#AYearOfBuses 80: Sandwich – Dover
We’re taking a trip within spitting distance of mainland Europe today on #AYearOfBuses – hop aboard Stagecoach East Kent’s route 80 to Dover. Combined with its sister route, the 81, Stagecoach’s 80 runs every 30 mins between Sandwich and Dover. It takes a scenic route along the coast, dipping into the former fishing, mining and […]
#AYearOfBuses 79: Liverpool ONE – Halewood – Widnes
From yesterday’s rural wander around the Lake District, we’re heading to the opposite end of the spectrum for day 79 on #AYearOfBuses – inner city Liverpool. Arriva North West’s 79, 79C and 79D (the 79A and 79B are no longer with us) connect Liverpool’s half-indoor, half-outdoor shopping centre hybrid with the innermost suburbs of Wavertree, […]
Cricket fever builds as Emirates reveals ICC Cricket World Cup-liveried A380
Emirates has revealed its ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 themed Emirates A380 in the build up to one of the world’s most anticipated sporting events this year. Former India cricketer and ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2011 winner, Virender Sehwag, and Emirates-sponsored Lancashire team players Saqib Mahmood and Tom Bailey helped to marshal the newly […]
#AYearOfBuses 78: Seatoller – Keswick
Located at the foot of the winding Honister Pass, stunning, scenic Seatoller is where we’re headed today on #AYearOfBuses. Stagecoach Cumbria and North Lancashire’s 78 has to be one of the UK’s most scenic bus routes. From Keswick, in the heart of the Lakes, the route skirts around the southern tip of Derwent Water, snaking […]
London City Airport’s new brand has landed
Bonjour, guten tag, hello! A new brand has landed for London City Airport. London City Airport have unveiled their bright, colourful new look, masterminded by London-based creative agency, The Allotment. The bold, disruptive, vibrant and contemporary new look combines bags of personality with a more dynamic feel, synonymous with that of modern London. The transformed design, […]
#AYearOfBuses 77: Palace Pier – Devil’s Dyke
Day 77 on #AYearOfBuses takes us back to Brighton to take a look at what has to be one of the UK’s most stunning hidden gems. Devil’s Dyke is the longest ‘dry’ valley in the UK and home to the ruined ramparts of an Iron Age hill fort and the remains of a Victorian funfair, […]
#AYearOfBuses 76: X76 Glasgow – Kilmarnock
Once home to a small fleet of monstrous articulated coaches, we’re shining the spotlight on Stagecoach West Scotland’s X76 today on #AYearOfBuses. Once again, #AYearOfBuses takes us back to Scotland, where today, you’ll find a sparkling fleet of high spec, double decker Plaxton Panorama-bodied coaches running between Glasgow and Kilmarnock. They’re the first of Plaxton’s […]
#AYearOfBuses 75: Flying Tiger Leeds – Leeds Bradford Airport
We’re jetting off to Leeds Bradford Airport today on #AYearOfBuses, for a look at Yorkshire Tiger’s Flying Tiger 757. Arriva launched their Flying Tiger brand in 2014, for routes to Leeds Bradford Airport from Leeds, Bradford and Harrogate. Rather cleverly, they use the route numbers 737, 747 and 757 – the focus of today’s article […]
BA confirms Negus will complete its heritage 747 quartet
British Airways has confirmed that its ‘Negus’ design will be the fourth and final livery to adorn the quartet of Boeing 747 retrojets. The 747-400, registration G-CIVB, entered the IAC paint bay at Dublin Airport last Saturday (9 March) where it is being repainted with the first version of the Negus livery which adorned the […]
#AYearOfBuses 74: X74 Glasgow – Dumfries
We’re taking a trip back to Scotland for day 74 on #AYearOfBuses – it’s Stagecoach’s award-winning interurban coach route, the X74. A fleet of ultra high-spec and strikingly-conspicuous Volvo B11RT/Plaxton Elite I coaches runs between Glasgow and Dumfries on the X74, taking a breathtakingly scenic route through western Scotland along the A74(M). They wear a […]