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Pridesale 28th Nov 2018		Magazine Buses (2016)	Publisher Website https://shop.keypublishing.com/issue/View/issue/BM741 SPECIAL FEATURES EURO BUS EXPO The highlights and trends at UK’s biggest bus and coach show — from electric vehicles to stylish interiors 11 OUTER CIRCLE Birmingham institution regains its European crown GROWING IN WILTS The steady expansion of Faresaver LAST BLAST TO LAND’S END End of the road for veteran open-top Volvos INDEX TO VOLUME 68 See what we’ve published this year REGULARS COMMENT More municipals? NEWS Campaign for councils to run their own buses; electrification for Harrogate, Liverpool and Edinburgh; early doors for Preston bus station; new factory for Wrights; death of ex- Volvo MD Mike Ball; Little Gem shines again; TfGM to expand Metrolink; Stagecoach speeds launch of contactless ticketing; First to close Rotherham; Delaine Olympian farewell running day; Bachmann buys EFE diecast brand INSIDE TRACK Reinventing the minibus GLOBAL NEWS BYD to build in Hungary; Belgium tightens coach security; Optare double-decker in Gozo; Ashok Leyland builds electric single-decker; Hungarian city retires its Excels LOOK IN ON LONDON Radical route changes for City junction; new tunnel could create cross-river connections; West Croydon bus station reopens; eye-catching stars of Stockwell open day MILLAR’S TALES A new Legomaster for London; bus lover Liv buys her first double-decker; Irish coach image in unlikely high street; reversed Routemaster is in the bag in Portugal PICTUREVIEW Leyland at Lune Gorge IDENTITY PARADE Night vision — a perfect route brand? VINTAGE FENTON FILE The first Jonckheere coach for the UK YOU WRITE Liveries, blocked views and absent timetables; the illusion of on-road competition; destination names that are (and are not) clear; coach holidays that cannot accommodate wheelchairs; how Manchester matches up to other areas PRESERVATION UPDATE Isle of Wight Beer, Buses & Walks; Routemasters and a trolleybus in Glasgow; Big Orange in Manchester 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
Pridesale 28th Nov 2018		Magazine Buses (2017)	Publisher Website https://shop.keypublishing.com/issue/View/issue/BM742 THE LESSER KNOWN 554 The scenic connection between Carlisle and Keswick A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY David Jenkins takes to the coach roads of Ireland LONDON’S FIRST BUSWAY Making tracks across the Greenwich peninsula AM I APPY? Christopher Carter tries Stagecoach’s new app FAR EAST OF RHONDDA The man who transformed Hong Kong’s buses STRIKING A BALANCE How much local branding works best? COMMENT Embrace the new solutions NEWS MPs support municipal operation; Wright unveils fuel-cell StreetDeck as chancellor promises more EV funding; First considers more cuts; York delays P&R contract again; NCT named operator of the year; Surrey pays more for fewer services; Stagecoach buys its first Enviro400 MMC Golds; Stagecoach MDs join First; Sureline founder dies INSIDE TRACK This ain’t franchising GLOBAL NEWS DB drops Arriva flotation; Megabus staff protest in France; Marrakesh buys Chinese trolleybuses; new Chinese plant for Scania Touring; second life owners for Darts and Olympians; a Belgian bendybus restoration LOOK IN ON LONDON Huge overhaul for West End routes; tendering successes for Abellio and Sullivan; replacement buses in aftermath of November Croydon tram crash; new long wheelbase Volvo B5LH hybrids for Kingston University shuttles MILLAR’S TALES Routemasters as items of luggage; New Routemasters rival a star-struck cat; Lord Gnome’s Hebridean Y-type; a Pointer on the outside that was a Mercedes-Benz within HALFCABS ETCETERA Two Lodekkas and an RTL in unlikely locations PICTUREVIEW Ribble returns to St George’s Hall IDENTITY PARADE Y not? A new look for West Yorkshire Road Car FENTON FILE Another creation of Leicester Carriage Builders YOU WRITE Liveries and the rights and wrongs of route branding; contactless ticketing in the East Midlands; social media and printed information; Birmingham route 11; the thankless task of organising rallies and running days PRESERVATION UPDATE Doyen debuts at Dewsbury; Leyland Leopard leaps to Lincoln; RT celebrates Queen’s 90th birthday; Northampton Crossley and Dublin Atlanteans 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 Cardiff and London trolleybuses, Bedford buses and coaches, Stagecoach buses and trains in 2017 and CIÉ’s Leyland Atlanteans 50 years on
