Classic Bus Magazine Apr/May 2023 (184) Back Issue

After the recent exit of FirstBus from Southampton, David Toy looks at the city in earlier years and remembers its Atlantean days. John Hodge recalls the X-routes that once ran in the South Midlands in the 1980s and we feature more buses on rails around the world, more on Cuba, more about a Bristol L in Hampshire, more revelations about Fotobus and more on the end of Notts & Derby trolleybuses.

We also see how to upright a Routemaster on its side, and observe an Albion Nimbus and a Bristol LH in Devon country lanes, while Peter Calvert tells us about his classic classic bus and a letter he got from Lytham's general manager in 1960. A Leyland Lion will soon be roaring again in Winchester, and a fabulous new book will be launched at the London Bus Museum's Spring Gathering – a must buy! How about Ribble and BET Directors' jolly to the Lake District and how one-man operation did not always happen straight away with early underfloor-engine buses? It's all in the latest Classic Bus.

Plus there’s our popular, lively and well-illustrated Forum section with topics ranging far and wide, and a look at some new books.