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Wednesday 1 February 2012
Argentina: whole page updated, including eight buses new to our records added to the list for Buenos Aires Bus, Buenos Aires, and details updated for the other buses on that list, plus several other buses have been seen there, for which we have some details, courtesy of a report by Paul Bateson. Australia: one bus added and list updated for City Sightseeing Sydney; the operator listed for "Unidentified Operator, Sydney(?)" has been identified as Graham Smart (Cairns Ultimate Party Bus) and some details updated; previous reg no/licence plates identified for buses at City Tour Pty Ltd, Perth; list updated for Sydney Party Bus, and now listed as at Sydney not Manly; the location of Unidentified Operator/Unidentified Location is now thought to be at Melbourne, Victoria. Denmark: New operator list added for PP Busser, Aarhus (City Sightseeing Aarhus); Auto Paaske (Kobnhavn Rundfahrt) now identified as Paaske Bus (Vikingbus) (City Sightseeing Copenhagen), list updated and many buses added for that operator; new operator list added for Strömma Bus AS, Copenhagen; new operator list added for Nettbus (Tylstrup Busser), Tylstrup. England: Avon - bus previously listed as owned by Warwick Hulme (Private), Bristol, has been added to the list for Rubicon Classic Enterprises (City Sightseeing Bristol) as it is part of that company's fleet and not separately owned by the proprietor as stated in the last update, therefore the list for Hulme, Bristol has been removed, also a duplicate list for the same owner at Yatton, Somerset, has been removed; Bedfordshire - a new page has been added for this county, with a list for 'Unidentified Location/Unidentified Operator', with a bus previously listed as Scrapped, but recently seen 'alive', however the location and owner details are currently unknown to us; Cheshire - new list added for Used Coach Sales (dealer), Warrington; Cumbria - three new conversions added to a temporary list for Stagecoach (Northwest) Ltd, Lillyhall Works, pending allocation in 2012; East Sussex - new list added with one bus for Proud Brighton Ballroom (Promotional), Brighton, same bus removed from the list of its previous owner Ace Travel North West, Liverpool, Merseyside; Kent - one bus removed from list for The London Bus Company, Northfleet, and added to new list for Autocar Bus & Coach Services Ltd (Special Days Bus Hire), Five Oak Green; new list added for new operator Canterbury Sights, Canterbury, with one bus removed from the list for Ensign, dealer, Purfleet, Essex; Lancashire - list updated for Lord & Smith (Morecambe Heritage Bus Company), Morecambe; one bus added to list of withdrawn buses stored by Transdev York at Blackburn/Burnley; London - one bus added to the list for Golden Tours (Transport) Ltd; one bus (J335 BSH) removed from the list for Original London Sightseeing Tour, London, and added to the Scrapped list; North Yorkshire - list for Scarborough & District updated to reflect disposals to Used Coach Sales (dealer), Warrington; list amended for Transdev York to delete the bus now listed as stored at Burnley. Oxfordshire - new to our records, one bus added as a conversion in progress to the list for Tom Tappin (City Sightseeing Oxford), Oxford, also one bus removed from the same list as sold to Stafford Bus Centre (dealer), Cotes Heath (previously listed as at Stafford, Staffordshire); Staffordshire - list removed for Reliance Bus Works (dealer), Newcastle-under-Lyme, buses previously listed there were stored on behalf of Mike Nash (dealer), Cobham, Surrey; Surrey - list for Mike Nash (dealer), Cobham, updated by removing buses sold, two of which are now on the Unidentified Locations/Unidentified Owners list for England. If you can help identify their current whereabouts, please contact us. Warwickshire - one bus withdrawn from Midland Red (South) (City Sightseeing Stratford-upon-Avon) following a serious traffic accident. Estonia: new list added for Hansabuss, Tallinn, with five buses all new to our records; list for Tallinn Open Top Tours now correctly listed as Rosemarie OU (City Sightseeing Tallinn), list updated and five buses new to our records added to that list. Finland: new list added for Stromma Bus AS, Helsinki; list updated for Westendin Linja (Open Top Tours Sightseeing), Helsinki. Germany: Berlin - previous identity updated for one bus at Berlin City Tour, Berlin. Latvia: some details updated for FaRiTour (Riga Sightseeing Service), Riga; new list added for Hansabuss, Riga; list removed for Jelgavas Autobusu Parks, Jelgava, bus already correctly listed with Show Bus, Riga; and list updated with other details for that operator. Malta: ‘Island Sightseeing’ has been correctly identified as Captain Morgan Cruises, Sliema (City Sightseeing Malta) and have been added to the Captain Morgan list. The Netherlands: Oranjefans, Unidentified Location, now correctly listed as Verenigning Oranjefans, Breda; list updated for Bergerhof Tours, Mierlo. New Zealand: owner previously listed as Double Decker Fun Tours, Auckland, now listed as Robbie's Fun Bus, and details updated. Norway: list updated and two new records added for HMK (City Sightseeing Oslo), Oslo. Portugal: new lists added for Douro Acima Transportes (City Sightseeing Portugal) at Albufeira, Algarve; and Albufeira; buses added and lists updated for Douro Acima Transportes at Funchal, Madeira; Lisbon; and Porto; new list added for Showbus (Promotional), Porto; new list added for The Big One (Promotional), Porto. one new conversion added to the list for Carris Tour, Lisbon; one new conversion added to the list for GrayLine Tours/Lisbon Sightseeing, Lisbon. Spain: Madrid - new list added for Madrid City Tours, and notes added regarding the withdrawal of the fleet of Madrid Vision, please see the notes attached to the lists for these operators for requests for assistance. Sweden: five new buses added to list for Strömma Buss AB, Stockholm, and list updated. USA: California - one bus added to the list for Open Top Sightseeing Inc, San Francisco; District of Columbia - some details updated and one bus added for Open Top Sightseeing Inc, Washington, the same bus removed from the OTS list for Las Vegas, Nevada; Florida - list updated and buses added for Conway Tours Inc. (Big Bus Tours Miami), Miami, some of the buses added have been removed from their previous owner's list for City Sightseeing LLC at Washington, DC. Hawaii - one bus added to the list for Honolulu City Tour LLC; operator previously listed as Aloha Bus (City Sightseeing Hawaii) now correctly listed as Polynesian Adventure Tours / Gray Line Hawaii (City Sightseeing Hawaii), and seven buses added, these buses still need to be properly identified.
