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Pridesale 26th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2011)	Key Publishing £3.95 NEWS Competition Commission judgment; D&G buys South Lancs; Glasgow Fastlink approved; Optare delays double-decker; First revives Potteries colours; new Van Hool range; Black Country trolleybus disguise; Bus Driver of the Year BUS PEOPLE New First MD for Scotland; Go South Coast MD steps aside GLOBAL NEWS First quits Germany; Chinese double-deckers for Skopje and Malta; export successes for UK bus builders; Tallinn ponders trams for trolleybuses IN LONDON More misery for Metroline; anniversary for Metrobus; more depots close; more Borismasters on order; TfL steps in to rescue endangered minibus route MILLAR'S TALES Flat screen VRs live again; Plucks Gutter; bus beds UK MUST WAIT FOR NEW CITARO Mercedes showcases new citybus, but not in right-hand-drive INSIDE TRACK Only the good die young IS THIS THE HYBRID SILVER BULLET? Could hydraulics make batteries redundant? ENSIGNBUS: WHERE QUALITY COUNTS The Essex independent's approach to bus routes and rail replacement IRISH GRAND E GRACES SHOWBUS A CI Leopard turned heads at UK's biggest rally Y-TYPES GO HOME Half-century celebrations for Alexander's iconic body FENTON FILE The varied beast that is an East Lancs-bodied MAN YOU WRITE Cross-subsidy and deregulation; unpleasant contravision; concessionary travel; Showbus photography - are there too many obstacles in the way? PRESERVATION UPDATE Restorations from 1928 ADC to 1997 Volvo FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald FLEET NEWS IRELAND Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Books on Ribble, Westcliff, VRs, Atlanteans and Portugal
Pridesale 26th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2011)	NEWS Competition Commission worried by asset swaps; Borismaster meets Boris; Stephenson's challenges First; Hayton's quits bus routes; BRT developments BUS PEOPLE New transport secretary; Roger French for OS president - Peter Huntley to leave GNE INSIDE TRACK Commission blows its golden opportunity GLOBAL NEWS More buses for Malta; PolskiBus and Megabus grow IN LONDON More hybrids coming; new home for Cobham MILLAR'S TALES Industry enthusiasts harbour its heritage BUSWORLD Ten pages on Europe's biggest bus and coach show ENVIRO500 HITS THE BIG EASY We also report from America's bus exhibition FROM VICTORY TO VICTORIA We pitch Greyhound against NatEx and the trains SOMETHING OF THE NIGHT Why buses beyond midnight run in some places and not others FENTON FILE One of the few open-top Scanias around SERVICE EXTRA Smoking out idling engines YOU WRITE Free travel, London bendybuses and charabancs PRESERVATION UPDATE Scenes from end-of-season running days FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald FLEET NEWS IR ELAND Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Books on the RT, London night buses and Gelligaer INDEX FOR 2011
Pridesale 26th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2012)	GO NORTH EAST Huntley takes stock TO BOARD OR NOT To board - bus stops SULLIVAN BUSES Focused on London THE LA ORANGE Line - stateside BRT FREE CALENDAR INSIDE NEWS Extra government funding; more takeovers BUS PEOPLE Transatlantic reshuffle for Stagecoach managers INSIDE TRACK Andrew Braddock's latest thoughts GLOBAL NEWS Arriva grows in Sweden, Stagecoach sells in USA IN LONDON Pros and cons of bendybuses MILLAR'S TALES Reverse images and lost Lodekka ANGEL OF THE NORTH The Go North East success story TO BOARD OR NOT TO BOARD? A question of the meaning of bus stops PUBLICITY MATTERS Budgets bite bus guides SULLIVAN BUSES An independent that makes its living in London ORANGE LINE Bus rapid transit in Los Angeles PICTUREVIEW A Welsh exile in the Cumbrian Fells FENTON FILE A rare lowheight Alexander Royale YOU WRITE Borismaster, free travel and standing loads QUIZ Test your knowledge with our seasonal questions PRESERVATION UPDATE End of season rallies and running days FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald FLEET NEWS IRELAND Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Books on scrapyards, Routemasters, Bristols and more
Pridesale 26th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2012)	COVER STORIES Plaxton Profile End of an era Borismaster What happens next? Why is it so wonderful? Scots Trials When Dennis beat Volvo NEWS Funds for some, none yet for NGT Ashok deal saves Optare from Alexander Dennis McGill's buy lets Arriva quit Scotland CT Plus wins Guernsey contract FEATURES NEWS Mixed news on funding; Optare becomes more Indian; Arriva agreement with King Long BUS PEOPLE Go South Coast's new MD; Merseytravel boss emigrates; Mike Ball leaves Volvo 17 INSIDE TRACK œ50million won't go far GLOBAL NEWS Van Hool takes low-cost route for US survival; Cape Town confirms Solo order; Volvo tests fast-loading bendybus IN LONDON Double-deckers rule in latest route round MILLAR'S TALES Clippies and Blakey - bus in popular culture CHEAP PARKING Could it kill bus travel? WiFi Why buses are plugged in PREMIERE PRIMA PROFILE Plaxton classic bows out SERVICE EXTRA Travels in Essex and on The Busway LAUNCH DATE FOR BORISMASTER Latest on New Bus for London LAST WORD ON BENDIES Reasoned arguments against and for artics LIGHTWEIGHT TRIALS Inside story on a 1980s rural bus comparison VINTAGE FENTON FILE A rare AEC Regal with a Leyland bodys PUBLICITY MATTERS The latest publication from Bus Vannin YOU WRITE Free passes, bendybuses, Showbus PRESERVATION UPDATE New Year's Day in Winchester FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald FLEET NEWS IRELAND Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Latest books and model buses
