...
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  • London's Buses, 1979–1994

    The Capital's Bus Network in Transition

    by Andrew Bartlett ...
    A look at the sixteen-year period that witnessed the greatest and most far-reaching changes to the capital's bus services since the days of Herbert Morrison.In 1979, fresh from its general election victory, the Conservative government began formulating plans to deregulate bus services and privatise the companies operating them in England, Scotland and Wales. London was not to be excluded, so from ... Read more

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  • Maidstone Borough Buses 1974-1992

    by Eric Baldock ...
    This book records the vehicles and services operated by Maidstone Borough Council from its creation with the local government reorganisation in 1974, through coordination with Maidstone & District in 1981, to the rapid growth following bus deregulation in 1986 and to its demise in 1992. Buses are shown against the ever-changing urban background in Maidstone, rural locations from 1981 and later in ... Read more

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