Sunday 1 January 2012
England: Avon - one bus removed from list for Rubicon Classic Travel, as it is owned privately by the proprietor, full previous registration number added, and added to new list for Warwick Hulme, Bristol, (Private); Cambridgeshire - one bus reregistered at Cambus (City Sightseeing Cambridge); East Sussex - acquisition details updated for two buses at Brighton & Hove Buses (Brighton City Sightseeing), Brighton; Essex - four buses added to list for Ensign, dealer, Purfleet; the same four buses removed from the list for Original London Sightseeing Tour, London; North Yorkshire - list removed for Dunn-Line (Veolia Group), Whitby, and same bus added to the list for Coastal & Country Coaches, Whitby; most buses on the list for Scarborough & District are reregistered and/or delicenced pending replacement; and two newly converted buses added to the fleet at SS Suncruisers, Scarborough; Oxfordshire - bus reported as 'gone' from Inchmere Design (Promotional), Banbury (details requested, please); Surrey - new list added for London Bus Preservation Trust, Cobham Hall, Brooklands, at Weybridge, the same bus there removed from the Check list; West Midlands - some details updated for the bus at Black Country Tours, Netherton; list removed for The Transport Museum, Wythall, and added to new county page for Worcestershire where it is correctly located; Germany: Bavaria - various details added/updated for Yellow Cab (City Sightseeing Munich), Munich; Saxony - owner corrected for bus at Mehnert Promotion, formerly listed as Mauritius Brauerei GmbH, Zwickau; Scotland - one bus reported as 'gone' from Beith Transport Museum, Beith, Ayrshire (details requested, please); USA: California - details updated for buses at Open Top Sightseeing Inc, San Francisco; Nevada - layout details added for some buses at Open Top Sightseeing Inc, Las Vegas.
Thursday 1 December 2011
England: Cambridgeshire - five new part open top conversions added to the list for Cambus Limited (City Sightseeing Cambridge), Cambridge; one bus advertised for sale by Anthea Head (Decker Bus), Whittlesey; Devon - new list added for Mr D Hoare for bus stored at West of England Transport Collection, Winkleigh; Essex - one accident damaged bus for conversion added to list for Ensignbus, dealer, Purfleet; list added for Plymouth City Transport Preservation Group, kept at unidentified location (one bus moved from the Devon list to Essex due to change of location); Gloucestershire - list added for Mike Ellis, Stroud; Greater Manchester - list updated for SELNEC Preservation Society, Leigh; Hampshire - list added for 7164 Group (Private), Southampton; list added for Southampton City Council, Southampton; Isle of Wight - list updated for Isle of Wight Transport Museum, Newport; London - one bus added to list for Golden Tours, London; registration numbers corrected for See London By Night Limited, London; North Yorkshire - list updated for Stephenson (SS Suncruisers), Scarborough; Surrey - list updated for D. Priddle (private), Farnham. Tyne & Wear - owner name corrected and list updated for Promotion Buses.com Limited (previously listed as Wearside Bus Company), Sunderland. Hungary: list updated for City Sightseeing KfT (The BudaPest Tour), Budapest. Malta: two buses added to the list for Island Sightseeing, unidentified location. The Netherlands: new list added for Mart Leek, Amsterdam; new list added for TCR, Zeeland. Sweden: list added for Erwin, Stockholm. United Arab Emirates: body layout codes updated in list for Big Bus Company, Dubai. USA: California - list added for Gallo (London Bus & Taxi/Red Bus Rentals), Woodland Hills; Florida - operator name corrected for Conway Tours Inc (Big Bus Tours Miami) (previously Big Bus Company) and one new bus and four others added to that list, the same four buses removed from their respective associated previous operator's lists in Dubai, London, and Las Vegas; Nevada - some details added for buses at Double Decker Bus Company, Las Vegas; Wales: one bus added to the list for Hoare (Chepstow Classic Buses) from the Check list, and one bus removed from the Chepstow Classic Buses list and added to new list for Hoare (private owner) at Winkleigh, Devon as listed above.
Thursday 24 November 2011
England: Devon - list added for Cowdery, Kingsteignton (bus kept at Winkleigh); list removed for Stagecoach Devon at Torbay, the three Scanias previously listed there are believed to have been sold some time ago, and added to the Check list. London - list corrected and updated with new and withdrawn buses for Original London Sightseeing Tour, London; new list added for The Kindness Offensive, London, the bus listed was previously on the Unidentified Owners/Locations in England list, and also duplicated on its previous owners list at Belbus, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Belgium, that list has now been removed. Italy: new list with three new buses added for Florence Open Tour (believed to be the same operator as Rome Open Tour), Florence. Republic of Ireland: one bus (91-D-10101) removed from list for Dualway Coaches, Rathcoole, as scrapped. Scrap/For Scrap: list updated again after last week’s effort somehow managed to miss a few buses. The Check list has been republished as a whole to reflect all of the recent additions and deletions to it affected by changes to other lists.
Monday 14 November 2011
Scrap/For Scrap: list of all buses known or believed to be scrapped/extinct, or sold for scrap (and could still exist even if incomplete), republished as a whole to take account of recent deletions from 'current' lists. Some of these buses may also still be listed on the Check page as they have now been identified as scrapped, and that page will be republished soon, and also because some buses have moved onto that list.
Tuesday 8 November 2011
Belgium: new list created for Ceremonie Roger, Meulebeke; one bus added to list for VisiBuzz, Onoz, ex-Brown (London Bus Export Co.), Lydney, Gloucestershire, England, so that list modified, along with other corrections to it. Canary Islands: new list added for titsa /City Sightseeing Espana S.L., Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Cyprus: list for City Sightseeing Paphos split into two, with one each for the operations at Larnaca and Paphos. Denmark: new list added for CULT A/S (Promotional), Riskov. England: Cambridgeshire - one bus added to list for Cambus Limited (City Sightseeing Cambridge). Cornwall - three buses (A809/10/11 THW) removed from list for First Devon & Cornwall, Penzance, buses sold for scrap in 2009, and to be added to the Scrap/For Scrap list later. Dorset - new list added for Shamrock Buses, Poole. Kent - one bus (NFX 135P) removed from list for Gilkes (West Kent Bus Sales), West Kingsdown, as believed sold for scrap, and to be added to the Scrap/For Scrap list later. Lancashire - one bus added to the list for Totally Transport CIC (Classic Bus Lancashire / North West); same bus removed from list for Hungary: City Sightseeing Kft, Budapest (acquisition did not take place). Many thanks to all who have contributed information and updates via The Open Top Bus Group and our contact e-mail address. All reports are gratefully received.