Pridesale 26th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2012)	MORE THAN A LIVERY Fearnley revamps FirstBus A MODERN LEGEND The bus that defined Stagecoach CARDS ON THE TABLE Ticketing without cash STREETLITES A GO-GO DF midi debut at Arriva SPECIAL FEATURES BARBIE GETS A FACELIFT The story behind First's purple relaunch NEW WAYS TO PAY YOUR FARE With ticketing and smartcards PS DE RSISTANCE Assessing the Alexander PS-type MALTA: HOW IS IT GOING? A professional judges progress so far RTL1014: WHY? WHY NOT? Michael Dryhurst on a London repatriation REGULARS NEWS First sale mooted; Optare delivers biggest Versas; StreetLite DFs for Arriva; BSOG cuts for Wales and Scotland; Newport expands northwards BUS PEOPLE New traffic commissioners; Kaye heads Arriva Malta; Bob Hind to retire; Death of Sir Tom Cowie INSIDE TRACK Don't sleep on the job GLOBAL NEWS MET expands in Germany; Marcopolo buys Volgren; Solo shown in India; trolleybus developments IN LONDON Hybrid fleet tops 200; safety twist to bendy ending MILLAR'S TALES The perils of Google Transit, National Welsh 20 years on FENTON FILE A rebodied Volvo operated in Scotland and Wales PUBLICITY MATTERS Well-spent pounds in Perth & Kinross YOU WRITE The re-regulation debate, free pass economics and the Borismaster PRESERVATION UPDATE New home for Sentinel steam bus FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald FLEET NEWS IRELAND Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Books, DVDs and news of model buses
Pridesale 26th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2012)	Key Publishing £4.10 IS THIS BUS A BABE MAGNET? The Borismaster starts carrying passengers REVIVING CAPITAL ASSETS How buses are refurbished for London READING: LATEST BRICK IN THE WALL StreetLites add to municipal upgrade REAL BUSES & REAL ALE An initiative in North Wales SWIFT TRIAL FOR ENVIRO400 When Trent Barton tested a double-decker 100 YEARS OF AEC Alan Townsin offers his thoughts ANOTHER NEW BUS FOR LONDON? An imaginative twist to an old favourite REGULARS COMMENT The industry has lost one of its true heroes NEWS Stagecoach orders; new Plaxton; Go- Ahead takeovers; Peter Huntley killed; Arriva Cymru upgrade; CT Plus set to run Jersey buses BUS PEOPLE New MD for Go North East; ops director for Stagecoach Manchester INSIDE TRACK We've lost a champion and gained a muddle GLOBAL NEWS Trolleybuses thrive in Austria; hybrids for Gothenburg; Hamburg tackles dodgers IN LONDON Latest tendered service news; upheaval around railway stations MILLAR'S TALES Rusty, dusty, orange and green VINTAGE FENTON FILE A Leyland Cub disguised as an AEC YOU WRITE First's new livery, the Leyland National, Fife Guys and Showbus fence FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone THE COACH PARC The Alexander RDC double-decker FLEET IN FOCUS Hulme Hall Coaches revisited FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald FLEET NEWS IRELAND Compiled by G. I rvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Books on the Far East, London and Bushey Heath PRESERVATION UPDATE A Leyland National 2 and gleaming Welsh AEC
Pridesale 26th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2012)	Key Publishing £4.10 HENDY V FEARNLEY Transport chiefs debate the future NUCLEAR OPTIONS AMID FUTURE DRIVELINES Racing cars and nuclear enrichment play a part in new bus transmissions NEW TEST RULES: ARE YOU READY? Preserved buses are affected by changes in annual tests TRENT UPON BUXTON Forty years of service to the High Peak REGULARS COMMENT Might flywheels and gas sideline hybrids? NEWS Green Bus Fund and Better Bus Areas winners; new gas buses from Scania and MAN; First accelerates its cutbacks; Cummins goes Chinese at Euro6; BSOG bother continues in Wales and Scotland; Olympics buses in service in Plymouth BUS PEOPLE Wellglade man joins First; death of David Ruddom INSIDE TRACK Big money today.but how about tomorrow? GLOBAL NEWS Arriva wins back Dutch routes; state investment plans for Brussels and Singapore; AC Transit drops Van Hool; more converts to double-deckers IN LONDON First and Northumberland Park; diverting the Number 9; Ensign's wartime tours MILLAR'S TALES Highway robbery, Chinese style; Harrington signs SERVICE EXTRA What's wrong with `city centre'? PUBLICITY MATTERS Distribution, distribution, distribution FENTON FILE A rare Plaxton Premiere 350-bodied Scania YOU WRITE In defence of First Manchester and the Leyland National; Borismaster for Leeds and London; Malta; Cambridgeshire Busway PRESERVATION UPDATE Lancet, Lynx and Lodekka.and the returning RTL FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald FLEET NEWS IRELAND Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Books on the Alexander, preservation, trolleybuses and more