Pridesale 28th Nov 2018		Magazine Buses (2017)	Publisher Website https://shop.keypublishing.com/issue/View/issue/BM743 NCT’S DASH FOR GAS England’s biggest municipal prepares for clean air PLUGGED IN Nottingham electrifies its park-&-ride TO THE RESCUE How London organises rail replacement work A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY David Jenkins continues on Ireland’s coach roads THE CITYBUS YEARS Lyndon Rees shares more of his Hong Kong memories COMMENT The social care challenge NEWS NatEx buys Clarkes of London; Yellow Buses prepares route revamp; Translink rebrands in Derry; Arriva and Stagecoach run major rail replacement in Merseyside; Darwen Coach Services and APL Travel close; new Wright double-deck designs for Coastliner, Oxford and Lothian; end of an era as step-entry double-deckers are retired; death of Devon General expert Philip Platt INSIDE TRACK Secrets of success GLOBAL NEWS Irizar wins electric Basque French electric BRT contract; Eindhoven starts going electric; Chinese battery double-decker for Canadian fleet; DB and First test driverless shuttles in various places ; Salzburg starts new trolleybus route; Berlin plans to buy new tri-axle double-deckers LOOK IN ON LONDON Two more routes to go low-emission; TfL plan confirms end of pure diesels; mayor announces minimum drivers’ wage; Routemaster launches Stagecoach Kingston link; Victoria Coach Station to celebrate its 85th birthday MILLAR’S TALES Plaxton launch will save lives; New Routemaster made from Meccano; Cath Kidston’s latest London bus look; exotic bus stop appears in Lincolnshire town centre IDENTITY PARADE Alder & Wiser - new look for a made-up brand VINTAGE FENTON FILE A rare Roe-bodied Guy Arab with a Johannesburg front YOU WRITE Lothian’s new livery; competition and municipal ownership; gaps in service standards; traffic congestion; buses that stifle in summer, others that rattle all year PRESERVATION UPDATE Pontypridd utility Bristol returns to Wales; Leyland Titan JUB 29 back on the road; Oxford Loline restored to service; surprises on show at Ensign running day 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 Glasgow and Bournemouth trolleybuses, London bus garages and Devon General, plus an RTW video and B-T’s Western National MW models
Pridesale 28th Nov 2018		Magazine Buses (2017)	Publishers Website https://shop.keypublishing.com/issue/View/issue/BM744 ROUTEMASTER TO THE RESCUE SUBSCRIBE & SAVE Subscribe to BUSES and claim your FREE Bus Specials Bundle worth £10.99! A CLOSE SHAVE Shepperton hangs on to its Surrey-supported services BY BUS TO CHICHESTER David Jukes gives up on Southern trains EFE - START OF A NEW ERA Bachmann Europe relaunches leading models range A NEW LOOK Canadian model maker Rapido produces its first bus CONTACTLESS COMES OF AGE The cashless ticketing revolution takes off THE FUTURE HAS ARRIVED A driverless demonstration at Heathrow COMMENT A welcome development NEWS Go-Ahead buys Thamesdown; Stagecoach launches Ashford Little & Often; Arriva seeks customers’ views on bus design; Supreme Court judgment in wheelchair access case; cashless plans for Bristol; EYMS invests despite ‘extremely tough times’; Welsh bus summit; four UK cities in pan-European fuel-cell partnership; Rossendale cutbacks; financial crisis at Bus Éireann INSIDE TRACK Shelters are essential GLOBAL NEWS New shareholders invest in Flixbus; losses at Austria’s Hellö; end for Venezuela trolleybus project; electric bus developments take off in Israel, Finland and Poland LOOK IN ON LONDON Go-Ahead gains Kingston route; assembly presses TfL on bus network and revenue forecasts; extras out for Tube strike; 10 more low emission bus zones by 2020 MILLAR’S TALES Return of the Green Rover; banana flavoured ALX400 takes the biscuit; strange timetable validity dates appear online; a blank screen in Dewsbury bus station IDENTITY PARADE Ribble to Ribl - re-imagining a classic name FENTON FILE Who had the only 12m East Lancs Olympus-bodied Scania double-deckers to be built? YOU WRITE Your thoughts on Translink and Lothian liveries, on-road competition, unreal-time displays and the serious impact of some local council budget cuts around the country PRESERVATION UPDATE Liverpool Leyland revived for Merseyside Bus Club anniversary; the Victoria Coach Station birthday celebration; Lowland Bristol back on the road 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
Pridesale 28th Nov 2018		Magazine Buses (2017)	Publisher Website https://shop.keypublishing.com/issue/View/issue/BM745 FREE WITH THIS ISSUE 48-PAGE 2017/18 MUSEUM & RALLY GUIDE ULSTERBUS AT 50 Paul Savage considers the past and assesses where the state-owned operator is today BACK TO THE FUTURE Stagecoach’s innovative Little & Often high-frequency urban minibus trial begins in the Kent town of Ashford BUS FOR BREXIT An imaginative approach to post-EU bus design MENDIP MULE MOTORBUS After several false starts, this open-top Bristol operator finally finds its business success in a Dorset tourist trap COMMENT No easy answers NEWS Minister rules out extra subsidy for rural routes; UK Bus Summit; Grayling rules out more municipals; Bus Éireann crisis deepens; Go-Ahead companies cut back in Oxford and East Anglia; Transdev sets out its investment plans; Omnibus Society’s Alan Mills remembered; engineering appointments at Stagecoach and McGill’s INSIDE TRACK Partnerships deliver growth GLOBAL NEWS Stagecoach quits Twin America joint venture; big Belgian order for electric Volvos; gas favoured for Miami-Dade and for trials in Berlin; Swiss cease hydrogen fuel-cell trial; Wright StreetLite in operation in Australian city LOOK IN ON LONDON Arriva gains two routes; two more services are selected for electric operation; Finchley Road changes go ahead; Putney