Wednesday 26 October 2011
England: London - three buses sold for scrap have been removed from the Original London Sightseeing Tour list, to be added to the Scrap/For Scrap list later. Sri Lanka: data properly corrected for the list for Sri Lanka Transport Board , Colombo (Colombo City Tour). Also, a few page layout errors have been corrected so all pages should now display properly again.
Monday 24 October 2011
England: Devon - new list added for D. Shears (private), Bideford. West Yorkshire - new list added for West Yorkshire PTE Preservation Group, Shipley. Northern Ireland: one bus (97-D-329) removed from the Belfast Citysightseeing list, never delivered there, and went instead to Bath Bus Company (City Sightseeing Windsor), Berkshire, England. Sri Lanka: corrections and new data added for Sri Lanka Transport Board, Colombo (Colombo City Tour); and buses formerly used by Tear Drop Relief (charity) and now stored at Wattala. United Arab Emirates: list corrected for Big Bus Company, Dubai. Many thanks to all who have contributed information and updates via The Open Top Bus Group and our contact e-mail address. All reports are gratefully received.
Tuesday 18 October 2011
Czech Republic: new list added for VojensKé Muzeum, Lesany. Denmark: list updated for Dansk Veteranbil Udlejning, Hillerod. Finland: new country page added, with list for Westendin Linja (Open Top Tours Sightseeing), Helsinki. Hungary: list updated for City Sightseeing Kft (BudaPest Tour), Budapest. Latvia: lists added for two new operators, FariTour, Riga (sightseeing tours); and Show Bus, Riga (party bus). Macau: new country page added, with list for an unidentified operator. The Netherlands: new list added for Puma Sports (Promotional), unidentified location. Nigeria: new country page added, with list for Tanamount Nigeria, Lagos. Northern Ireland: one bus added to list for Ulsterbus, Coleraine; one bus added to the list for Allen's Tours, Belfast; same bus removed from the list for HM Revenue & Customs (as dealer). Norway: new list added for Kristiansand Zoo, Kristiansand. Republic of Ireland: Some data corrected (previous owners) for buses at Kells Transport Museum, Kells, Cork. Slovenia: new country page added, with list for Kompas, Novo Mesto. Sri Lanka: new operator list added for Columbo Peopolised Transport Services, Columbo. Sudan: The owner and location of H648 GPF has been identified as Intelligent Advertising Limited, Khartoum, so the list has been amended. Switzerland: Some information corrected for Pfiffner (Londag), Basserdorf; and the unidentified location/unidentified owner of Bristol FLF ZH99817 (AG15821, DHT 784C) has been identified as Serg Kaslin, Biel. Sweden: New lists added for Interbus, Gothenburg; and Strömma Buss AB, Stockholm. Thailand: new country page added, with list for Jesada Tecknik Museum, Kakhon Pathom. USA: Washington, DC - the City Sightseeing LLC tour operation has been sold to the Big Bus Company/Open Top Sightseeing Group, and so the list for that company now has an amended heading.
Monday 17 October 2011
Czech Republic: new list added for Hop On Hop Off Prague (City Sightseeing Prague). Denmark: various details updated and four buses added for Auto Paaske (Kobenhaven Rundfahrt), Copenhagen (City Sightseeing Copenhagen). Germany: Saxony - New list added with two buses for Leipziger Stadtrundfahrten. Greece: New list added for Smart Moving Media (Promotional), Athens. Malta: Following another geography lesson, the buses on the island of Gozo are now listed on the Malta page; one bus added and a few updates to the list for Lepeirks Travel (Gozo Sightseeing), Victoria; the City Sightseeing Malta tour operation passed from Garden of Eden Garage, Ghaxaq, to Captain Morgan Cruises, Sliema, in April 2011, so the list has been altered accordingly under the Captain Morgan Cruises heading; several buses remain with Garden of Eden Garage as a dealer (buses for sale), so these are now in their own list under the Garden of Eden Garage heading; three new buses added for Supreme Travel Limited, Zetjun (now correctly named, formerly Cancu Supreme Travel; two new buses added to the list for Oasis Tours, St. Paul's Bay; list added for new operator Island Sightseeing, location not yet identified, so more information needed please. The Netherlands: New registration/licence plate number identified for one bus at KRAS Touringcars, Ammerzoden. Norway: Three buses added to list for HMK, Oslo (City Sightseeing Oslo); and new list with four new buses for HMK, Bergen (City Sightseeing Bergen). South Africa: Two new buses added to list for Topless Tours, Cape Town (City Sightseeing Cape Town). USA: California - CitySights appears to have taken over the operations of Vizit Tours, Los Angeles, so new list created for CitySights LA; reregistrations (new licence plate numbers) for buses at Starline Tours (City Sightseeing Hollywood) and City Sightseeing San Diego Inc; one bus added and various details updated for buses at Corlett (British Bus Company), Spring Valley; various details updated for Kozlova & Vysochin (San Francisco Deluxe Tours), San Bruno; various details updated for San Francisco Travel (City Sightseeing San Francisco). District of Columbia - list removed for Metro Double Decker Tours, Washington, the one bus listed there has been correctly identified as being with Charles Riverboat Co (Double Decker Bus Co), Cambridge, Massachusetts. Florida - new list with five buses added for the new Big Bus Company sightseeing tour at Miami, and corresponding lists amended for their previous owners. Illinois - list added for Lincoln Spring Resort, Ashmore. This bus is possibly now scrapped so confirmation of its status is required please. Nevada - six new buses added to the list for Open Top Sightseeing Inc, Las Vegas. North Carolina - one bus added for Beaufort Historical Association, Beaufort; new list added for Kannapolis Charters, Kannapolis. Pennsylvania - new list added for Philadelphia Sightseeing Inc. Texas - one bus given new licence number at City Sightseeing San Antonio; details updated for bus at 'The Lion and The Rose', San Antonio. England: Dorset - List removed for Dorset Heritage Transport Services Limited (Shamrock Buses), bus there sold to Corlett (British Bus Company), Spring Valley as listed above. Greater Manchester - list removed for TL Commercials, Wigan, bus there sold to Philadelphia Sightseeing Inc, via Southeast Coachworks, Faversham, as listed above. Staffordshire - list removed for RML Travel, Stafford, bus sold to promotive (Promotional), Newport, Gwent, Wales, and new list added for that operator on the Wales page.
Tuesday 11 October 2011
Egypt: Current registration number identified for one bus at Entercity Sightseeing Tours, Alexandria. Estonia: Previous reg no identified for one bus at Tallinn Open Top Tours, Tallinn. Scotland: List removed for Aberdeen & District Preservation Trust, bus now returned to First Group and allocated on new list for Glasgow; entry for The Mobile Play Barn company location changed from Tarbrax to Larbert where the bus is based; and new photos added for City Sightseeing Oban. USA: Hawaii - two new operator lists added, but with little detail. These are some that we need help with please.