Pridesale 26th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2012)	Key Publishing £4.10 DOUBLE-DECKERS DRIVE RECOVERY Paul Heels analyses who built what for whom last year ECLIPSE BRT: MORE BUS THAN RAPID TRANSIT The Gosport-Fareham link is quick, but is it quality? TX TO VICEROY The UK Coach Rally at Peterborough Arena A RED ROVER RETURNS London Bus Museum launches restored RT2775 XELABUS: A COMMUNITY SERVICE We find out the story behind this new operator London Trolleybuses 1931-1962 50th Anniversary souvenir supplement REGULARS COMMENT Merger referrals could hit business sales NEWS More takeovers and OFT referrals; Megabus for Europe; new Crosville starts Weston services; RLHs return home BUS PEOPLE Les Warneford to retire; NCT engineering director; more leave Go South Coast INSIDE TRACK Get back to basics GLOBAL NEWS Daimler wields axe in America IN LONDON Route 24 changes hands again MILLAR'S TALES Popular culture; pushing a hybrid VINTAGE FENTON FILE An A1 Foden with a less than A1 body YOU WRITE First's new livery, the Borismaster and The Busway and local shopping appeal PRESERVATION UPDATE Scenes from recent rallies and running days FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald FLEET NEWS IRELAND Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Recent new books and diecast model
Pridesale 26th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2012)	Key Publising £4.10 CITYSMART MAN's latest offering in the UK midibus market CLEANER, GREENER & CHEAPER Mechanical refurbishment - including a Cummins-repowered Volvo double-decker MORE THAN JUST RUN OF THE MILL Why Stagecoach Manchester is so successful NOTTINGHAM CITY TRANSPORT Where customers like to say `yes' VERDICT ON VERDE Plaxton's first big city bus reassessed BUDAPEST TODAY Gavin Booth visits the Hungarian capital REGULARS NEWS Wrightbus announces extra-long StreetLite; Sheffield agreement; First to cut back more; Stagecoach and Lothian expand; Optare shuts Blackburn; Olympic torch relay BUS PEOPLE Serco MD joins First; death of Ray Pilkington INSIDE TRACK A great chance to get it right.in Bulgaria GLOBAL NEWS End of Hong Kong `Hot Dogs'; UK design for Dutch e-bus; world's biggest bendybus IN LONDON Latest tendering news; RTs and RMs in service MILLAR'S TALES Wright Endeavour; French pigeon bus PICTUREVIEW Cumberland commemorated with red MAN FENTON FILE A Willowbroook-bodied Ward Dalesman PUBLICITY MATTERS The clock is ticking for TICs YOU WRITE Trolleybuses, Borismaster, route profitability PRESERVATION UPDATE Scenes from recent rallies and running days FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald FLEET NEWS IRELAND Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Recent new books and diecast models
Pridesale 25th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2012)	Key Publishing £4.10 BIOMETHANE AND ALL THAT GAS How is the bus industry progressing with alternative fuels? FIRST'S LAST STAND? One of the UK's largest groups regains Cornish ground COVENTRY BUSES - READY FOR ANOTHER CENTURY? 100 years after its electric trams started, the city has a new network EGGED GOES DUTCH Why Israel's biggest operator has set up in Amsterdam IN HER MAJESTY'S HONOUR Diamond jubilee buses in colour REGULARS NEWS Leeds trolleybuses approved; Metro votes for franchising; Cardiff MD quits; Alexander Dennis buys Down Under; Enviro350H launched in UK; First sales list leaked, expands in Ipswich BUS PEOPLE Changes at First and NatEx; death of `F. P. G.' Philip Groves INSIDE TRACK Still ahead after 27 years GLOBAL NEWS Greyhound helps out after US crackdown; makeover for Nancy trolleybuses; biggest ever apron bus IN LONDON Olympics pay claim and preparations; LT1 in Wilts; fuel-cell modifications MILLAR'S TALES Olympic torch's Maltese chameleon, cushions and barbies SERVICE EXTRA Undersold opportunities in Northern Ireland PICTUREVIEW Tight squeeze at Castle Howard PUBLICITY MATTERS An onslaught of Olympic options VINTAGE FENTON FILE That ain't no Roe, but a Longwell Green YOU WRITE West Midlands has wrong priorities; McGill's inquiry; Cambridgeshire Busway; through routes better than feeders PRESERVATION UPDATE Scenes from recent rallies and running days FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald THE COACH PARC The Jonckheere Monaco double-decker FLEET NEWS IRELAND Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Recent new books and diecast models
Pridesale 25th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2012)	Key Publications £4.10 GOLD STANDARD Buses provide additional public transport at the London Olympics MAINTAINING CAPITAL ASSETS Refurbishment plays a vital part in keeping Lothian's buses smart BUILDING THE LUTON BUSWAY Work is well advanced on constructing the next guided bus line DAUGHTERS OF DELTA We recall the impact of an influential Optare single-decker A YEAR OLDER, A LOT WISER Arriva's Malta network is starting to settle down REGULARS COMMENT The ultimate Whitehall farce NEWS First quits North Devon; Nexus goes for quality contracts, South Yorks doesn't; Arriva drops original TrawsCambria route; Birmingham city centre changes; `New Routemaster' in Slovakia; Showbus preview; Bus ireann challenged on `losses' BUS PEOPLE New MD for Arriva Midlands; ops director for Oxford Bus: Chief Exec for Bus Users UK INSIDE TRACK Act fast to stop buses falling prey to Eagle's sharp grasp GLOBAL NEWS SNCF launches iDBus; new Setra coming; SBS orders more Wright Volvos IN LONDON Arriva hits back with contract win; hydrogen hiatus MILLAR'S TALES Buses as works of Olympic art FENTON FILE A Ford that was pretty interesting, but not pretty PICTUREVIEW President of Scarborough YOU WRITE Quality contracts, trolleybuses, lightweights and old Olympians PRESERVATION UPDATE Latest restorations and future projects FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald FLEET NEWS IRELAND Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Books on Birmingham, Leyland, trams and independents