emission zone prompts fleet swaps at Go-Ahead; New Routemasters reach Ilford as numbers top 900 MILLAR’S TALES Mike Fenton files his birthday bus; collectable yellow schoolbuses from America; New Routemaster image excites Singapore; coach tour heads down the drain IDENTITY PARADE A challenger brand — Devon General re-imagined VINTAGE FENTON FILE A particularly unusual Sentinel remembered YOU WRITE Your thoughts on the importance of bus shelters, contactless tickets; London bus speeds; rear-engined Daimlers of the 1960s, Ribble (or ribl) and other operators’ liveries PRESERVATION UPDATE A Sentinel joins the Barry Depot collection; hugely contrasting additions to Isle of Wight Museum collection; Highland Olympian returned to its original red and grey glory; latest Hong Kong vehicles for Dave Rogers 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 Bob Hind’s revealing autobiography, the story of the London DMS, an East Sussex interurban hub, new fleet handbooks and the trolleybuses of Bratislava
Pridesale 28th Nov 2018		Magazine Buses (2017)	Publisher Website https://shop.keypublishing.com/issue/View/issue/BM746 A BALANCING ACT How Essex County Council manages bus service support at a time of spending cuts AFFORDABLE HYDROGEN? Promoters predict a big uptake of technology after 2020 VCS 85 Birthday celebrations for Victoria Coach Station THE ROAD TO THE ISLES Bob Hind rides on some of the coasts of the Clyde MALTA — GETTING BETTER John Young and Andrew Jarosz on recent developments COMMENT So much for franchising NEWS Bus Services Bill heads into law; Welsh government considers municipal expansion; Epsom Coaches to quit coaching; Bus Éireann strike latest; Ensignbus receives local service BCIs; Bristol Superlight revealed; Stagecoach orders new open-toppers; restyled front for Wright Eclipse 3; two operators de-hybrid hybrids; West Yorkshire’s Bus 18 plan; ex-bus minister Baker becomes Big Lemon MD; new heads for Stagecoach UK Bus INSIDE TRACK MPs need a bus pass GLOBAL NEWS BYD expands on two European fronts; Swiss fine for Flixbus; big rise in French coach traffic; tram and train builders unveil electric bus with all-wheel steering; Brisbane plans BRT expansion; Grande West breaks into US transit market with Buy America assembly deal LOOK IN ON LONDON New Routemaster route to change hands; mayor launches first low-emission bus zone; new vehicle influx adds variety to four fleets; moves to speed up bus flow MILLAR’S TALES Attached to Midland’s unattached arch; Co-op commemorates departed Dorset depot; nostalgic pictures in Ayrshire station; a corporation social club IDENTITY PARADE Transit tees up — a Cleveland makeover FENTON FILE Rare Welsh body on a Mercedes-Benz Vario YOU WRITE Your thoughts on municipals, urban competition, the causes of passenger decline, the impact of prolonged roadworks, bus shelters and last month’s bus for Brexit PRESERVATION UPDATE An Exeter running day in memory of Philip Platt, plus a Wulfrunian, green Bristols and Delaine’s last Leyland 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 BET, Derbyshire, Essex and the National Bus Company, plus some of the latest diecast models
Pridesale 28th Nov 2018		Magazine Buses (2017)	Publisher Website https://shop.keypublishing.com/issue/View/issue/BM747 A DOUBLE-DECK YEAR Paul Heels’s exclusive analysis of 2016 bus and coach deliveries CLICK & BE COLLECTED Arriva’s American-style demand responsive minibus trial on a remotely located Kent business park RURAL PLIGHT The facts behind the demise of a vital route in Cumbria THE ROAD TO THE ISLES Bob Hind covers the bus routes of three Inner Hebridean islands in three busy and sometimes tense days SEIZING THE DAY An uplifting account of the growth of Llew Jones REGULARS COMMENT Where’s the vision? NEWS Stagecoach places 2017/18 order; Diamond takes on Arriva routes; UK Coach Rally; Arriva expands its use of minibuses; Ulsterbus marks its 50th anniversary; Bus Éireann strike suspended; The Big Lemon goes for solar energy; Alexander Dennis offers Berlin a double-decker INSIDE TRACK Passenger power could unleash new bus revival GLOBAL NEWS Italian state railway enters long-haul market; Germany rules out tolls, invests in electric; major electric orders in Netherlands; driverless systems for Singapore and Dubai; First’s BoltBus offers free on-board movies on all routes LOOK IN ON LONDON Route branding trial around Barkingside; central area changes to go ahead; latest tendered service awards; Arriva to axe another old Country Area route; new patriotic identity unveiled for RATP’s Original Tour MILLAR’S TALES British vehicles in Polish advertising; Omnibus Society Midlands Branch celebrates three score years and 10; a missing Routemaster in a fish and chip museum IDENTITY PARADE Simply United - a new look imagined for one of the industry’s great traditional names VINTAGE FENTON FILE A Crossley half-deck coach with a Foden look and an American military connection YOU WRITE Rural routes need state funding; rail policy is hurting bus links; a call for cross-subsidy; a final thought on our April Fool; the root of Shepperton’s problematic routes PRESERVATION UPDATE Kirkby Stephen and some other spring gatherings 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 A novel and a picture album on Bristol’s buses, books on the trolleybuses of Wellington, London buses past and present and EFE’s latest Southdown model