Monday 10 October 2011
Belgium: New operator details and lists added for De Boeck, Antwerp and Brussels; Golden Tours, Brussels; B & Co Rent, Herselt; several buses added and details updated for Open Tours, Brussels; and one bus added for Visibuzz, Onoz. England: Derbyshire - list removed for Chesterfield 1233 Preservation Group, Butterley, NFX 134P has been sold to Morecambe Heritage Bus Company, Morecambe, Lancashire; Dorset - CRU 180C removed from list for Bournemouth Passenger Transport Association, Bournemouth, and added to new list for West of England Transport Collection, Winkleigh, Devon, where it is reported to be kept; London - one bus added for Golden Tours; one bus listed for TWH Bus & Coach, Romford, Essex, now also listed on the London page because it operates in the East End there; 13 new buses added for Original London Sightseeing Tour; North Yorkshire - two buses reported as sold by York Pullman, York for which we require details please; South Yorkshire - new list added for South Yorkshire Transport Museum, Rotherham, with one bus ex-York Pullman. Germany: individual operator lists published in the last update for there have been reworked back into pages for each German state for ease of updating at present. These will be dealt with individually again at a later date. Republic of Ireland: some data corrections and one bus added for Dualway, Dublin (CitySightseeing Dublin); and new operator list for Clonakilty Food Company Limited, Clonakilty, County Cork. Many thanks to all who have contributed information and updates via The Open Top Bus Group and our contact e-mail address. All reports are gratefully received.
Wednesday 14 September 2011
Several updates for England - Avon: one bus (privately owned) removed from list for Rubicon Classic Enterprises (City Sightseeing Bristol) and added to new list for Warwick Hulme, Yatton, Somerset; East Sussex: owner and location of the Metrobus with 'Pimms Village' at Hove, now clarified as Bus Bar Company, Brighton; Essex: list updated for Ensign (dealer), Purfleet; and livery updated for one bus at TWH, Romford; Hampshire: two buses transferred from Wilts & Dorset and added to list for Solent Blue Line, New Forest; Isle of Wight: one bus (Volvo B10B single deck) added to list for Southern Vectis; London: four new buses added to the list for Golden Tours (Transport) Limited, also four new buses added to the list for Original London Sightseeing Tour; Wiltshire: new list added for Andrew James Vintage Travel, Malmesbury.
Tuesday 13 September 2011
England - East Sussex: fleet numbers and some details updated for Brighton & Hove Buses; Norfolk: list removed for McMaster (Awayadays Travel), Great Yarmouth (City Sightseeing Great Yarmouth), bus returned to and listed for Ensign, dealer, Purfleet, Essex; North Yorkshire: various details updated for Transdev York Limited (York CitySightseeing), including one bus removed as withdrawn and transferred to storage at Transdev at Blackburn, Lancashire; Tyne & Wear: one bus reallocated from Stagecoach Busways at South Shields to Newcastle-upon-Tyne (City Sightseeing Newcastle Gateshead); Devon: several buses removed from Stagecoach Devon list for Torquay (as sold), and added to new list for The Mobile Playbarn Company Limited, Tarbrax, Scotland, new list for Stafford Bus Centre (dealer), Stafford, Staffordshire, new list for Wigley (dealer), Carlton, South Yorkshire, and two buses reallocated to Exeter, Devon.
Wednesday 7 September 2011
England - Avon: layout clarified for P757 SWC at City Sightseeing Bristol, and proper operator name confirmed as Rubicon Classic Enterprises Limited; Cheshire: change of operator for City Sightseeing Chester tour, to First Manchester Limited; East Sussex: one bus added, and fleet numbers added, for City Sightseeing Eastbourne (Bath Bus Company); Merseyside: one bus added to the list for City Sightseeing Liverpool (Ace Travel North West); Berkshire: one bus removed (transferred to Cardiff as above) and various other details added/corrected, for City Sightseeing Windsor (Bath Bus Company). Northern Ireland - one bus added to list for City Sightseeing Belfast. Wales - livery corrected for V903 FEC, at City Sightseeing Cardiff (Bath Bus Company).
Sunday 4 September 2011
Germany - data now split up into one page for each owner/operator, and - data added, several re-registrations, and three buses added to Berlin City Tour GmbH, Berlin; acquisition details added for some buses, and two buses added at Yellow Cab, Frankfurt; livery corrections, other details, six buses added and corrected operator name for Autobus Oberbayern/Gray Line, Munich (previously recorded as Gray Line Munich City Sightseeing); data updated and buses added at Yellow Cab, Munich; data updated, several re-registrations, and one bus added to Berlin City Tour GmbH, Potsdam; new operator list added for Suzanne Lang (Aller Fritz), Potsdam. We have more information to update and publish soon, following a visit to Germany by one of our team.
Monday 22 August 2011
Republic of Ireland - Various details added, updated or corrected, and four buses added, for Dualway, Rathcoole (City Sightseeing Dublin and Dublin Tour Gray Line).
Monday 25 July 2001
Canada: New operator and list added for Chas Casford (Harbour Hippo), Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. England: Derbyshire - Promotional bus reregistered at Global Brands, Clay Cross. Hampshire - convertible bus with Morton's Coaches, Basingstoke, now with roof removed, repainted and numbered, ex-previous owner's livery. Malta: Buses added to list for Garden of Eden Garage, Ghaxaq (City Sightseeing Malta); new operator and list for Zarb Coaches Limited, Iklin (PINK sightseeing); previously Unidentified Operator/Location now identified as Zinnu Bus & Coach Works, Luqa; buses added for Cancu Supreme Travel, Zetjun (Malta Sightseeing). USA: New York page updated with photos; also bus types confirmed at Big Taxi Tours, New York City; many buses and other details added for the unusual fleet of CitySights, New York City; new operator and list added for Dongbu Tour & Travel Inc, New York City; and buses and details added for Grayline New York/Stagecoach (New York Sightseeing). Many thanks to 'Prisma Scotland' for the New York City details and photos. Wales: ABO 424D location correctly identified as Bargoed, rather than Rhymney Valley; one bus added and details amplified for several buses at Hoare (Chepstow Classic Bus), Chepstow; one bus added at Padarn Bus, Llanberis; bus reregistered at Celtic Travel, Llanidloes; new operator and list added for First Cymru Buses at Swansea; one bus and details updated for Bath Bus Company (City Sightseeing Cardiff), the same bus removed from the list for Ensignbus, Purfleet, Essex. Many thanks to all who have contributed information and updates via The Open Top Bus Group and our contact e-mail address. All reports are gratefully received.
