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Tough Times Predicted
• Bus manufacturers are tightening their belts in readiness for a tough year ahead: "Overall, it will be a very tough year in the bus market in all international markets," says......
Routemaster Refit
• The programme to fit 400 London Buses Routemasters with £3 million worth of foreign engines should be completed within two years of deciding on a source of supply. It is......
Olympians For Lu Riverside Service
• London United has introduced 23 new Leyland Olympians on LRT tendered route 237, from Shepherd's Bush to Sunbury Village. Bodied at Leyland's Workington plant, the single-door......
Mersey Buyout Agreed
• Merseyside PTE is the third Metropolitan Joint Authority to agree to sell its bus company to a management/ employee consortium. A feasibility study from consultants Coopers......
Metrobus Sell-off
• Metrobus has sold its Mini-Metro' operation in Gravesend, to Kentish Bus and Coach Company. The fleet of eight Mercedes 709D Reeve Burgessbodied buses will keep to the......
Gypsy Taken Over
• Go-Ahead Northern has acquired the trade and business of the Langley Park Motor Company, trading as Gypsy Queen. Go-Ahead Northern says that the subsidiary will continue to......