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NBC calls in Amos
Page 16 from 17th August 1985NATIONAL Bus Company subsidiary Bristol Omnibus is planning to form a new joint company with minibus guru Anthony Shephard's Amos enterprise to run......
Just ask Elsie
Page 19 from 14th May 1983ENGINEERS at the Department of Transport Control and Communications division in Bristol have developed a talking bus stop. Known as Elsie......
Conversion gets DTI:1's OK
Page 8 from 25th December 1982FULL DEPARTMENT of Transport approval has been given to Western National for the conversion of a Bristol BELL single-decker to carry disabled......
Major moves at NBC in Bristol
Page 13 from 30th July 1983MARK THOMAS is to be manager of the National Bus Compan , Cheltenham and Gloucester company. He joined the industry in 19 from the University of......
'CACKERLY' BUT ECONOMIC • One reads with much interest the
Page 42 from 29th October 1987fuel economy of today's modern buses and coaches (DennisJavelin 11.9mpg (23.71/ 100Icm) for example). I looked back to the middle of the 1950s to......
Bee Line bus sets off for Dip tour
Page 16 from 2nd February 1989• A Bristol VRT doubledecker from the Bee Line Berks and Bucks Bus Company has started its nationwide Department of Transport tour of bus operators......
BIRD'S EYE VIEW
Page 46 from 4th May 1989BY THE HAWK • Staff at Great Yeldhambased Thompson Haulage were aghast recently when the firm's cats, Ginger and Fluffy (both 10 months old), went......
RB's Harrier catches a bus
Page 24 from 9th March 1989• Reeve Burgess of Chesterfield has just completed the first bus version of its Harrier body on a Leyland Swift 4.44m-wheelbase chassis. Managing......
Devon bought out
Page 19 from 30th August 1986• Minibus pioneer Devon General, has become the first local bus subsidiary of the National Bus Company to be sold under the NBC privatisation......
Keep right on to the end of the road
Page 38 from 31st January 1981Noel Millier believes that Western National's local ties, experience, and reputation for reliability should help it to hold off all challengers for......