Pridesale 30th Nov 2018
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THE BUS THE BRITS WOULDN’T BUILD
Ensign imports tri-axle Chinese crowd shifter
CUSTOMER EXPECTATIONS
Alexander Dennis anticipates passengers’ preferences
EAST KENT 100
Stagecoach South East in this centenary year
ANNIVERSARY & ANXIETY
Abus turns 25 and contemplates an uncertain future
REGULARS
COMMENT
Out of Europe
NEWS
CMA puts case for competition in the Bus Services Bill; Stagecoach sells European arm of Megabus; five new brands for in Cornwall; First hit by strikes in Leeds and Dorset; Lothian buys East Lothian depots; Regent Street design day; Ultrabus seeks funding for London commuter service; deaths of James Isaac and Joe Martin
INSIDE TRACK
Begg for bus Tsar
GLOBAL NEWS
Enviro500 exports drive Alexander Dennis growth; New Zealand electrification plans; Italian Riviera trolleybus line at risk; French operators order Europe’s first BYD electric coaches; Proterra offers charging infrastructure for all
LOOK IN ON LONDON
The Goblin rail replacement routes; the fares freeze that is melting; New Routemasters to change operator in contract switch; new troubles at Hammersmith Bridge
MILLAR’S TALES
Legoland models its double-deckers the Wright way; more mis-measured buses in Cornwall and Belfast; airport coaches that do not fly; music while you ride
IDENTITY PARADE
M&D modified for today’s consumers
VINTAGE FENTON FILE
A Bellhouse Hartwell-bodied bonneted Fordson
YOU WRITE
For and against the Bus Services Bill; why Leeds is wrong about NGT; modern manners and opening windows; how to get from Cambridge to Northampton without catching a train; more thoughts on that bendybus book
PRESERVATION UPDATE
Historic trolleybuses from Nottingham and New Zealand; restored AEC double-deckers from Hull and East Yorkshire; Black Prince Optare that is as good as new
FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES
Compiled by John G. Lidstone
FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND
Compiled by Sandy Macdonald
FLEET NEWS IRELAND
Compiled by Paul Savage and Ian Molloy
REVIEWS
Books on Stevensons of Uttoxeter, Brighton & Hove, London and Volvo, plus a new London DVD |