Pridesale 25th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2012)	Key Publishing £4.10 HYBRID ELECTRICS Are they here to stay? CHARGING FAST TO THE FUTURE A revolutionary electric bus in California POPPY RED OR POPPYCOCK? NBC's corporate identity 40 years on FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY MCT and its public services SOMEDAY AIR TRAVEL MAY BE THIS GOOD So claims Bus ireann, but does this claim stand? BRITISH EXILES IN POLAND Mike Fenton finds some familiar minibuses Regulars COMMENT Sir Brian changes direction NEWS Arriva buys Midland; Optare's stretched Versa; competition in Plymouth, Colchester and Warrington; changes in Cumbria and Manchester; big changes at Stagecoach; McGill's takeover cleared BUS PEOPLE Restructure at Wrightbus, key changes at First INSIDE TRACK Today's ostrich is tomorrow's dodo GLOBAL NEWS Double-deckers for Ottawa and Sydney IN LONDON End of kerbside ticket machines; summer of overall adverts; more on Olympics and Paralympics MILLAR'S TALES Super Vega is the new Enviro400 VINTAGE FENTON FILE A coach that looked like a 1950s classic PICTUREVIEW A Royale ride on the edge of Exmoor PUBLICITY MATTERS Shaping Sheffield's services YOU WRITE Luton busway, Leeds NGT, Olympics and Victoria PRESERVATION UPDATE Scenes from late summer rallies and running days FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald FLEET NEWS IRELAND Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS The latest books, DVDs and diecasts - including OOC's eagerly awaited Borismaster
Pridesale 25th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2012)	Key Publishing £4.10 FEATURES BORIS'S BUSMAN We meet TfL's Leon Daniels HYPERLINK First's new line for StreetCars ALEXANDER DENNIS Preparing the next generation DOUBLE TALL TO SEATTLE Enviro500s in service in the USA A GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE European ideas for design improvement FIRST EXPLORATIONS Bob Hind tries to relive the travels of his boyhood REGULARS COMMENT Time to rethink dual doors NEWS Stagecoach buys First's Wigan business; quality contract developments; business collapses; Plaxton reveals its inter-deck INSIDE TRACK Where is the gain? GLOBAL NEWS MET expands in Germany; contract loss for Veolia Transdev; end of an era at TEC IN LONDON Contract awards, controller troubles and `Spirit' fire MILLAR'S TALES Deck your walls with rolls of trolley VINTAGE FENTON FILE A PD2 that started out as a single-decker YOU WRITE Bus ireann replies to Michael Dryhurst; OFT and CC at odds PRESERVATION UPDATE Municipal liveries revived FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald FLEET NEWS IRELAND Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Books on London ST, King Alfred Olympic and Woking INDEX TO VOL.64
Pridesale 25th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2013)	Key Publishing £4.20 WIRELESS ELECTRICS The Wright way forward? EURO BUS EXPO A niche market show IN SEARCH OF THE X91 Bob Hind goes to Worcester THE DOUBLE KILLING End of the road for Copenhagen Nordics BORDERLINE COMMERCIAL Old buses on Chepstow locals EFE MODEL COMPETITION A second chance to win one of five models Regulars COMMENT A question that won't go away NEWS Stagecoach buys again; GBF4; NCT is Operator of the Year; Welsh reject train transfers INSIDE TRACK Lack of interchange information GLOBAL NEWS Transport Malta slams Arriva; trolleybus triumphs IN LONDON Abellio gains routes; centenary of the 24 MILLAR'S TALES The Tilling Green bus PUBLICITY MATTERS Properly promoting Pompey PICTUREVIEW Passengers for Pimlico FENTON FILE The Plaxton Bus 2000 Volvos YOU WRITE BRT, Bus ireann and Midland Red PRESERVATION UPDATE The Ensign Cub and a West Riding PD2 FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald FLEET NEWS IRELAND Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Books on municipals, the Olympics and model trolleybuses SUBSCRIPTION OFFER Special Christmas season package
Pridesale 25th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2013)	Key Publishing £4.20 HYDROGEN HYBRIDS The London experience DRIVER CPC Are you ready for it? IT TICKED ALL THE BOXES Saluting the Leyland Olympian HAIL THAT CAB The best bits of the Leyland National SEE OURSELVES AS OTHERS SEE US GLOUCESTER AND BACK Bob Hind's Midland Red travels ANOTHER PORTUGUESE STOREY MAN double-deckers in Oporto BEACONS BUS LIGHTS THE WAY Sunday services for daytrippers REGULARS COMMENT A finely balanced question NEWS Kent Top Travel to close; Peter Hendy knighted; Liberty Bus starts in Jersey INSIDE TRACK His legacy really matters GLOBAL NEWS Stagecoach challenges US divestment IN LONDON Wave-&-Pay; hybrid heaven MILLAR'S TALES PD2s in Princes Street? SERVICE EXTRA Gold medal performance PUBLICITY MATTERS The battle for Ivybridge PICTUREVIEW Hybrid in the city VINTAGE FENTON FILE The Rutland Clipper YOU WRITE Dual doors, funding and BRT PRESERVATION UPDATE King Alfred running day FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald FLEET NEWS IRELAND Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Some of the latest books and Diecast models SUBSCRIPTION OFFER Beat the new year rate increase
