Classic Bus Magazine Oct/Nov 2025 (199) Back Issue

How do you plan a bus station? Rent an aerodrome, of course, during the holidays; Tony Young explains how SELNEC did it. Also in this issue, Dave Astill examines the whys and wherefores of Nottingham’s Lilac Leopards. And Mike Hodges tells us a bit more about Maidstone & District’s early post-war rebodies.

We set off discovering buses in the beautiful, wild scenery of the Outer Hebrides and learn about contraband whisky and Bonnie Prince Charlie along the way. And we’re in Fishguard on a day celebrating the locals repelling a French invasion – but we’re looking at the buses, of course. We also visit East Yorkshire, seeing non-Beverley Bar double deckers, and Sussex, on a run out retracing some of the Heathfield Pool routes. How about a return visit to Lake Thun? We have more Swiss trolleybuses to show you, and we also look at a trolleybus that went from Brighton to Maidstone and kept the same fleetnumber.

Andrew Braddock goes into the background story of NBC’s Western White livery, Barrie Old recalls the coachbuilding career of his dad, and Mike Fenton introduces us to KW, another classic coach builder no longer with us.

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