Tuesday 19 July 2011
Argentina - New list and details added for Buenos Aires Bus, Buenos Aires. Brazil - operators new to my records have been added with lists for Brasilia City Tour, Brasilia; URBS, Curitaba; Parque Nacional Do Iguacu Park Authority at the Parque Nacional Do Iguacu Park (can anyone confirm the name of the operator please?); Linha Tourismo, Port Alegre; and Salvador Bus, Salvador. There still remains a location and owner to identify for AEC Routemaster ANP 123A (571 CLT). New country page added for Cuba - we have been sent information on the buses of Transtur at Varedero, so new list added. New page added for Ecuador - one bus known to be at Guayaquil with Guayaquil Vision. Are there any more there? Greece - two Volvo/Ayats added, one for new operator 'ETHEL', and one for an unidentified operator, but could be the same. India - three new operators lists added, for Chandigarh Tourism, Chandighar; City Cabs Ltd, Jaipur; and Kalaa Bus Service, Jaipur. New country page added for Israel - one bus with EGGED, Jerusalem. New country page added for Mexico - lists for ALSA, Mexico City; Turibus Circuito Touristico, Puebla; and Mexicoach, Tijuana. Morocco - reg nos corrected and some details updated for ALSA, Marrakech (City Sightseeing Marrakech). Peru - new operator and list added for Arequipa Sightseeing, Arequipa. Philippines - new list added for MATORCO at an unidentified location. New country page added for Serbia - list for BS Tours, Belgrade. Many thanks to all who have contributed information and updates via The Open Top Bus Group and our contact e-mail address. All reports are gratefully received.
Monday 18 July 2011
Portugal - New operator and list for Carris Tur, Coimbra; data added for Dourima Acima Transportes, Funchal, Madeira; new operator and list for Slide & Splash Water Slide Park, Lagoa; more buses added for Carris Tur, Lisbon; more buses and detail added for Dourima Acima Transportes, Lisbon; new operator and list for Bibatours, Porto; new operator and list for Carris Tur, Porto; new operator and list for Moinho Rent-a-car, Porto Santo; new operator and list for 'Ben & Jerry Tour' at an unidentified location; and a new operator and list for Vialvor (name to be confirmed please), also at an unidentified location.
Tuesday 12 July 2011
Canary Islands (Spain) - Shuttle Buses for Siam Park Theme Park now correctly located at Costa Adeje, Tenerife, with more details added; three buses identified and added to City Sightseeing Espana at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; and one unidentified bus in new list for Jungle Park Zoo, Playa de las Americas. The duplicate list for the City Sightseeing buses at Las Palmas de Gran Caria on the Spain page has been removed. The page for Holland is now renamed The Netherlands following a geography lesson - owner corrected for Oostenrijk Touringcars BV, Diemen, previously recorded as GVB, for the City Sightseeing Amsterdam list, and fleet numbers added; new operator and list for Beuving (Stairway Promotions), Assen; one bus reregistered at Sjoerds Autos, Hilversum; new operator and list for Bergerhof Tours, Mierlo; new operator and list for Beuk Touringcars, Noordwyk; change of owner within the Netherlands for BE-33-61 (WNO 475), from Hans Bezemer, Alphen aan den Rijn, to Bart Prins (Prins Classic Transport), Opijnen, in 4/11; owner of UWV 612S identified as Childright, location still unidentified; new operator and list for Unidentified Location/Unidentified Owner with one bus, ex-Sjoerds Autos, Hilversum. Hungary - one bus (CJH 119V) added to the list for the unidentified tour operator in Budapest mentioned yesterday, and the list for The Bus Works, Lancashire, England (previous owner), removed because that was the only bus on that list.
Monday 11 July 2011
Germany: New operators and lists added for Berliner City Tour, Berlin; BVG, Berlin; City Circle Berlin; Der Templehofer, Berlin; DWM Bus Company GmbH, Berlin; Bonn Touren, Bonn; Willms, Koln; Cornelia Liedtke, Neumunster; Hagen Wolf (Kaiser Tour), Potsdam; Petra Marx, St. Wenda; Anker Medical Tech, Wittlich; Unidentified Owner, Zeche Zollerein; and Mauritius Brauerei GmbH, Zwickau. Other details added throughout the page. More information has come to my notice just before this page was published, and I have decided to publish what is known to me in Germany so far. Other updates will of course follow when more detail is known. Hungary: Vehicle identities corrected for the sightseeing tour in Budapest that was recorded last week as operated by Totally Transport CIC (Classic Bus Lancashire), England. Also, the tour company is not connected with Totally Transport and is now shown as ‘Unidentified Operator’ until I establish its name. The only connection with Totally Transport is that is where the offside door conversion rebuild work was done before the buses were shipped to Hungary.
Thursday 7 July 2011
Page updated for France: Bordeaux - 2965 VF 33 added to the list for Bordeaux Culture Decouverte, ex-Unidentified Owner, as it seems likely to be part of that fleet; new operator (believed to be Cityrama, Paris) and list added at Marseilles; and for an unidentified owner at Mormoiron; two more buses added for Cityrama at Nice; new list and bus added for Bateaux Mouches, Paris; three buses added and various details updated for Les Cars Rouge, Paris; new list added for Paris Low Cost (Foxity Sightseeing Tour), Paris; more buses added and some details changed for Société d'Exploitation de Lignes Touristiques (L’Open Tour), Paris; list for Michael Bourgignon (Private), Kazilal, now correctly listed as an immobile cafe (Frites Bar) located at Vaucluse; new operator and list added for Franck Sirach (Private), Villefranche de Lauragais, Brittany, this bus was previously recorded with Unidentified Owner, Arles, Provence, and that list now removed; Unidentified Location/Unidentified Owner - list removed (for GJG 758D), to be added to the Check list later.
