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SHOWBUS Updates 
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December 19th New mini gallery for City of Southampton. For the first time since 2003, we have a Twelth annual EFE release for the year. Update to Alder Valley Lolines pictures and with the runnning day on January 1st, a update to King Alfred pictures. December 13th New gallery for Shorelink of Sydney. Update to Red Rose's MCW & Optare pictures. Update on future model releases. December 7th SHOWBUS 2009 now confirmed at Sunday September 27th at Duxford. This has taken us longer than usual to sort out as the biennial Helitech helicopter trade show is taking place at Duxford in September and occupies the ground which typically accommodates a 100 buses at the east end of the site. The space would have been used on the 13th for setting up Helitech and would have been coming down on the 27th. The first weekend in September is the annual Duxford Air Show. On the 27th, the airfield will be partly closed to allow buses to park the length of the taxiway as shown in the document that you can download here Our last vehicle pictures from Showbus - London vehicles. Update to vehicles in Eastern National yellow & green livery. Eleventh and final EFE releases for 2008. November 30th More pictures from Showbus - smaller vehicles and modern in-service vehicles. Updates to the early National coaches gallery and Eastern National First liveried deckers. November 23rd More pictures from Showbus - a selection of Stagecoach & Arriva vehicles. Future model releases update. Updates to National Express Jonckheeres and Arriva the Shires coaches. November 16th More pictures from Showbus with the First display. National Express Irizar PB2000s and Arriva the Shires Dennis Darts gallery updates. Future model releases update. November 9th Tenth EFE releases for 2008. More pictures from Showbus with more recent largely ex PTE preserved vehicles and an extra for the Optare/East Lancs section. Update to National Express Irizar Centuries and Arriva the Shires DAF/VDL galleries. November 2nd More pictures from Showbus with Optare, East Lancs and other special displays. Update to Alder Valley Leyland Nationals gallery. October 26th More pictures from Showbus with the historic vehicles by the American Air Museum. The final update to our Motts Travel pages for now with an update to the Minicoaches gallery. October 19th More pictures from Showbus featuring the Bristol Centenary display. Motts Travel doubledeck buses pictures updated. October 12th Details of future model bus releases. More pictures from Showbus featuring rally control area, Duxford Tours and Plaxton. Update to Motts singledeck buses gallery of Solos and Tigers. October 5th 2008 Winners list on line. Ninth EFE releases for 2008. First Showbus photos the coach display Update to the gallery of former Motts Travel vehicles. September 21st Ahead of last year Showbus entries nudge 500. Details of the Site Shuttle confirmed, our thanks to Plaxton for the disabled access service using an MAN/Centro. New gallery for Excelsior of Bournemouth. Update to Thames Valley Bristol LS & MW pictures. September 16th Rally entries now past 450. Bonus pictures with an update of the Thames Valley Miscellany gallery. September 14th Rally entries shoot past 400. New gallery for Coaches from Hampshire. Update to Thames Valley Bristol LH gallery. September 7th Rally entries jump to over 350. New gallery for Community Transit of Seattle featuring the USA's second Enviro500 bus service. Update to Thames Valley K gallery. Showbus joining packs for rally entrants will be in the post this week. Final details of Bus service from Cambridge with extra runs courtesy of Stagecoach Cambridge. Provisional allocation of buses to Duxford Tours now on line. August 31st Rally numbers allocated as entries race to top 300 and we look set for a 500 plus entry. New gallery for Thames Valley Bristol REs Update to gallery for Thames Valley Sold Buses. Eighth EFE releases for 2008 and future release update and details of the new casting available at SHOWBUS. August 24th A surge in entries this week sees the total for our 2008 event now in excess of 250 in line with last year's rally. New Mini gallery for Stagecoach Cambus with updates to Stagecoach Cambus in stripes, Sold vehicles, Stagecoach Cambus Lodekkas, Park & Ride and other Special liveries. This completes our makeover of the Anglia Gallery. You may have noted the new look to our gallery pages that have appeared of late with a standard width of 728 pixels. The Home Counties gallery is next in line for a facelift, followed by that for the South of England. Seventh Releases of EFE models for 2008 featuring the Showbus model. August 16th A new Mini gallery for Bournemouth Yellow Buses and an update to Stagecoach Oxford MANs gallery. Bournemouth Yellow Buses Model Fleet Focus. August 9th A new gallery for Brighton & Hove new livery buses and an update to Harry Blundred's Thames Transit gallery. August 2nd A new gallery for Thames Valley Bristol VRs and an update to Anglia Other Operators gallery. July 26th A new gallery for Alder Valley Mark I Bristol VRs and an update to Eastern Counties Tilling Red gallery. July 23rd New mini gallery for MK Metro and Motts Travel Plaxton bodied coaches Updates for Marshalls of Leighton Buzzard, Go Whippet and Cambridge Coach Services. Thamesway model fleet focus.  We are pleased to announce that Chris Wise, Optare's UK Bus Sales Director, will be presenting the prizes at SHOWBUS this year.
