Buses Yearbook 2026

This softback edition of an annual publication dating back more than 60 years offers a rich mix of insight and photo features on the present day bus and coach scene and nostalgic ones about past decades. These include the 40-year story of Optare which turned a factory closed by Leyland into a third force in British bus manufacturing; some of the coaches that Plaxton built for export markets; double-deck bus design; 'bendybuses' in British fleets; the 40th anniversary of buses outside London being deregulated; Scottish Bus Group buying policy in the 1980s; a fond look at Hulleys of Baslow which closed in 2025 after a century in business; coaches and buses taking spectators to the Epsom Derby; sampling bus services in Thomas Hardy Country, and much more. Eagerly anticipated by transport enthusiasts every autumn, the Buses Yearbook 2026 is a must buy.