Pridesale 30th Nov 2018
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FRESH AIR FROM WRIGHTBUS
Electric range showcased in 70th anniversary year
A DAY TOUR OF LIVERPOOL
Bob Hind samples the city’s independents
RIDING INTO QUALITY STREET
Hugh Dougherty takes Arriva and Stagecoach to Crosby
EL SERVICIO EXTRA
Julian Osborne’s daughter rides some Spanish buses
REGULARS
COMMENT
Autonomous appeal
NEWS
OLEV awards for English cities; Trent Barton favours Alexander Dennis; death of John Aldridge; Transdev relaunches in Blackburn and Keighley; Mercedes shows ‘no hands’ Citaro; end of the road for GHA; strike vote at Brighton & Hove; East Coast Buses identity revealed; Grayling is new transport secretary; First Scotland MD quits industry; Stagecoach fills North East vacancy
INSIDE TRACK
Human resources
GLOBAL NEWS
Flixbus buys German Postbus; Austrian rail launches budget coach line called Hellö; Arriva expands in Italy; new vehicles and services in Malta; Geneva places order for wireless ‘trolleybuses’; Enviro500s upgrade Hong Kong airport link; EU funds Romanian revival
LOOK IN ON LONDON
Calls for action as service speeds keep slowing; New Routemasters for prestige suburban services; Optare MetroDecker begins capital trial; historic AEC Regent ST922 restored to original Tilling condition
MILLAR’S TALES
On the buses in Devon for Reg Varney centenary; a conspiracy of Atlanteans; musicals in tune with vehicular reality; police escort for lottery winners’ double-decker
PICTUREVIEW
GHA’s finest — a TrawsCymru double-decker
IDENTITY PARADE
Take it as Red
FENTON FILE
A two-door Enviro200-bodied MAN for London
YOU WRITE
In despair over bus/rail coordination; Jurassic Coaster changes go back in time; strengths and weaknesses of the New Routemaster; Oxford Street pedestrianisation is wrong; operators fail to engage properly on social media; green drivelines are not really green enough
PRESERVATION UPDATE
A weekend of commemoration in Exeter and Plymouth; Alton Bus Rally; prewar Dennis in service in Suffolk
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 London, Abus, tickets and trolleybuses, plus Oxford Diecast’s model of the rare Duple Roadmaster |