Wednesday 6 July 2011
England: Essex - B285 WUL removed from Ensign, dealer, Purfleet, transferred to the company's City Sightseeing franchise at Washington, DC, USA, two buses (G336/7 CSG) sold to York Pullman, York, North Yorkshire, and CFZ 6594 added to dealer stock at Ensign, ex-Citysightseeing Belfast, Northern Ireland. Isle of Wight - various status changes for buses in the Go South Coast Events Fleet, and correspondingly one bus removed from Shamrock Buses, Poole, Dorset. London - some buses' layouts changed to 'PO??/??F' at Golden Tours, London, pending clarification of number of seats fitted. Hungary - New operator and list added for a tour operation either run by or related to Totally Transport CIC (Classic Bus Lancashire), England, at Budapest. The same buses have been removed from the company’s list for their buses in Lancashire, England. Italy: Two more buses added to the list for City Sightseeing Milano. Poland: New operator fleet list added for Krakow Tour Bus, Krakow (sightseeing tours); new operator fleet list added for Fovilim, Warsaw (private hire operator). Spain: One bus added for City Sightseeing Espana S.L. at Benalmadena; new operator and list added for Liorente Bus Benidorm (Grup Avansa) at Benidorm; new operator and one bus added for Bus Turistikoa, Bilbao; updates for City Sightseeing Espana at Cadiz, updates for Sevirama, Cadiz; list added for new Unidentified Operator, Galicia; new operation and list for City Sightseeing Espana at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; one bus added to Madrid Vision (Julia and Trapsa), Madrid; more details and two buses added for City Sightseeing Espana at Malaga; more details and buses added at Santander; and Seville; new list added for Unidentified Location/Unidentified Owner with one bus (VDV 143S), ex-Hoare, Chepstow, Wales.
Monday 4 July 2011
England: Avon - Capacity/Layout corrected for T75 KLD at Rubicon Classic Travel. Cheshire - new entity and list added for Earls Limousines, Moore, near Chester. Cornwall - fleetnumber and livery updated for 783 DYE at Western Greyhound; livery and name added for E2 RCL at Roselyn Coaches, Par. Essex - CFZ 6549 added to sales stock at Ensign, dealer, Purfleet, ex-City Sightseeing Belfast. Cambridgeshire - E333 MSG added to list for Anthea Head (Decker Bus), Whittlesey, ex-Ensign, dealer, Purfleet. Gloucestershire - new entity and one bus added for Hayes Catering Limited, Gloucester (mobile restaurant). Hampshire - NJV 995 added to new entity King Alfred Motor Services Limited, Winchester. Isle of Wight - various details added and updated for the Go South Coast Events Fleet. Lancashire - livery notes updated for buses at Blackpool Transport; and for Totally Transport CIC (Classic Bus Lancashire / North West). London - new entity and fleet list added for Golden Tours, London; and one bus added for London General. Norfolk - new entity and one bus added for Alfresco Concepts (exhibition unit) at King's Lynn, Norfolk. This is the bus previously listed as 'Unidentified Owner' in Hampshire. Warwickshire - previous owners added for the City Sightseeing buses (Midland Red South) at Stratford-upon-Avon.
Monday 27 June 2011
England: Cambridgeshire - Acquisition details added for some buses at Cambus, Cambridge; and Viscount Bus & Coach, Peterborough. Cornwall - One bus added to First Devon & Cornwall at Camborne; and bus reregistered and livery confirmed at Roselyn Coaches, Par. Cumbria - Acquisition details added for buses with Stagecoach (Northwest) Ltd at Windermere (Bowness/Grasmere); details and one bus added for new operator Judith Hodgson (Lakeland Voyager), and same bus removed from Northumberland list; Derbyshire - Acquisition details for bus at Stagecoach East Midlands, Chesterfield; acquisition details and layout confirmed for the tree lopper at Andrews, Tideswell. Devon - livery confirmed for BYX 304V at Bowden & Slater (English Riviera Tours), Torquay. East Sussex - livery confirmed for HKE 690L at Mulpeter (Seaford & District). Greater Manchester - Unidentified Owner, Bolton, identified as Ciaran & Martin Stokes. Isle of Wight - previous registration numbers added for FLJ 538 at Isle of Wight Bus Museum, Newport. Leicestershire - new entity added for Leicester Transport Heritage Trust Ltd., Desford. North Yorkshire - liveries corrected for most buses at York Pullman, York. Somerset - Unidentified owner of SDM 97V at Weston-super-Mare now known to be Greek restaurant Demetris Taverna. Livery also clarified. LEU 263P moved from Roger Smith, Glastonbury (preservation), to Jonathan Pratt (Crosville Motor Services), Weston-super-Mare. Northumberland - VDL 613S gone from Unidentified Owner, Acomb Colliery to Judith Hodgson (Lakeland Voyager), Cumbria; and 128 DTD removed from Unidentified Owner, Northumberland to London Bus Export Co., Lydney, Gloucestershire (corrected owner). West Midlands - 264 ERY removed from Aston Manor Transport Museum, bus sold to Leicester Transport Heritage Trust Ltd., Desford, Leicestershire. List removed for O'Connor (Beer Bus), Oldbury. Both buses believed to be gone for scrap - Scrap/For Scrap list to be updated later. West Yorkshire - Owner of UWW 3X now identified as Transport Yorkshire Preservation Group, Leeds. Unidentified Locations/Unidentified Owners - 724 UXW added. England Counties page - list tidied up. Scotland: One bus added to Beith Transport Museum, Beith, Ayrshire; adjustments after several buses destroyed by fire in an arson attack at Wilson's of Gourock (Glasgow City Tour).
Friday 24 June 2011
More detail added and also photographs for buses in Cyprus (Red Bus Cyprus, Famagusta; Love Buses, Larnaca; City Cab, Larnaca; Unidentified Owner, Limassol; Exclusive Wedding Bus, Paphos; City Sightseeing, Paphos; and ERA Estate Agents, Paralimni). The Scotland page has been updated with reregistration details and acquisition details for some buses in the Wilson’s of Gourock/Glasgow City Tour fleet. New operator and vehicle detail added for City Sightseeing Inverness. Separate website pages have been created for City Sightseeing Bute, City Sightseeing Edinburgh, City Sightseeing Glasgow, City Sightseeing Inverness and City Sightseeing Oban, which is something I aim to do for all major fleets. Many thanks to all who have contributed information and updates via The Open Top Bus Group and our contact e-mail address. All reports are gratefully received.
Thursday 2 June 2011
An adjustment to the page for Lancashire, England: The list for Totally Transport CIC (Classic Bus North West) has been divided to record the buses of the company's two separate business concerns. The first is a list for Classic Bus North West and details the buses used commercially by the company on its SeaFront 12 bus service between Blackpool and Lytham St. Annes. The second list is for The Bus Works and details buses that are in the company’s commercial workshop premises being rebuilt, refurbished or restored by the company on behalf of the buses' owners, and so are not normally kept there.