Pridesale 28th Nov 2018		Magazine Buses (2017)	Publisher Website https://shop.keypublishing.com/issue/View/issue/BM748 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
Pridesale 28th Nov 2018		Magazine Buses (2017)	Publisher Website https://shop.keypublishing.com/issue/View/issue/BM749 BATTERY POWER Britain’s 40-year story of electric traction NEW LIFE FOR DART A Jersey operator takes the top off a Pointer FLYING A KITE The Foden-NC rediscovered in preservation THE ROAD TO THE ISLES Bob Hind spends a Sunday exploring Orkney MODELS: THE DIY OPTION How to create the diecasts that shops don’t sell REGULARS COMMENT Calling all fishwives NEWS Cuts in Dorset; First in front in Bristol and York; new generation Mercedes-Benz Tourismo; Stagecoach’s Ribble White Lady; Lothian results; limited edition model for Buses Festival; Go-Ahead goes contactless in Oxford; new park-&-ride for Leeds; Chester Bus Interchange opens; end for Stockport-Bolton joint route; bus minister Jones moves on; Stagecoach recruits from beyond for East Scotland MD INSIDE TRACK Amazon would do it GLOBAL NEWS Big groups invest in driverless technology; more electric Volvos for Swedish cities; Flixbus to charge for seat reservations; UK-owned MET plans German expansion; European builders beat Chinese for contract in Israel LOOK IN ON LONDON Mayor’s 25-year plan; Arriva, Stagecoach and Sullivan make tender gains; RM2 returns to its original green haunts; trial for new-style information ‘blinds’; RATP orders BYD/Alexander Dennis Enviro200EV electrics MILLAR’S TALES Titan by name, tiny by nature; scaled down Stagecoach by a Scottish seaside; a styling touch that is all Kiwi; a Queen Mary among English grapes for winemaking PUBLICITY MATTERS CT Plus channels island timetables PICTUREVIEW Busway in bloom — in Dunstable IDENTITY PARADE Sarfend surf — a summer revamp for a coastal connection VINTAGE FENTON FILE An AEC that mysteriously ended up in Yugoslavia YOU WRITE Railway ticketing has lessons for bus industry; fairer system needed for England’s concessionary travel scheme; public engagement essential for route development; the case for printed publicity; first impressions count on Leeds airport link; Amsterdam shows how to explain its local system to visitors PRESERVATION UPDATE Hungary home for Arriva Ikarus; Atlantean anniversary at King Alfred September running day; Greater Glasgow Atlantean restored to 1980 livery; scenes from recent running days; lifeline Bedford OB returns to Shetland 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 The Scottish Bus Group’s purchases analysed and explained; an updated Routemaster Handbook; an A-Z of trolleybus builders; early histories of trolleys and Midland Red founders; a model of a Barton RTL
Pridesale 28th Nov 2018		Magazine Buses (2017)	Publisher Website https://shop.keypublishing.com/issue/View/issue/BM750 SCARBOROUGH FARE 10 years on, Plaxton’s Yorkshire plant plays an essential and vital role for Alexander Dennis VOLVO PLUGS ELECTRIFICATION The first right-hand-drive Volvo 7900E is set for a year of trials in four English cities concerned about air quality NEVER ON A SUNDAY Weekend fares are abolished on TrawsCymru THE ROAD TO THE ISLES Bob Hind completes his island travels in Shetland MAN & NEOPLAN New coaches from both brands: only one for UK REGULARS COMMENT An encouraging start NEWS West Midlands action plan tackles congestion; new high-spec vehicles for Plymouth, Burnley and the Lake District; Diamond buys Hanson’s; bus stations close for redevelopment; Lancs reverses cuts; Whippet calls for franchising; Wessex scales back; Setra’s new double-decker INSIDE TRACK Know your strengths GLOBAL NEWS Busitalia buys Netherlands’ Qbuzz; MAN bendies selected for Danish BRT; San Francisco orders more trolleybuses; KMB retires last Dennis Dragons, adopts new livery; electrification initiatives for Germany and Israel LOOK IN ON LONDON New operators selected for several routes; major changes coming when Elizabeth Line opens; calls for faster buses and safer services; new garage for Go-Ahead; more BYD/Alexander Dennis electrics on order ahead of ULEZ MILLAR’S TALES Stops on all the wrong tracks; an ultimate DDA upgrade; Devon General Regent becomes a Torbay icon PICTUREVIEW Sleeper connection — a Highland landscape IDENTITY PARADE Road Car variety — another name revived FENTON FILE A Leyland Leopard with open-top Alexander Y-type body YOU WRITE Calls for joined up journeys and better ticket knowledge; your thoughts about Bob Hind’s island journeys; deficiencies of a Heathrow connection; Derby and its troublesome Foden-NC; help PSV Circle maintain its vehicle records; that AEC in Yugoslavia and those London RTLs in Lisbon docks PRESERVATION UPDATE Double events in Leicester; Cardiff VR restored for service; Dennis Domino and rare Leyland Lion returned to original glory; preserved Grey Cars coach becomes a mobile bar 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 South Yorkshire nostalgia in glorious colour; a fleet book on Go-Ahead Group; two picture albums on north-west England and deregulated Scotland in the 1980s
