SHOWBUS Updates |
December 27th Final pictures from Showbus 2009 - the BUSES60 display. Royal Blue gallery update. December 20th New gallery for Ottawa's OC Transpo Enviro500 doubledeckers. Southern Vectis gallery update. Complete makeover to the South of England gallery. Twelfth and final 2009 EFE releases. December 13th More pictures from Showbus - Late entries. Update to Silver Star gallery. New model Fleet Focus on Southampton. December 6th More pictures from Showbus - First, Arriva & Stagecoach. Update to Original Provincial gallery. November 29th More pictures from Showbus - Modern buses. Update to Sold East Kent buses gallery. November 22th More pictures from Showbus - Modern coaches. Update to Southdown coaches gallery. New model Fleet Focus on Portsmouth. Future model releases update. November 15th More pictures from Showbus - Minibuses & older modern buses. Update to First Provincial buses in red livery gallery. Latest EFE releases for 2009 both Release 10 and Release 11. November 8th More pictures from Showbus - London RT & RMs. Update to Former M&D buses gallery. November 1st SHOWBUS 2010 - date confirmed as Sunday September 26th at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford. More pictures from Showbus - London buses and Bristols. Update to Wilts & Dorset Bristols gallery. October 25th More pictures from Showbus - Plaxtons & the Elite. Future model releases update. Update to The King's Ferry. October 21st EFE ninth releases for 2009. Bonus Shamrock & Rambler update gallery. October 18th More pictures from Showbus from around Rally Control. Update to pictures of East Kent before Stagecoach. October 11th More rally pictures featuring the Duxford Tours buses and Ipswich's Omnicity. Update to the Brighton & Hove Coaches gallery. October 4th First post rally pictures. Showbus winners list 2009. Update to the Boroline gallery. September 20th New gallery for First Routemasters in London. Update to the pictures of Brighton, Hove & District. Future model buses update. Showbus entries nudge 500. September 15th New gallery for Eurolines Jonckheeres. Update to Eastbourne Buses "The Rest!" pictures. Eighth EFE releases for 2009. Showbus entries listed in the main body of the programme are on-line today, there is still space for late entries. September 13th Showbus entries shoot pass 400 on course for another 500 entry. New gallery for Eurolines Berkhofs. Update to pictures of Hants & Dorset. Details of the special bus service between Cambridge and Duxford on 27th September. Details of Trumpington to Duxford BUSES60 parade now 61 buses are entered representing each of the years from 1949 to 2009. Site Shuttle service finalised with thanks to Chambers Coaches and Central Buses. September 6th Showbus entries pass 350. Provisional Duxford Tours schedule on line. Rally site display plan finalised. New gallery for Eurolines Bovas. Update to pictures of Arriva Southern Counties (Kent). August 30th Showbus entries continue to run ahead of last year and smash 300. Provisional rally numbers allocated. New gallery for Eurolines Plaxtons. Update to pictures of Eastbourne Buses Spectras. Seventh EFE releases for 2009. First picture of EFE SHOWBUS model for 2009. The model is now on sale. August 23rd New gallery for Eurolines Irizars. Update to pictures of Brighton & Hove buses in original livery. More details of the big day - 27th September. August 17th Showbus entries smash 200. Castle Coaches of Windsor join the UK Coach Hire Directory. Initial stallholders list now on line. New gallery for City Sightseeing Marrakech. Updated pictures for Southdown Singledeckers. July 31st New gallery for City Sightseeing San Francisco. Updated pictures for East Kent in non standard colours. July 18th New gallery for Big Bus & Philadelphia Trolley Works. Updated pictures for People's Provincial. July 12th New gallery for Kimes of Folkingham. Updated pictures for Southdown Doubledeckers. Sixth EFE releases for 2009. Update on future model releases. On July 13th 2008 we topped 100 entries: on July 11th this year entries hit 150! 2009 promises to be the biggest bus event, ever. Thanks for your support. July 5th We are delighted to announce will be supporting the SHOWBUS Rally. They will be sponsoring the "goody bags" and prize for the most improved bus. They also plan a "bus surgery" for vehicle owners and prospective owners with a big display of samples of their work. New gallery for Arriva London Bendibuses. Updated pictures for Maidstone Borough. June 28th New gallery for City Sightseeing Istanbul. Updated pictures for Portsmouth City Transport. BUSES Rally Calendar for next year (Jan & Showbus). June 21st Complete makeover to the Home Counties gallery. 