Pridesale 25th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2013)	Key Publishing £4.20 TO BUY OR NOT TO BUY Why many operators lease or rent DASHING DAIMLERS TO SHABBY SCANIAS The slow decline of First Northampton THAT’S PREPOSTEROUS! Peter Nash on a judge’s view of deregulation COULD DO BETTER How operators could improve our journeys GOING FOR GOLD Sampling Scottish Citylink’s premium service A FORETASTE OF LIFE TO COME Bob Hind revisits the East Midlands THE DUBLIN OLYMPIAN Saluting the end of an era ROCK SOLID GROWTH A success story from Gibraltar Regulars COMMENT NEWS First sells to Rotala; Greyhound expanded; quality contract arguments; new bus stations; Stagecoach and Arriva orders; Premiere collapses INSIDE TRACK Let’s fight the winter gloom GLOBAL NEWS Marcopolo buys into New Flyer IN LONDON Dagenham in doubt; Borismasters for the 24 MILLAR’S TALES BBC unearths rare Atlantean film PUBLICITY MATTERS Suffolk gets it right FENTON FILE Short tri-axle Olympians PICTUREVIEW Wardle in winter YOU WRITE Schedules, Nexus and hi-viz PRESERVATION UPDATE Leeds Jumbo saved FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald FLEET NEWS IRELAND Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Some of the latest books and Diecast models
Pridesale 25th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2013)	Key Publishing £4.20 T’S ON AGAIN Optare revives its double-deck project IS THE TICKET DEAD? A future of smartcards and bankcards COACHES EXCETERA An independent that’s expanding on Surrey contracts MOULTON’S DREAM COACH An innovative design that deserved better NOTTINGHAM AND DERBY…IN ONE DAY? Bob Hind revisits more of his teenage travels Regulars COMMENT All the fours? Not any more. NEWS Arriva ordered to run free; two takeovers completed; First’s orders sideline Volvo INSIDE TRACK Let’s go Dutch GLOBAL NEWS Chinese Routemaster in China; Keolis wins Las Vegas contract IN LONDON Hybrids get us back to 1950s diesel mpg MILLAR’S TALES Mr Braddock becomes camera shy VINTAGE FENTON FILE A 1930s German import called a Blitz PICTUREVIEW Cambridge footlights YOU WRITE Bus stops, free travel funding, bells and First PRESERVATION UPDATE POPS rally and Daimler project FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald FLEET NEWS IRELAND Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Some of the latest books to come our way SUBSCRIPTION OFFER 12 issues for the price of 10
Pridesale 25th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2013)	Key Publishing £4.20 FREE WITH THIS ISSUE DIECAST & MODEL BUS 16-page special supplement SPECIAL FEATURES ENHANCING CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE Refurbishment is about more than a major overhaul CARDIFF BUS TURNS A CORNER Largest Welsh municipal puts recent past behind it PRESTON BUS — COMPANY IN TRANSITION Rotala ownership focuses on customer service THE FINAL JOURNEY Bob Hind completes his nostalgic travels IT RUNS LIKE CLOCKWORK In praise of the Swiss and their public transport REGULARS COMMENT What’s the problem with BRT? NEWS Arriva evicted from Luton Airport; RATP buys Selwyns; new bus stations; First cuts again in Northampton; Transdev’s Olympian running day INSIDE TRACK Roger French joins our team of industry insiders GLOBAL NEWS Optare seeks German sales partner; Arriva to take over from Transdev in six countries; Aldi enters German coach market IN LONDON Temporary arrangements at London Bridge MILLAR’S TALES Foyle’s Routemaster spoils authenticity PUBLICITY MATTERS Is Dorset delivering? SERVICE EXTRA On-board congestion PICTUREVIEW Whiteout Yorkshire FENTON FILE A Berkhof Excellence-bodied Leyland Tiger YOU WRITE Driver CPC and schoolbus provision PRESERVATION UPDATE Easter rallies and running days FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald FLEET NEWS IRELAND Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Some of the latest books to come our way
Pridesale 25th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2013)	Key Publishing £4.20 BUSES UP, COACHES DOWN The winners and losers in the UK in 2012 UK COACH RALLY & AWARDS We report from the new venue at Alton Towers A DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY How to make the most of the Driver CPC TROLLEYBUSES FOR LEEDS How Metro is planning for success TRENT BARTON LAND They do things differently there LONDON BUS MUSEUM Highlights of the Spring Gathering at Brooklands Regulars COMMENT A touch of luxury NEWS First quits London; coach war at Luton; Scania gas buses for Reading; Stagecoach launches MegabusGold; Arriva starts Sapphire programme INSIDE TRACK Labour on the offensive GLOBAL NEWS Viseon in administration; BYD electrics for Arriva; Volvo trials low-entry hybrid in Australia IN LONDON Borismaster emissions; Stagecoach relaunches 7/7 bus MILLAR’S TALES Jersey produces bus stamps; Oxford Regent on film PICTUREVIEW Big Yellow, big river PUBLICITY MATTERS Signs of improvement VINTAGE FENTON FILE A TD2 given a postwar lease of life YOU WRITE Preston fareboxes, publicity lapses, battery shortcomings RESERVATION UPDATE Spring rallies and running days FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald FLEET NEWS IRELAND Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Some of the latest books to come our way