Pridesale 28th Nov 2018		Magazine Buses (2017)	Publishers Website https://shop.keypublishing.com/issue/View/issue/BM751 THE MINIBUS MAESTRO David Leeder recalls working with Harry Blundred, who died in August SHOWTIME ’17 We preview some of the exhibits expected at Coach & Bus UK and at Busworld Europe in Kortrijk OPTARE WIRES IN The battery electric MetroDecker EV debuts in York as the government provides funds for zero emission park-&-ride A REFRESHMENT STOP We go behind the scenes at Thornton Brothers’ refurbishment centre in Northumberland MCV: SUPPLYING FROM AFAR Double-deckers for the UK that are built in Egypt FASTLINK: BRT-LITE OR NOT AT ALL? How does the reality of Glasgow’s showpiece riverside route match up to the pre-launch hype? BUSES FESTIVAL Scenes from this year’s 100-vehicle gathering IMBERBUS 2017 The biggest Routemaster operation yet on Salisbury Plain THE LEDGARD LEGEND Half a century on, remembering the Leeds independent REGULARS COMMENT The real Swedish lesson NEWS Funds found for 150 gas and electric vehicles; Rotala buys Little Gem; Go South Coast places large order; UTG commends Swedish model; Go-Ahead wins Dublin contract; independents close in Kent and Yorkshire; McGill’s signals growth ambitions; Bolton Interchange opens INSIDE TRACK No publicity in Dorset GLOBAL NEWS Arriva expands in Croatia, First in Illinois; RATP exits Big Apple sightseeing; Grande West records first profit; LA sets target for zero emissions; Sileo suffers factory fire LOOK IN ON LONDON Assembly suggests a return of the bendybus; Go-Ahead and Tower Transit suffer tender losses; Van Hool fuel-cells arrive; safety standards on the way; Go-coach Hire fills in MILLAR’S TALES Spanish notice lost in translation; NatEx bridges roll divide; a Tiger Cub with no seats; a miniature coach’s yellow years IDENTITY PARADE Stateside Mainline — an American look for South Yorkshire VINTAGE FENTON FILE A Metal Sections double-decker for a West Midlands fleet YOU WRITE Plaxton’s low-entry Leopard and the Enviro400 City; how equality legislation affects bus/rail integration; the last Royal Mail post bus; Bob Hind’s travels and Mike Fenton’s File PRESERVATION UPDATE Running days, rallies and a heritage route; appeal launched to repair 90-year-old Tilling Stevens 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 Buses Yearbook, Edwardian technology and skulduggery, Burwell & District coloured in, plus maps and models
Pridesale 28th Nov 2018		Magazine Buses (2017)	Publisher Website https://shop.keypublishing.com/issue/View/issue/BM752 COACH & BUS UK New coaches, Iberian electrics and innovative interiors were among the highlights at the NEC A TWO-CITY TALE Will they or won’t they? Manchester and Liverpool ponder franchising and are in no rush to decide GOING PLACES WITH ROSSO John Young rides the routes of one of Lancashire’s last municipals and finds a shortage of passengers SERVING THE LION CITY Go-Ahead and Tower Transit in Singapore SHOWBUS 2017 Highlights from the biggest bus and coach rally IKARUS FLIES ON Celebrating one of Eastern Europe’s fallen giants – and its British bus and coach connections REGULARS COMMENT The Routesaver? NEWS HCT in talks with MCT; Optare wins NZ export order; Go South Coast reveals electrification plans; coaches for TrawsCymru; Delaine running day; Manchester kicks off Volvo electric demo; TfWM suspends 59 Brum bus stops; Transdev to launch second Cityzap; Mercedes launches mild hybrid Citaro; Wycombe partnership breaks up PUBLICITY MATTERS A diversion dilemma INSIDE TRACK A right old row about community transport GLOBAL NEWS Greyhound and Peter Pan part company and compete; new Italian trolleybus system faces closure threat from new mayor; Esslingen and Linz invest in trolleys; electrics on way for Norway and Belgium LOOK IN ON LONDON Latest tendered route news; Arriva to close Garston garage; driverless shuttle demonstrated in Queen Elizabeth Park; Uno relaunches route as The Comet MILLAR’S TALES Nottingham requires no thumbs; more stops of the pointless kind; parlour role for pensioned off Pointer PICTUREVIEW Roofless in Norfolk IDENTITY PARADE A sexy look for Western Scottish FENTON FILE Transit Holdings’ dual-door minibuses YOU WRITE Glasgow Fastlink, Manchester Wayfarer, Swedish franchising, bank holiday services, the northernmost route in the world, PMT’s troublesome Foden NC and the need for Plaxton’s low-entry Leopard PRESERVATION UPDATE Lothian and Kingsbridge running days, SYTM restoration projects, visitors at Merthyr Tydfil 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 Hants & Sussex, Chiltern Queens, Wolverhampton trolleybuses, Fowlers and more