100th entry for SHOWBUS 2009 already booked in. New gallery for Reading route liveried buses. Updated pictures for Brighton Corporation. BUSES Rally Calendar for - December 2009. Future models update. We are delighted to announce will one again be supporting the SHOWBUS Rally with support vehicles, including a coach for Parking Reception and their Starliner for the judges. Entries for SHOWBUS 2009 surge on through 75 and beyond. New gallery for Motts Travel "other coaches". Updated pictures for Thamesway. BUSES Rally Calendar for - November 2009. Fifth EFE releases for 2009. June 7th Entries for SHOWBUS 2009 easily top 50 already. New gallery for Boultons of Shropshire. Updated pictures for Red Rose other full size buses. and Thames Valley Lodekkas. BUSES Rally Calendar for SHOWBUS month - October 2009. May 31st We are delighted to announce will one again be supporting the SHOWBUS Rally with support vehicles. Entries for SHOWBUS 2009 flood in. New gallery for Megabus.com, USA. Updated pictures for Newbury Buses. BUSES Rally Calendar for SHOWBUS month - September 2009. May 24th First entries for SHOWBUS 2009 listed on line. New gallery for Parks of Hamilton. Updated pictures for Red Rose Ivecos and Alder Valley REs. SHOWBUS 2009 entry form on line in Word & RTF formats as well as PDF. BUSES Rally Calendar for August 2009 May 17th We are delighted to announce will one again be producing the SHOWBUS Rally Programme as a supplement to their weekly magazine. We are packing Showbus entry forms in envelopes this weekend and despatching during the week. New gallery for Bluebird of Middleton. Updated pictures for Tillingbourne and Chiltern Queens. BUSES Rally Calendar for July 2009 SHOWBUS 2009 stallholder entry form on line. May 10th New gallery for Richmonds of Royston. Updated pictures for Reading Goldline. BUSES Rally Calendar for June 2009 Future models update. May 3rd We are pleased to announce that Ensignbus will again be supplying the centre piece of our display, one of their City Sightseeing MCW Metrobus for use as Rally Control. New gallery for First Bristol National Express coaches. Updated pictures for Thames Travel. BUSES Rally Calendar for May 2009. Fourth EFE releases for 2009. April 26th New gallery for Preston Bus. Showbus excursions, the list so far. Alder Valley Leopard picture update. April 19th We are delighted to announce that D&G Coach & Bus of Adderley Green have stepped in to sponsor the SHOWBUS prize fund which First are no longer able to do. New gallery for CoachUSA New York Sightseeing. Third EFE releases for 2009. Devon General picture gallery update. April 12th New gallery for First Western National singledeckers. Updated pictures of Alder Valley Bristol Mark II & III VRs. Future models update. April 3rd New Stagecoach South Mini Gallery. Update to Southend pictures. New model Fleet Focus on Solent Blueline. March 28th We are delighted to announce will be celebrating its 60th birthday at SHOWBUS. As a special feature we will be aiming to arrange a display with a line of buses representing each of the years from 1949 to 2009. More details will follow. New gallery for First Western National doubledeckers. Update to Red Rose Mercedes and Alder Valley AEC pictures. March 22nd Future models update. New gallery for First Western National minibuses. Update to Reading Transport and Eastbourne Buses Half Cabs pictures. March 15th We are pleased to confirm will again be sponsoring SHOWBUS in September. Plaxton will be exclusively supporting SHOWBUS in 2009. New gallery for Sold Southdown vehicles Update to Red Rose Dennis Darts and Alder Valley LH pictures. Future models update. March 9th Second EFE releases for 2009. Makeover of the Brazilian gallery. New gallery for Estrela Azul of Rio de Janeiro. Update to Go-Ahead subsidiary Solent Blue Line gallery. March 1st We are pleased to confirm our first 2009 sponsor as who will again be providing the souvenir rally plaques at SHOWBUS in September. New gallery for New Enterprise and update to Maidstone & District NBC livery gallery. Last ever update to the Red Rose Golden Jubilee Bus pictures. February 22nd New gallery for SEPTA of Philadelphia Update to Eastern National Tilling Green gallery. February 13th New mini gallery for First Hampshire & Dorset. New model Fleet Focus on Hants & Dorset. Update to Motts midicoaches gallery. February 8th New gallery for Arriva the Shires Plaxton Verdes and update to Arriva the Shires Volvo singledecks. New model release update. February 1st Our first South Australia gallery with the amazing historic Victor Harbour Horsedrawn Tram. EFE have also released a special Subscriber Offer from Australia of a Kirkland Bros. Leyland Atlantean, in association with Trux. New gallery for Arriva Kent Thameside Fastrack with video clip. Update to Alder Valley Lodekka pictures. The first EFE releases for 2009. January 29th Australian Bonus Gallery - nine pages of Buslink, Darwin. January 27th New gallery for Australia Day - Busabout of Hawkesbury Valley, NSW. Update to gallery of the Punchbowl Bus Company of Riverwood, NSW. January 18th New gallery for Arriva Kent Thameside London red buses. Update to gallery of Horseman of Royal Berkshire. January 11th New gallery for East Kent in NBC days. Update to First Essex non standard liveries pictures. January 4th New for the New Year, a new country in our international gallery - Turkey - with initial pictures of the amazing Istanbul IETT BRT fleet - impressive Mercedes Capacities and Phileas three section artics. Update to Hedingham Omnibuses gallery. 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