''Buses'' is a monthly magazine published in the

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that primarily focuses on the British

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and coach industry. Founded in 1949, the magazine was originally published by

Ian Allan Publishing Ian Allan Publishing was an English publisher, established in 1942, which specialised in transport books. It was founded by Ian Allan. In 1942, Ian Allan, then working in the public relations department for the Southern Railway at Waterloo ...

, however from March 2012 onwards, it has been published by

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after their takeover of the former. The current editor is James Day and is published on the third Thursday of each month. The magazine is accompanied by a

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published in August every year for the next year. Since 2014, the publisher operates annual show every August called 'Buses Festival' at the

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in Gaydon,

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. 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.

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, it 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. 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.

Editors

*Charles Dunbar: 1949–1950 *E J Smith: 1950–1959 *Alan Townsin: 1959–1965 *John Parke: 1965–1980 *Stephen C Morris: 1980–1999 *Alan Millar: 1999–2021 *James Day: 2021–

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* 1949 establishments in the United Kingdom Bus transport Magazines established in 1949 Transport magazines published in the United Kingdom {{transport-mag-stub

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