Pridesale 28th Nov 2018		Magazine Buses (2017)	Publisher Website https://shop.keypublishing.com/issue/View/issue/BM753 BUSWORLD EUROPE British exports, a BRT bendybus for Belfast and electrification progress on display at Europe’s biggest bus and coach exhibition STATESIDE COMPETITION Alexander Dennis launches its SuperLo for the USA LLOYDS COACHES — EXPANDING IN RURAL WALES We catch up with an operator thriving while others in this part of the UK have failed in recent times SWINGING BACK TO SWINTON Manchester’s Museum of Transport revisits the 1960s with nostalgic vehicles and liveries INDEX TO VOLUME 69 Catch up with what we have published in 2017 REGULARS COMMENT Last days of cash NEWS NatEx sells Hotel Hoppa to Rotala; end of road for Stansted Citylink; Nippybus closes down; funds awarded to extend Eclipse BRT; Hertfordshire BRT may stop car being only king; First promises better buses for Leeds; no ban in Oxford; council changes delay Brighton timetable book; more councils consider cuts; Dublin consults on livery change INSIDE TRACK Let’s drink to this GLOBAL NEWS Deutsche Bahn starts public shuttle; Wellington withdraws last trolleybuses; more losses for Ouibus; Citibus expands double-deck operation in Gibraltar; Copenhagen tour fleet merger LOOK IN ON LONDON Fears raised over Oxford Street pedestrianisation; more contract gains for Metroline; calls for mayor to do more to stem bus decline; Wright StreetAir on trial; Q83 regains its pre-war Green Line garb MILLAR’S TALES Swiss on the road to nowhere; Atlanta’s top driver showcases heritage fleet; single-deck New Routemaster; double-deck micro for Westminster PUBLICITY MATTERS Selling the scenery IDENTITY PARADE Blue is back for Stratford-on-Avon VINTAGE FENTON FILE A Scottish Aviation body that led two lives YOU WRITE Rural routes, community transport, the Mellor Strata, ticketing and maps all have got you writing PRESERVATION UPDATE Isle of Wight Beer & Buses; 50 years after Ledgard; Dún Laoghaire Harbour Rally…and more events 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 Country, London Transport and Isle of Man, a new model from Oxford Die-Cast and two DVDs on Ribble and suburban London
Pridesale 28th Nov 2018		Magazine Buses (2018)	Publisher Websitehttps://shop.keypublishing.com/issue/View/issue/BM754 OXFORD STREET NO MORE Transport for London sets out its plans to ban buses from this shoppers’ magnet THE MEGABUS EXPERIENCE We sample a range of Stagecoach’s inter-city budget routes in different parts of the country ANTI-BUSMAN’S HOLIDAY A railwayman experiences the local bus connections that transport him from Woking to Gatwick Airport TRULY TESTING How Bus Vannin adjusts to its geographical location and gears up for the Isle of Man TT bike races A VINTAGE TOUR TO NORWAY Thornes International’s heritage holiday programme REGULARS COMMENT Diesel fights back NEWS First rations investment and axes more services; councils contemplate more cuts; Go-Ahead acquires Oxford City Sightseeing, drops Anglian Bus name; Nottingham Community Transport splits operation; Bus Éireann wins in Waterford; Cummins launches Euro6 repower option for low emission zones; Go South Coast is Operator of the Year; Rapido releases designs for Birmingham Guy model INSIDE TRACK Loss of independents stifles innovation GLOBAL NEWS NatEx expands in US and Spain; Flixbus plans North American service; first order for all-electric Citaro; Israel’s Egged buys its first Volvo B8RLEs LOOK IN ON LONDON Gains for Metroline and Sullivan, losses for Go-Ahead and Tower Transit; Ford plans Chariots shuttles; start date for ULEZ; former trolleybus route receives the last of the 1,000 New Routemasters MILLAR’S TALES Five cover entire London network in 24hr; French newspaper revives Plaxton Primo; unlikely vision for Lincoln; Austrian trolleybus gets a Hitchcock look PUBLICITY MATTERS Shetland shortcomings IDENTITY PARADE A mellower yellow for Busways FENTON FILE A 15m Panther shortened for later life YOU WRITE In defence of community transport; factors behind demand for Cambridgeshire Busway; dwell time delays can be self-inflicted; Greater Manchester maps are disappearing; reader’s regret at the demise of Go-Ahead’s Anglian Bus name PRESERVATION UPDATE Ensign running day, 1926 AEC for Lathalmond, Hong Kong Olympian restoration and more 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 trolleybuses, Manchester in the 1960s, Midland Red double- and single-deckers, Western National and Southern National property, CIÉ Bombardiers and AECs in New Zealand
Pridesale 28th Nov 2018		Magazine Buses (2018)	SWANSEA REDISCOVERS TWO DECKS Why students are driving a change in First’s services SOUTHERN TRANSIT: EVERY MILE MATTERS New double-deckers with a London look are coming to this fleet that has capital connections ZAPPING THROUGH LEEDS We sample Transdev’s fast new offers from Manchester to York by the M62 and the A64 A SENSE OF DIRECTION Barcelona tears up its route network and starts again REGULARS COMMENT A common cause? NEWS Burnham sets out his vision for Greater Manchester; Transdev to buy Rosso; two more Welsh independents close down; First makes cuts in Somerset; Christmas Day services as rare as ever; Reading increases its gas fleet, reinvents Thames Valley and starts Green Line; English independents pull off bus routes; Merseytravel trials paperless information; William