Buses (magazine)

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Buses
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Front cover of the magazine (2024)
EditorJames Day
Former editorsAlan Millar
Categories Bus and coach
FrequencyMonthly
Publisher Key Publishing
Total circulation
(2021)
10,752 [1]
FounderIan Allan
Founded1949;75 years ago (1949)
First issueNovember 1949;74 years ago (1949-11)
Country United Kingdom
Based in Stamford, Lincolnshire
LanguageEnglish
Website www.keybuses.com
ISSN 0007-6392

Buses is a monthly magazine published in the United Kingdom that primarily focuses on the British bus and coach industry. Founded in 1949, the magazine was originally published by Ian Allan Publishing, however from March 2012 onwards, it has been published by Key Publishing after their takeover of the former. [2] The current editor is James Day and is published on the third Thursday of each month. The magazine is accompanied by a yearbook published in August every year for the next year.

Contents

Since 2014, the publisher operates annual show every August called 'Buses Festival' at the British Motor Museum in Gaydon, Warwickshire. Buses Festival is one of the largest shows for bus enthusiasts to see modern and classic vehicles on display and for traders to sell bus models, literature, photos and bus accessories. [3]

History

Buses was published as Buses Illustrated by Ian Allan Publishing from 1949 until 1968. The magazine started publishing in its usual monthly cycle from January 1969. On 19 July 1968, coinciding with the passage of the Transport Act 1968, the was relaunched as simply Buses following the absorption of sister monthly publication Passenger Transport, which had been acquired from publisher Barrow's earlier in the decade. [4]

A sister magazine, Buses Focus, featured more in-depth articles, but was dropped after a rationalisation of the bus industry and for publishing cost reasons. [5]

Editors

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References

  1. Ponsford, Dominic (20 February 2023). "Magazine ABCs for 2021: Full breakdown of UK print and digital circulation". Press Gazette. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  2. "Key Publishing Ltd Acquires Ian Allan Magazines" (Press release). Stamford: Key Publishing. 2 March 2012. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  3. "Buses Festival". Buses. Stamford: Key Publishing. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  4. "When BI became Buses". Buses. No. 757. Stamford: Key Publishing. 15 March 2018. p. 28. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  5. "Educate and explain" . Buses. No. 826. Stamford: Key Publishing. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  6. Millar, Alan (12 May 2021). "It's been a pleasure" . Buses. No. 795. Stamford: Key Publishing. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  7. Day, James (12 May 2021). "Change is ahead" . Buses. No. 795. Stamford: Key Publishing. Retrieved 26 July 2023.