Pridesale 25th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2013)	Key Publishing £4.20 WRIGHTBUS, THE NEXT STEP FORWARD Chassis plant heralds plans for future integrals THREE GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS Andrew Braddock on 80 years of London Transport CLEAN AND LEAN How chassis refurbishment reduces carbon THE ATMOSPHERE IS ELECTRIC Geneva exhibition showcases zero-emission traction THE MAGIC LIVES ON Roger Davies celebrates 700 issues of this magazine THE FIRST OPENLY ENTHUSIAST MANAGER? We pay tribute to Roy Marshall NORTH WEALD RALLY London event looks forward to new future RESTORED RELIANCE ROCKS AT RUDDINGTON Barton coach is star at running day REGULARS COMMENT NEWS Green Bus Fund awards; Trent Barton Big Birthday; Western Greyhound fire; Manchester priority plans; First restructures in one region INSIDE TRACK The great Number 14 bus mystery GLOBAL NEWS Iveco banishes Irisbus, launches new model; Basle ditches gas for diesel IN LONDON LTZ registrations for Borismaster, next route revealed MILLAR’S TALES John has his cake and eats it PUBLICITY MATTERS A limited stop guide to 700 FENTON FILE The East Lancs-bodied Volvo B7RLE PICTUREVIEW Quantock’s quaint Volvo White Lady YOU WRITE Leeds trolleybuses; PTE control; Showbus PRESERVATION UPDATE More spring rallies and running days FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald FLEET NEWS IRELAND Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Some of the latest books to come our way SUBSCRIPTION OFFER Don’t miss this month’s special deal
Pridesale 25th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2013)	Key Publishing £4.20 KNIGHTS OF THE NIGHT London’s extensive network after dark STOP AND THINK ABOUT STOPS How to improve the waiting experience RUNCORN COOKS ON GAS How are Arriva’s 10 MANs performing? LUCKETTS TRAVEL Coaching along the South Coast ALEXANDER R-TYPE The world’s most popular double-decker A BAJAN BUS EXPERIENCE Bob Hind rides around Barbados REGULARS COMMENT Match the clout NEWS West Midlands partnership agreement; Citylink Air takes off; Welsh councils to tackle fares; First Aberdeen open day; date and venue for 2014 UK Coach Rally INSIDE TRACK Happy 80th birthday, London Transport GLOBAL NEWS New Flyer buys NABI; PolskiBus expands IN LONDON Borismasters on the 24 MILLAR’S TALES Timetable that follows the sun SERVICE EXTRA Overcrowded on the French Riviera PICTUREVIEW Stagecoach’s Skye-scraper VINTAGE FENTON FILE Birch Brothers forward-entrance PD1s YOU WRITE New Bus for London, council control and Roy Marshall remembered PRESERVATION UPDATE Royal Blue Run and Peak Park Gathering FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald FLEET NEWS IRELAND Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Some of the latest books to come our way SUBSCRIPTION OFFER Don’t miss this month’s special deal
Pridesale 25th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2013)	ESSENTIALS OF THE MIX What makes for the best refurbishment? A CAPITAL IDEA The Evolution of MCV FERNBUS FEVER Germans embrace long-distance coaching A GREAT BRITISH BUS TRIP Bob Hind rides from Liverpool to Glasgow OLD ROCKERS ROLL AT GLASTONBURY Bristol VRs and other delights for festival transport Regulars COMMENT Can Nexus raise quality? NEWS Tyne & Wear votes for quality contract; EYMS to sell Finglands routes to First; Rotherham centenary; new Plaxton coach; Michael Fowler remembered INSIDE TRACK Success breeds success GLOBAL NEWS No cash for Viseon; Optare targets Oz; Russia dashes for gas IN LONDON Hybrid fuel consumption compared MILLAR’S TALES NBFL in Hong Kong advert PUBLICITY MATTERS Putting the Great in Yarmouth PICTUREVIEW One of the last Leylands FENTON FILE The only Jonckheere-bodied Dennis Lancet for the UK YOU WRITE Bus stops, New Bus for London and gas buses PRESERVATION UPDATE Rallies and running days in hot sunshine FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald FLEET NEWS IRELAND Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Some of the latest books and models to come our way
Pridesale 25th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2013)	Key Publishing £4.20 IMBERBUS 2013 Routemasters and an LT on Salisbury Plain IT’S SHOWTIME What to expect at Coach & Bus Live and Busworld GO GREEN, GO CROSVILLE Weston fleet combines business with pleasure DOUBLE END, SINGLE PURPOSE Special buses built for a French attraction GOLDEN SLUMBERS Our reporter samples MegabusGold A GREAT BRITISH BUS TRIP Bob Hind rides from Glasgow to Aberdeen NORTH DEVON ONE YEAR ON How is Stagecoach settling in? REGULARS COMMENT Retailers need buses NEWS PTEs win engine clean-up funds; First splits big region; Wrightbus export deals; Luton Busway ready to roll; new Optare CEO; UK Bus Awards INSIDE TRACK G ood, bad and…perhaps GLOBAL NEWS New Malta crisis for Arriva; Russian import tax plan; Aldi partner jumps ship IN LONDON End in sight for cash fares; two more NBFL routes; more hybrids coming MILLAR’S TALES A pub called The Lodekka PUBLICITY MATTERS Brilliant in Brighton PICTUREVIEW Homeward bound in Hong Kong VINTAGE FENTON FILE A particularly rare Guy Wulfrunian YOU WRITE Quality contracts, publicity and memories of Mick Fowler PRESERVATION UPDATE A Belgian rally and a West Brom Daimler FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald FLEET NEWS IRELAND Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Some of the latest books and models to come our way
