#AYearOfBuses 64: Winchester – Alton

Winchester 64

We’re heading to the city of Winchester for the first time today on #AYearOfBuses – it’s Stagecoach’s recently-upgraded 64. The 64 is Stagecoach South’s main route between Winchester, Alresford and Alton. It links Winchester city centre, Alresford, Ropley, Four Marks & Alton where it connects with South Western Railway services offering connections to London. In 2017, the […]

Go-Ahead unveils the new look for East Yorkshire

EYMS Enviro400

Go-Ahead has unveiled its new look for East Yorkshire Motor Services. The Go North East-owned subsidiary unveiled the first two buses to feature the new branding, an ex-demonstrator ADL Enviro400 and an MCV-bodied Volvo B7RLE single decker, outside Hull’s KCOM stadium earlier today (5 March). It’s a radical departure from the EYMS of old – gone […]

Stunning BEA-liveried A319 takes to the skies

BEA A319

The second of British Airways’ heritage-liveried aircraft has taken to the skies. An Airbus A319, painted in the rakishly-good looking British European Airways (BEA) colours, landed at Heathrow this morning (4 March) and will fly on the airline’s domestic and European routes. It’s the second of BA’s aircraft to be painted in celebration of BA100, […]

#AYearOfBuses 63: The Sixes Derby – Ripley

Trent Barton Sixes

For day 63 on #AYearOfBuses, we’re taking a trip to the heart of Derbyshire. The Sixes, from Trent Barton, are a collection of routes with a rather unusual numbering system! They are the 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, and 6.X, and they run together from Derby to Belper every 15 mins, before splitting up with buses […]

Cleared for Landor: British Airways continues centenary celebrations

BA Landor

British Airways has revealed what will be its third heritage livery to take to the skies. A Boeing 747 painted in the iconic, much-loved Landor design will take to the skies, as part of BA’s centenary celebrations – and we can’t bloody wait. It’s the third in a series of heritage liveries flying as part […]

LNER partners with Anomaly on their latest ad campaign

Our LNER

LNER’s first fully-integrated campaign launched on Saturday 2 March, courtesy of a partnership with global advertising agency, Anomaly. The campaign, This is our LNER, looks to firmly position the operator as the one for ‘the people’ – with a group of gloriously eccentric characters all sharing the same train home. It’s a heartwarming production, courtesy […]

#AYearOfBuses 62: theSHUTTLE Keighley – Bradford

theSHUTTLE

It’s day 62 on #AYearOfBuses, and once more, we’re taking a trip to West Yorkshire, for theSHUTTLE, from The Keighley Bus Company. TheSHUTTLE 662 runs every 10 mins, from early morning until late in the evening, linking the city of Bradford with Shipley, Bingley and Keighley in the Aire & Worth Valley. In 2015, it […]

#AYearOfBuses 61: X61 Blackpool – Manchester – Preston

X61 coach

Today’s entry on #AYearOfBuses marks the sadly now-deceased, long-standing former Ribble route linking the city of Manchester with the seaside resort of Blackpool. Blackpool is the ‘go-to’ British seaside resort of choice for most Mancunians, and ever since the 1950s, the city had enjoyed a bus link with the town. The X61 was undoubtedly the […]

British Airways picks the Boeing 777X to replace its 747s

Boeing 777X

Boeing and International Airlines Group, the parent company of British Airways, have announced an order for up to 42 777X airplanes. With 18 firm orders and an option for 24 more aircraft, the airline joins a group of leading carriers that have selected the new 777-9, which will debut next month as the largest and […]

#AYearOfBuses 60: Aireline Keighley – Leeds

Keighley Versa

We’re 60 days in on #AYearOfBuses, and for the first of our routes in March, we’re taking a look at The Keighley Bus Company’s Aireline. With a fleet of shiny new Versas built at Optare’s factory in Yorkshire, Aireline is a proper local route, through and through. The buses hit the road in late 2017, […]

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