Tuesday 31 May 2011
Information added for England - Avon: operator added, and one bus, for Bristol Bus & Coach Sales. Rubicon Classic Travel (City Sightseeing Bristol) - details added for 931 GTA, P757 SWC, E305 MSG, T75 KLD. Berkshire: Bath Bus Company (City Sightseeing Windsor) - various details added. Cleveland: information previously recorded for Brown & Peacock (Tees Valley Stage Carriage) now deleted because the acquisition deal was not finalised. This was the only bus listed for Cleveland so that page has been removed. Cornwall: New operator details and one bus added for Roselyn Coaches, Par. Two buses transferred within First Devon & Cornwall from Penzance, Cornwall to Barnstaple, Devon. One bus added to new First Devon & Cornwall allocation at Camborne. Devon: New First Devon & Cornwall allocation at Barnstaple - two buses added. Various details added for Dart Leisure Craft (Rail River Link). Various details added for Devonian, Paignton; and another bus added for English Riviera Tours. Operator and location of KUC 958P identified. Dorset: Another bus and details added for Discover Dorset (City Sightseeing Bournemouth). 928 GTA (Bennett, Sherborne, Dorset) moved from Bennett, Eastleigh, Hampshire. A989 XAF (Thompson Tours, Christchurch, Dorset) moved to Avon Forst Autos, dealer, Ringwood, Hampshire. East Sussex: Buses added for Bath Bus Company at Eastbourne (City Sightseeing Eastbourne & BeachyHead). East Yorkshire: Buses added and details amended for East Yorkshire Motor Services Coaching Unit and Heritage Fleet. GJG 751D moved from Dover Transport Museum Society, Dover, to unidentified private owner, Hull, East Yorkshire. Essex: Unidentified Owner added for A613 THV, ex-York Pullman. A931 SUL removed from Ensign, dealer, Purfleet, to Scrapped/To Be Scrapped list. Buses recently sold remove from Ensign list. Several buses returned from former Ensign subsidiary Bath Bus Company at Cardiff (Wales) and Windsor, Berkshire. Former Danish registration numbers and seating layouts added for the Veolia Volvo B7TLs. Details added for several buses in the Ensignbus operational fleet. Greater Manchester: operators and buses for Unidentified, Bolton; Mark Forrest Conservatories, Westhoughton; and TL Commercials, Wigan - all moved from Lancashire to Greater Manchester (previously recorded in wrong county). Hampshire: 928 GTA moved from Bennett, Eastleigh to Bennett, Sherborne, Dorset. A989 XAF added to new operator Avon Forst Autos, dealer, Ringwood, ex-Thompson Tours, Christchurch, Dorset. Details for F357 WSC moved to correct operator Xelabus Limited, Southampton, from pb Bus Marketing, Eastleigh. Operator details and one bus added for Morton's Coaches, Basingstoke New operator and bus used as a mobile exhibition/hospitality unit added as Unidentified Operator/Unidentified Location. Isle of Wight: New single deck bus conversion added for Southern Vectis at Shanklin. Kent: Stagecoach's tree lopper JWV 251W transferred within Stagecoach from Ashford to Folkestone. New operator and bus added for HE Services, Strood area. Owner details and one bus added for S.Murphy & P.Brooker, private owners, Maidstone. Lancashire: Unidentified, Bolton; Mark Forrest Conservatories, Westhoughton; and TL Commercials, Wigan - all moved from Lancashire to Greater Manchester (previously recorded in wrong county). Details for Arriva Southport, and North West Museum of Transport, St. Helen's, moved to Merseyside page from Lancashire (previously recorded in wrong county). Totally Transport CIC (Classic Bus Lancashire / North West) - five buses added. Details updated for Lord & Smith (Morecambe Heritage Bus Company), Morecambe. London: More details added for Premium Tours, London. Merseyside: Another new open top conversion for Maghull Coaches (Liverpool City Explorer). Details for Arriva Southport, and North West Museum of Transport, St. Helen's, moved to Merseyside page from Lancashire (previously recorded in wrong county). Details for City Sightseeing Southport removed as the tour is not running this year and the bus has probably returned to Liverpool. Norfolk: Details and one bus added for "The Castle" Public House, Norwich. North Yorkshire: Two buses reregistered at Scarborough & District; some livery changes at SS Suncruisers; one bus reregistered at Coastal & Country Coaches, Whitby; one livery change at York City Sightseeing. Shropshire: Details and bus added for R. Follwell (private), Stableford, Bridgnorth. Somerset: Details and bus added for an unidentified operator. West Midlands: Change of operator for the Birmingham Big Buz Sightseeing Tour. Scrapped/To Be Scrapped list: A931 SUL, B-V 3187 and FGE 430X added ex-Ensign, dealer, Purfleet, Essex. Lots more information added for Italy - Bus identified at City Sightseeing Bergamo (still need full details); new operation and bus at Cagliari; and Genoa; another bus added for Little London, Martina Franca; also one more bus each at City Sightseeing Messina and Milan; a new mobile exhibition vehicle at Milan; more details for City Sightseeing Padova; buses and details added for Appian Line (Ciao Roma), Rome; Augonio (Original Rome Sightseeing Tour), Rome; more details for Roma SightseeingTour (City Sightseeing Roma); more buses identified at Green Line Tours, Rome Open Tour, and Trambus Open; also more buses at City Sightseeing Sorrento; and more details for buses at Trieste, Turin, and Verona. Buses previously listed on the Sicily page, for Palermo, are now included on the Italy list. The buses previously listed at Panda Tours on Singapore are now believed to have been scrapped and are now deleted from there and added to the Scrapped/To Be Scrapped list. Also, more details have been added for the bus at Heartware Network (previouly listed as "Unidentified Operator" in Singapore City. Many thanks to all who have contributed information and updates via The Open Top Bus Group and our contact e-mail address. All reports are gratefully received.
Friday 13 May 2011
Republic of Ireland updated, with major changes noted for Dualway Coaches (City Sightseeing Dublin and Gray Line Dublin Tour) following a major depot fire there; Howth (The Transport Museum Society of Ireland); Limerick (Bus Eirann, C & H Coaches, and Carrig Coaches); and a couple of buses at unidentified locations with owners that I need help to identify. Also, the Channel Islands page has been updated, with only Jersey Bus Tours as an operator of open top buses there, unless of course someone knows better.