Pridesale 25th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2013)	BUSWORLD KORTRIJK Latest new models at Europe’s biggest bus show WRIGGLE ROOM DELAYS EURO6 UPTAKE Why a loophole is keeping Euro5 in production A GREAT BRITISH BUS TRIP Bob Hind rides from Skegness to Faversham LUTON DUNSTABLE BUSWAY We sample it on its first day INDEX TO VOLUME 65 REGULARS COMMENT A memorable minister moves on NEWS First margins down; The Star launched in Portsmouth; Finglands coaches sold; London capacity concerns; Arriva quits Mid Wales; TfL bus boss joins Stagecoach; Bruce Maund remembered INSIDE TRACK New faces, new challenges GLOBAL NEWS ID Bus says simple fares win friends; MeinFernbus grows fast; threat to Austrian trolleybuses IN LONDON NBfL on the 9; tender losses for Metroline MILLAR’S TALES The editor’s sideways look at the world of buses PUBLICITY MATTERS Hybrids hullabaloo hotchpotch PICTUREVIEW Gemini & GPO VINTAGE FENTON FILE A rebodied and modernised halfcab Crossley YOU WRITE Quality contracts, bus stops and rallies PRESERVATION UPDATE Prototype Regal IV restored to glory FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald FLEET NEWS IRELAND Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Some of the latest books to come our way
Pridesale 25th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2014)	WRIGHT GROUP – THE DAIMLER CONNECTION New models, engine choice and technology for Euro6 PLATINUM — ROUTE TO GROWTH FOR FIRST How Aberdeen relaunch fits with group plans WHERE WOULD FIRST HAVE STARTED? Why a 1980s merger could have reshaped the industry WEST KENT BUSES A schoolbus operator with a familiar look LAST LEYLAND IS AN ALBION A landmark vehicle in suburban Australia A GREAT BRITISH BUS TRIP Aid Bob Hind get his bag back? THE MALTA EXPERIENCE – TWO YEARS ON Arriva copes without its artics REGULARS COMMENT Nexus must not dismiss worst-case scenario NEWS Sheffield BRT approved; new bus stations and park-&-rides; ITAs take different routes; UK Bus award winners INSIDE TRACK It’s the little things that count GLOBAL NEWS Arriva buys Abellio business; Acania wins Berlin order; Montreal plugs into Volvo’s electric vision IN LONDON Stagecoach and bio-diesel; more hybrids coming; Merton centenary MILLAR’S TALES The editor’s sideways look at the world of buses PICTUREVIEW Route 66 HALFCABS ETCETERA Atlanteans and a VRL in Australia FENTON FILE An open-top faux vintage minibus YOU WRITE Quality contracts, integration and Moorsbus PRESERVATION UPDATE Routemaster 60, B type appeal and recent rallies FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald FLEET NEWS IRELAND Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Some of the latest books to come our way
Pridesale 25th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2014)	EVER ON A SUNDAY Shore Link and other initiatives in Rutland GREAT EXPECTATIONS The Great campaign and the New Routemaster world tour SMALL STEPS TO LOW-FLOOR Twenty years on, we remember how the revolution began A GREAT BRITISH BUS TRIP Bob Hind heads from Hampshire to Cornwall KMB — CHANGING WITH HONG KONG How Kowloon Motor Bus is adapting REGULARS COMMENT Where next for supported services? NEWS Stagecoach buys Norfolk Green; councils demand funding reform; First rejects divestment advice; Christmas services; remembering Geoff Rixon INSIDE TRACK Deciding on decisions GLOBAL NEWS Arriva quits Malta; more Enviro500s for Canada; US safety swoop IN LONDON BYD electric buses enter service; Stagecoach wins New Routemaster contract MILLAR’S TALES The editor’s sideways look at the world of buses SERVICE EXTRA Where do you put your pass? PICTUREVIEW First at the end of the rainbow VINTAGE FENTON FILE Finnish-bodied Bedfords YOU WRITE Quality contracts, Luton Busway and Aldenham overhauls PRESERVATION UPDATE FoKAB on New Year’s Day; Ensign running day FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald FLEET NEWS IRELAND Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Some of the latest books and models to come our way
Pridesale 25th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2014)	SEEDS OF SUCCESS We sample two prototypes on trial in London MK ELECTRIC Inductive charging transforms crosstown route SUMMER IN THE LAKES Tourist services in rural Cumbria HIDE AND SLEEK How leather upholstery is prepared A GREAT BRITISH BUS TRIP Bob Hind heads round Cornwall and into Devon DIECAST & MODEL BUSES The latest offerings available or on their way REGULARS COMMENT Good brands need value NEWS First orders micro hybrids, rebrands in Somerset; OFT agrees Finglands sale; SYPTE wields its axe; Doyle’s closes down INSIDE TRACK Watershed worries — Brian Cox signs off GLOBAL NEWS Malta moves on; more double-deckers for Canada and Australia IN LONDON Year of the Bus; heritage Routemasters to go; two more routes lined up for LT class MILLAR’S TALES The editor’s sideways look at the world of buses PUBLICITY MATTERS Swiss show the way HALFCABS ETCETERA Citybus RE, Tracky Fleetline and Bulgarian RM PICTUREVIEW A Devon Vyking raids Cornwall FENTON FILE East Lancs-bodied MANs unique to Northern Ireland YOU WRITE Quality contracts, Christmas Day and early low-floor PRESERVATION UPDATE Bedwas & Machen Regal appeal; Salisbury running day FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald FLEET NEWS IRELAND Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Some of the latest books to come our way