July 19th  will again provide support vehicles for SHOWBUS 2008.New gallery for Motts Travel Jonckheere bodied coaches. Update to Motts Doubledeck coaches and Original London Sightseeing Tours gallery. July 13th SHOWBUS entries top 100 - this is the same as last year at this time. Thanks for your support despite the cost of diesel! Future model releases update. New mini gallery for Carousel Buses. Update to Norfolk Green, City Sightseeing "Non Metrobuses" and Guide Friday pictures. Yorksire & Lincolnshire Airport directory. July 6th  provide support vehicles for SHOWBUS 2008.New gallery for Reading Buses singledeckers. Update to The Delaine pictures. Duxford 2008 site map. Sixth EFE releases for 2008. First details of stalls to be expected at SHOWBUS in September. Rally Calendar for December and beyond. June 29th 
sponsors SHOWBUS 2008.New gallery for Reading Buses doubledeckers. Update to Stagecoach Cambus Park & Ride pictures. Update to City Sightseeing Ayats doubldeckers pictures. Update to City Sightseeing Australia pictures. Rally Calendar for November. June 22nd New gallery for Sold Stagecoach Cambus vehicles. Rally Calendar for October. An update to our gallery of Oxfordshire miscellaneous buses and coaches. June 15th 
sponsors SHOWBUS 2008.New gallery for Arriva the Shires Northern Counties bodied Olympians. Update to Great Yarmouth Corporation gallery. Rally Calendar for Showbus month - September. Detail on EFE future releases. June 8th New gallery for Arriva the Shires Alexander bodied Olympians. Update to First Eastern Counties non standard liveries. London airports directory. Rally Calendar for August. Fifth EFE 2008 releases. SHOWBUS entries reach 50 already. June 1st  will again be providing the Rally Control bus for SHOWBUS 2008.New gallery for Plastows of Wheatley. Update to Arriva the Shires doubledeckers. Rally Calendar for July. South of England airport directory. May 25th New gallery for Whites of Abingdon. Update to First Eastern Counties "barbie" colours gallery. Welsh airport directory. Rally Calendar for June. May 18th 
sponsors SHOWBUS 2008.SHOWBUS entries storm into double figures. New gallery for Toronto Bus service of New South Wales. Update to Buffalo Travel pictures. South West England flight directory. Future EFE release update. Stallholder form now available on line. May Rally Calendar now online. May 11th New gallery for Grayline of Bicester and update to Tappins pictures. Northern Scotland flight directory. Fourth EFE 2008 releases. First 2008 SHOWBUS entries. May 4th 
sponsors SHOWBUS 2008: they will again be supplying the souvenir rally programmes for SHOWBUS.Entry forms and information pack for SHOWBUS 2008 now available. Update to Charlton Services gallery, City of Oxford classic pictures and the Oxford Bus Company galleries. North of England, South West Scotland, Lakes and IOM to be added to our flight directory. April 27th New gallery for Pearce's of Oxford. Update to Heyfordian gallery. The North East flight directory added to our airport pages. April 20th We are pleaed to confirm another 2008 sponsor as  who will again be providing the souvenir rally plaques at SHOWBUS in September. New gallery for Morley's of Whittlesford. Update to Burtons Coaches. April 4th A makeover of our Wycombe Bus Company gallery. Update on EFE future releases. New gallery for Mulleys of Ixworth. Update to Emblings gallery. The Midlands flight directory now added to our airport directory pages. March 29th We are pleaed to confirm the first of our 2008 sponsors as  who will again be providing the prize money sponsorship at SHOWBUS in September.
New gallery for Konectbus of Dereham.Update to Oxford Tube gallery. The Lancashire flight directory now added to our airport directory pages. Third EFE releases for 2008. March 23rd New gallery for Chambers of Bures. Update to South Midland gallery with vintage City Pacer, GM Titan and VR pics. The Channel Islands flight directory is added to our airport directory pages. March 16th New gallery for Blanch's of Byron Bay. Update to Oxford Brookes gallery. Our flight directory is launched with Anglia and Avon airport directories. Missing pictures added to Sovereign Coaches webpage in Guernsey. March 9th Completion of the Beeline Mini gallery with vehicles out of normal livery. Update to Stagecoach Oxford doubledeckers gallery. News on EFE future releases. March 2nd Gallery of pictures of the 40 year old Thames Valley, Alder Valley, Beeline & First Berkshire Reading - Heathrow Railair service. Update to the gallery of Sold Stagecoach Oxford buses. Second EFE releases for 2008. February 24th New gallery for sold Beeline buses. Update to gallery for Bebbs, South Wales. Model fleet focus for City of Oxford. February 15th New gallery for Beeline School buses. Gallery for National Express Bova coaches now on-line. Update to Eastbourne's "The Rest!" gallery. February 9th New gallery for Courtney Coaches of Berkshire. Update to Metroline low floor singledeckers gallery. February 3rd Fresh look to showbus.com including our highly rated web timetable directory. New gallery for Bee Line barbies. Update to gallery of Metroline low floor deckers. First EFE releases for 2008. Latest news on EFE future releases. January 27th Update to gallery of Armchair. New gallery for Bee Line Heathrow Buses. January 20th New gallery for RTC of Quebec. Update to gallery of Clarkes of London. January 13th Update to gallery of Big Bus. New gallery for Bee Line Green Lines. January 6th New gallery for Stagecoach Montreal. Update to Blackpool Transport gallery. Facelift for Capital Logistics gallery. To see the catalogue of weekly updates to the website in the Year 2000, click here To see the catalogue of weekly updates to the website in the Year 2001, click here To see the catalogue of weekly updates to the website in the Year 2002, click here To see the catalogue of weekly updates to the website in the Year 2003, click here To see the catalogue of weekly updates to the website in the Year 2004, click here To see the catalogue of weekly updates to the website in the Year 2005, click here To see the catalogue of weekly updates to the website in the Year 2006, click here To see the catalogue of weekly updates to the website in the Year 2007, click here  |