Wright is knighted INSIDE TRACK Interurban initiatives offer hope for future GLOBAL NEWS PolskiBus ties up with Flixbus; double-deck BRT in Sydney; Berlin starts going electric; first BYD bendies for Oslo; New Flyer buys ‘cutaway’ specialist manufacturer; French project aims to develop a driverless 12m single-decker LOOK IN ON LONDON RATP sweeps the board with contract wins; no WiFi without sponsorship; London’s one Christmas Day service; Merlins and Greenway honour Red Arrow; TfL’s new surface transport MD is named MILLAR’S TALES Cardiff’s rewarding walls; a 70th birthday in the frozen north; a quirky bus shelter, Indian diner and a three-track find on the Isle of Wight PUBLICITY MATTERS A lesson from Australia on how to do things well HALFCABS ETCETERA A Bristol VRT is discovered among a flock of sheep and a green RT is still working in New Zealand IDENTITY PARADE A Kelvin comeback for a Caledonian challenger VINTAGE FENTON FILE When a Midlands operator turned to self-assembly YOU WRITE The case against driving mirrors; Hampshire, BRT and supported services; TfGM network maps rediscovered; the drawbacks of long-distance minibuses; why Tanzania got Hungarian products; the death of buses in Millom and why it happened PRESERVATION UPDATE Quest 80 returns to Merseyside; New Year running days; halfcab Leylands have pre-Christmas outings 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 Hastings trolleybuses, London in the 1970s and 1980s, The Eden, Bristol Lodekka FSFs, plus the latest Bus Handbooks and a DVD about Imberbus
Pridesale 28th Nov 2018		Magazine Buses (2018)	Publisher Website https://shop.keypublishing.com/issue/View/issue/BM756/BusesMar2018 THE FASTEST ROUTEMASTERS Nearly half the BEA Heathrow fleet survives after 50 years GOING FOR GOLD How Stagecoach rolled out its premium brand across the larger communities in Devon AROUND THE NUMBER 8 Birmingham’s Inner Circle has been around for 90 years and is home today to Scania OmniLinks WHY MAIDSTONE BOUGHT BEDFORDS The logic behind a radical move by the late Alan Price IT’S WHAT’S ON THE INSIDE THAT COUNTS We take a close look at some recent urban bus interiors US TROLLEYBUSES Roger Davies has sampled all five surviving systems GOLDEN YEAR FOR MBF The Model Bus Federation celebrates its first 50 years … with a reader competition REGULARS COMMENT Music to the ears NEWS Stagecoach set for Norfolk retreat; Rotala buys Central Buses; Stephensons of Easingwold quits bus routes at short notice; new livery for Network Warrington route relaunch; Thames Valley up and running; Mendip Mule plans to return; Crich launches appeal for Barnsley Leyland; another bus minister for England; new start Snap adds Bristol-London route; blueprint puts bus at heart of urban planning; Lancashire starts more new routes INSIDE TRACK Speedy answers required to accelerate services GLOBAL NEWS National Express in coaching tie-up with Ouibus; driverless Volvo trials set for Singapore; Van Hool to establish US transit bus plant; Daimler takes Setra away from New Flyer; double artic Solaris trolley LOOK IN ON LONDON Last Scania OmniCity single-decks set to go; latest digital destinations meet capital standards; GLA questions TfL’s forecasts; Van Hool fuel-cells and Optare MetroDecker electric into service MILLAR’S TALES Permanent post for Royal Mail minibus; a London bus that goes to York and Oxford; why Askit is no longer advertised on dozens of Scottish buses PICTUREVIEW Bound for Brecon — a TrawsCymru MetroCity IDENTITY PARADE Hants & Dorset revived and updated with dignity FENTON FILE Borders Buses’ open-top ex-Stagecoach PS-type YOU WRITE The Manchester mayor’s plans for a bus revolution; stylish Stagecoach Elites fall short of practical perfection; Hinckleybus liveries and timetables; that Enviro400 isn’t the 10,000th; full loads in Swansea; ex-M&D VR was one of the lowest ones built PRESERVATION UPDATE New team and new name for Kirkby Stephen Easter running days; Oxford Bus Museum offers Iveco electric to a good home; new site for Plymouth group; Olympian and Mini Pointer Dart enter preservation 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 Aberdare, north-east Scotland, Stagecoach and Belfast; a DVD follows ST922 round Brighton, Hove and district; EFE’s Aldenham Titan model twin set recalls a 1983 open day
Pridesale 28th Nov 2018		Magazine Buses (2018)	https://shop.keypublishing.com/issue/View/issue/BM757/BusesApril2018 WHEN BI (Buses Illustrated) BECAME BUSES It is 50 years since this magazine adopted its current name at a time of industry mergers THE XELABUS EXPERIENCE The steady but measured growth of a south Hampshire independent that coexists with major group neighbours GOING FOR GOLD Christopher Carter rides all four Devon routes in one day INTERURBAN INTERIORS Some of the latest trends to attract new riders OPEN DOORS Why Metroline holds open days and how it plans them READER COMPETITION Win a special pass to see the HCVS vintage vehicle run arrive in Brighton on this annual historic event REGULARS COMMENT The voice of youth NEWS £40million to clean up English fleets; ComfortDelGro buys NAT; Crosville