Pridesale 28th Nov 2018
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SPECIAL FEATURES
GAS FOR NOTTINGHAM
New double-deck fleet launched in May
THE END OF TWO ERAS
Last Lodekka marks a Midlands retirement
CENTURIONS & CADETS
A passenger’s (positive) experience of Hinckleybus
THE ROAD TO THE ISLES
Bob Hind rides through the Outer Hebrides
SERVICE EXTRA
Sarah Osborne encounters the marvels of Mauritius
REGULARS
COMMENT
Two options for change
NEWS
Optare on brink of first MetroDecker order; First warns of more depot closures; new-look Thamesdown takes on Stagecoach; Surrey sends Abellio packing; liquid nitrogen prototype trial; transformational changes planned for Dublin; new drivers’ uniforms for First Bus; Stagecoach West engineering director retires
INSIDE TRACK
The madness of the concessionary travel scheme
GLOBAL NEWS
Flixbus buys Austria’s Hellö; American Enviro200 joint venture is ended; Enviro500 ready for Mexico; Tallinn sets date for last trolleybus, Wellington delays its farewell
LOOK IN ON LONDON
Two-day pop-up minibus trial; Garston loses three tendered routes; London leads fuel-cell procurement; Go-Ahead starts Here East service; 70 years of the 3RT
MILLAR’S TALES
Why were London double-deckers on Lisbon docks in 1964? Light bulb moment for a table-top Routemaster. Are these the most pointless stop signs in Britain?
PUBLICITY MATTERS
Bank holiday blues
PICTUREVIEW
A scene no longer seen on Cornish coast
IDENTITY PARADE
Go orange — an image imagined for Glasgow
FENTON FILE
An East Lancs Nordic-bodied Volvo B7L with Brightbus
YOU WRITE
Competition isn’t the magic ingredient; TfL stifled demand for its printed maps; two contrasting standards of customer service; public transport at odds with modern lifestyle; benzene bus is bad idea; the future and past of Victoria Coach Station; more views on Identity Parade
PRESERVATION UPDATE
Scenes from spring rallies and running days; return of a Belgian Guy coach and a veteran Welsh double-decker
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
Geoffrey Hilditch’s final memoir, plus books on Southdown in the 1930s, London RTs and Swiss trolleybuses, plus a topical DVD filmed in Ipswich |