Pridesale 25th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2014)	2014/15 RALLY GUIDE Your free pocket-sized list of events SPECIAL FEATURES THE MAN WITH THE TURNAROUND PLAN We meet First UK Bus MD Giles Fearnley WHAT WENT WRONG? Arriva’s Maltese exit and its aftermath BLUEBIRD FLIES AGAIN A fantastic plan for Scotland’s buses ALL IT TAKES IS A LITTLE BEEP The latest moves in electronic ticketing A GREAT BRITISH BUS TRIP Bob Hind travels from Devon to Wales BRT WITHOUT FRILLS No separate track for South Yorkshire PTE’s new Sheffield-Rotherham line REGULARS COMMENT New Generation or New Routemaster? NEWS Stagecoach’s record order; First challenges Leeds NGT; after the floods; Xelabus buys Velvet; Northampton bus station opens INSIDE TRACK They just don’t get it GLOBAL NEWS Portugal contemplates tenders; Scania scales back; Vienna gets tough on fare dodgers; first Australian-built Enviro200 IN LONDON Leon Daniels plots where growth will come; transformation for West Croydon bus station MILLAR’S TALES Taunton bus station, Optare factory site PUBLICITY MATTERS Will an apple a day keep rivals at bay? PICTUREVIEW A hill too far — last climb to Heptonstall VINTAGE FENTON FILE A Bristol RELL with features for the future YOU WRITE Busways, Coaster 12 and Aldenham PRESERVATION UPDATE Exciting new events for 2014 and some restorations beyond Great Britain FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald FLEET NEWS IRELAND Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Diecasts plus books on London, South Wales Transport and West Country minibuses
Pridesale 25th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2014)	SOUTH WALES TRANSPORT Racing the dark clouds PARTNERSHIP+INVESTMENT=GROWTH How First Hampshire & Dorset is changing MUDDLED MESSAGES Bus publicity in Tyne & Wear A GREAT BRITISH BUS TRIP Bob Hind travels from Wales to Liverpool CHELTENHAM RACES How Stagecoach handles Gold Cup crowds REGULARS COMMENT The final funding straw NEWS Pennine to close; more funding cuts; Scottish hybrids and hydrogen fuel-cells; Passenger Focus survey results; BRT progress; taxman threatens future of Lough Swilly INSIDE TRACK Why turning short should be curtailed GLOBAL NEWS Geneva extends wireless trolleybus trial; Wellington plans to dewire; Volvo launches UD brand to compete in India; more German intercity coach expansion IN LONDON Third crewing option for New Routemasters on route 38; DLPs near the end of the road MILLAR’S TALES A disaster emergency practice and lost trolleybuses of half a century ago SERVICE EXTRA Julian Osborne beeps here and flashes there PICTUREVIEW Brooding sky, Bright Spectra FENTON FILE A Mercedes-Benz midicoach with an example of rare Scottish coachwork YOU WRITE Northampton bus station; free pass conventions; cashless in London PRESERVATION UPDATE RM2 made ready for Routemaster 60; Bristol Harbourside cancelled FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald FLEET NEWS IRELAND Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Some of the latest books and DVDs
Pridesale 25th Dec 2018		Magazine Buses (2014)	FIRST OF A FAMILY Alexander Dennis’s all-new Enviro400 COACHES CUSHION BUS SALES FALL Paul Heels’s exclusive analysis of the 2013 UK bus market ROSSO RENAMED TO GROW The story behind the Rossendale relaunch A RUNNING DAY WITH A DIFFERENCE London celebrates 75 years since the first RT TITANIC CLASH: DOMINATION MEETS DOMINATOR Why Leyland’s model policy came unstuck REGULARS COMMENT Shooting themselves in the foot NEWS Stagecoach acquires JP Travel; Arriva announces all-UK order; Luton Busway ridership revealed; Sanders buys Neaves; Lough Swilly closes; Dundee Transport Museum opens; Southdown 100 plan INSIDE TRACK On message – the power of buses as advertisements to promote bus travel GLOBAL NEWS Singapore’s SMRT orders Enviro500s; Megabus offers seat allocation in US; Copenhagen considers bendybus comeback; Gothenburg loves electrics IN LONDON Man who might be Mayor tries out the bus network; heritage liveries for two Stagecoach buses; latest tendered contract changes MILLAR’S TALES Classic coach models; the word ‘embus’ PUBLICITY MATTERS Blu-Tack and Sellotape at Northampton PICTUREVIEW Ominous outlook for Orton omnibus VINTAGE FENTON FILE A Cumbrian coach where half the passengers faced backwards YOU WRITE The Pennine closure, heritage Routemasters, dual doors and Leeds NGT trolleybuses PRESERVATION UPDATE Rallies and running days in Northern Ireland and northern England FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES Compiled by John G. Lidstone FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND Compiled by Sandy Macdonald FLEET NEWS IRELAND Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Some of the latest books to come our way

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