Buses is a United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 magazine, focusing mainly on the UK bus scene.

It was formerly known as Buses Illustrated until 1968 and is published by Ian Allan Publishing

Ian Allan Publishing

Ian Allan Publishing is a UK publisher, established in 1942, which specialises in transport magazines and books.In 1942 Ian Allan, then working on enquiries on the Southern Railway, published his first book, "ABC of Southern Locomotives"...

. The current editor is Alan Millar, based in Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. It also produces a yearbook

Yearbook

A yearbook, also known as an annual, is a book to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school or a book published annually. Virtually all American, Australian and Canadian high schools, most colleges and many elementary and middle schools publish yearbooks...

, published in August every year for the next year. Buses is published monthly on the third Friday of each month.

A sister magazine Buses Focus featured more in-depth articles, although this dual format was dropped after a rationalisation of the bus industry and for publishing cost reasons, in favour of larger main magazine issues.

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–