Monday 9 May 2011
Hong Kong updated, with added and amended data for Big Bus Sightseeing; Citybus Limited; Kowloon Motor Bus; and New World First Bus. New records added for Pak Shing Travel Co. and Toyo Travel Agency; and an 'unidentified owner'. The buses of Guangzhou No1 Bus Company, Guangdong, have been removed from the Hong Kong list as we believe that Guandong is in China rather than Hong Kong. These buses will be added to the China page at its next update. Singapore also updated with many gaps in data now populated. Many thanks to Paul McNamara for the information for these pages, and to all others who have contacted us recently with updates still to be published. Also, new and updated data for the Balearic Islands (Majorca, etc) with new detail for Alcudia Vision, Alcudia; Transunion, Cala d'Or; Autocares Manacor SA; and updated information for City Sightseeing Palma; and Hengel & Volkes. A few tweaks also have been made to hopefully remove the 'corrupted' screens that have appeared across the whole website recently.
Monday 18 April 2011
All of Australia now updated - with records for new owner Double Deckerdence, Brisbane; Double Decker Tours, Darwin; Sydney Party Bus, Manly; City Tour Pty Ltd, Perth; Perth Tramway Company, Perth; and City Sightseeing Sydney; plus an unidentified owner that we need clarification of please.
Thursday 14 April 2011
Data for buses in the United States of America made up to date, as far as I have been notified. The USA page has been divided into pages for each State to make it easier to read, and easier for me to update, rather than having all locations and operators on one website page. The main changes in all of this are - California - new operators East Hollywood Tours and Hollywood Sightseeing Tours; Schmidt & Freeman (mobile restaurant); also many updates to the other operators in California; Hawaii - New operator records for Duskin, Oahu; Nevada - New operator to our records Open Top Sightseeing Inc; New Hampshire - 'Unidentified Owner' record now established as Christmas Farm Inn, North Conway; New York - Another bus (59508 BA) added for Big Taxi Tours, New York; Texas - New operator records added for City Sightseeing San Antonio; also, records updated for Big Bus Company, London, England - some buses transferred to Open Top Sightseeing Inc in Las Vegas, Nevada, in new records there.
Wednesday 23 March 2011
Updates for England: North Yorkshire - some buses at York Pullman Bus Company given fleet numbers and/or re-registered.
Tuesday 22 March 2011
Updates for England: Gloucestershire - London Bus Export Co., Lydney - 612 UKM removed (sold to a Belgian operator - Belgium update later) and ERV 251D removed (sold to a Hampshire owner); Hampshire - pb Bus Marketing updated with ERV 251D (bus privately owned); Lancashire - D244 FYM from Blackpool (Blackpool Transport) to Llandudno (Alpine Travel), Wales; North Yorkshire - BYX 143V, BYX 304V and A613 THV sold from York Pullman (details to follow later); and all entries for Wales made up to date, including new operator (to our records) Chapmans Coaches, Porth - C133 CFB, moved from the Check list.
Wednesday 9 March 2011
Updates for Devon - McAllister (Devonian), Torquay; Essex - Ensign, dealer, Purfleet; Lancashire - Blackpool Transport (City Sightseeing Blackpool), St. Helens (North West Museum of Road Transport); Staffordshire - Wardle Transport (new to our records); West Midlands - The Green Bus (new to our records); West Sussex - Chris Pearce (Southdown Historic Vehicles); Wales - Alpine Travel, Llandudno; Scotland - Wilson of Gourock, Glasgow; City Sightseeing Inverness, Inverness; and a couple of buses added to the Scrap/For Scrap list (B115 ORU and C907 UGD, ex-Ensign, dealer, Purfleet)
Wednesday 2 March 2011
Operator list removed for PSV Partsmaster (dealer), Rochester, Kent - the only bus on that list is now with Nash (British Bus Sales), Cobham, Surrey.
Tuesday 1 March 2011
Data for buses in England made up to date, as far as I have been notified. The England page has been divided into county and metropolitan areas to make it easier to read, and certainly easier to update, rather than having hundreds of operators and their lists all on one website page. Also, a few updates to the Channel Islands, Scotland and Wales pages.
Friday 12 November 2010
Updates, further data and more additional photos for China - Big Bus Tours, Shanghai; ‘City Sightseeing’ (China Spring Travel And Airliners Co Ltd.); Lujiazui, Pudong district, tour buses; Shanghai Ba-Shi Industrial Co.
Tuesday 2 November 2010
New page style and updates for China - Big Bus Tours, Shanghai; ‘City Sightseeing’; Lujiazui, Pudong district, tour buses; Shanghai Ba-Shi Industrial Co.; data updated/added for England - Ensignbus (Operational fleet); Scotland - Majestic Tours Edinburgh.
Tuesday 5 October 2010
Data updated/added for England - Blackpool (Blackpool Transport), Braintree (Flagfinders Coaches), Bude (John Holden), East Grinstead (Church of Scientology), Framlington (Rallybeam/Venturer Coachways), Grays (Essex Fire Brigade), Hastings (Hastings & District Preservation Group), Hove (Pimms Village), Isles of Scilly (Heritage Tours), King's Lynn (Julian Patterson), Leeds (Transdev York), Lode (Frolic Farm Polo Club), London (The Big Bus Company), London (Premium Tours), Lydney (Davies), Lydney (London Bus Export Co), Lytham St. Anne's (Lancastrian Transport Trust), Morecambe (Morecambe Heritage Bus Company), Norton Fitzwarren (Quantock Motor Services), Purfleet (Ensignbus - lists now back in the main England page), Skegness (Stagecoach East Midlands), Wigan (TL Commercials), York (K & J Logistics), York (Transdev York), and York (York Pullman Bus Company); Scotland - Edinburgh (Edinburgh Tours), Edinburgh (Majestic Tours) and Glasgow (Wilson of Gourock); Northern Ireland - Coleraine (Ulsterbus), Larne (Ulsterbus) and Mallusk (Wilsons Auctions); Wales - Llandudno & Conwy (Alpine Travel), Rhyl (Arriva Cymru); 'Check'; and 'Scrapped' pages.
Tuesday 31 August 2010
Updates for England (Blackpool Transport, Blackpool; and Quantock Motor Services, Norton Fitzwarren), Scotland (Blythswood Motors, Glasgow), Northern Ireland (new entry for McBride, Coleraine; Wilson's Auctions, Mallusk; McKinley Skip Hire, Lurgan; Rogan (Diamond/Belfast Sightseeing); and Belfast City Sightseeing), and Wales (Alpine Coaches, Llandudno; Arriva Cymru, Rhyl; Cardiff Transport Preservation Group, Barry; Celtic Travel, Llanindloes; GM Coaches, Cefn Cribwr; Hoare, Chepstow; and an unidentified location).
Tuesday 10 August 2010
Pages updated for Scotland. Also new pages created for Ensign, dealer, Purfleet, and Ensignbus, Purfleet, as new ‘breakout’ pages from the main England list.
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