closes bus operation; new single-deck body from MCV; Central Buses bows out in style; Transport Focus youth survey challenges operators; Glasgow aims to reboot its buses; ArrivaClick poised for commercial launch; Norfolk rethinks cuts; Go-Ahead names its Dublin MD; Go North East’s Kevin Carr to retire; death of former Fylde general manager John Nye INSIDE TRACK Another fine mess GLOBAL NEWS Berlin struggles to find manufacturers willing to sell it electric vehicles; no free rides in Germany; SBS Transit beats Go-Ahead for Singapore contract; new Volvo double-decker; Optare tests Hong Kong minibus market LOOK IN ON LONDON TfL faces £1billion loss; calls to embrace autonomous vehicles and plan for their arrival; another route goes all-electric; Surrey saves two cross-border routes MILLAR’S TALES Exaggerated history of an orbital route that is a London ‘legend’; Oxford museum’s miniature Reliance for children to play upon; a touch of accidental ageism PUBLICITY MATTERS Does the info really work? PICTUREVIEW Konectbus connects in winter whiteout IDENTITY PARADE A rainbow revives Merthyr Tydfil Transport VINTAGE FENTON FILE A utility Daimler that grew taller with age YOU WRITE London compared unfavourably with commercial operators; memories of The Maidstone Borough Council in the Alan Price era; ambitious scheduling weakened Arriva 130; Sydney’s BRT and Australian publicity PRESERVATION UPDATE Dundee museum prepares its lottery bid; last St Helens trolleybus comes home; Crich campaign for 1913 Leyland; North Western Highlander returned to glory 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 Lancashire United, Royal Blue, Ribble and the Leyland National. Northcord’s newly released Enviro400 MMC model and EFE’s latest Ribble Leyland Atlantean
Pridesale 28th Nov 2018		Magazine Buses (2018)	Publisher Website https://shop.keypublishing.com/issue/View/issue/BM758/BusesMay2018 SPECIAL FEATURES THAMES VALLEY RIDES AGAIN Reading Buses expands as big groups retrench A BURGEONING BUSINESS How First is revitalising its buses in Bristol METROBUS IN THE MAKING BRT set to provide Bristolians with faster journeys YOU’RE MISSING THE BUS, NUS Ministers should look beyond green bus funds COMMUNITY SPIRIT IN DENTDALE Minibus volunteers provide a Cumbrian lifeline REGULARS COMMENT Pick your scenic favourite NEWS More green bus funding for England and Wales; Go-Ahead makes another Irish gain; Derbyshire cuts evening and Sunday funding; Stagecoach downgrades Corby depot, closes Plymouth Megabus.com base; operators plug most Norfolk gaps; Transport Focus satisfaction survey; Sn-ap wins over custom in Bristol; Whim aims to shake up West Midlands travel; supermarket axes in-house bus service; more minibuses for an Arriva town INSIDE TRACK Disrupters are set to fail GLOBAL NEWS Switzerland’s PostAuto refunds questionable gains; Optare starts delivering New Zealand order; Flixbus to test electric intercity coaches; Netherlands electric fleet is Europe’s largest; BYD wins order from Portugal’s trolleybus town; largest order yet for Van Hool Exqui.City LOOK IN ON LONDON RATP companies make more gains; TfL explores potential for suburban DRT trial; Oxford Street plan draws objections; Megasightseeing.com hits the streets; Routemasters and more are out on DLR strike days MILLAR’S TALES Was that Alpine, South Dakota on cover of a crime thriller? Fitting tribute to centenarian former Barton driver PUBLICITY MATTERS Engaging with youth – the PB Bus Marketing way PICTUREVIEW A Madeiran mountaineer IDENTITY PARADE Cumberland in the pink with a new name FENTON FILE Crosville’s open-top hybrid conversions YOU WRITE Seat fashions and fabrics go in cycles; the Plaxton Elite’s small signalling window and why it steams up; the case for big changes in Greater Manchester’s bus regime; waiting time rule causes excessive delays; Leeds colours have an Isle of Wight look; our April Fool revealed PRESERVATION UPDATE Easter at Kirkby Stephen; Ulster rally cancelled at short notice; oldest Bristol double-decker back on the road; North Western RELL back in its original colours 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 the London Bus Museum, London Transport 1948-50, Scott’s Greys of Darlington, FirstGroup and the fleets of south-east England, plus top trump cards and a DVD set on Go South Coast’s Damory in Dorset
Pridesale 28th Nov 2018		Magazine Buses (2018)	Publisher Website https://shop.keypublishing.com/issue/View/issue/BM759/BusesJune2018 SPECIAL FEATURES LONDON SAVES THE DAY Paul Heels analyses UK bus and coach sales in 2017 and identifies the winners REALISING THE POTENTIAL Stagecoach South adapts to serve Hants and Sussex DASH FROM CASH How fare collection and ticket issuing is changing fast UK COACH RALLY Who shone the most on Blackpool seafront? REGULARS COMMENT Beware unintended consequences NEWS First rejects takeover approach; Labour offers free travel for under-25s; Stagecoach ends Ashford minibus trial; Crosville’s last day in Weston; Lothian invests in new coach hire and tour venture; Lucketts acquires Mortons; Jones the Oil closes down; Big Lemon beats its target for EV funding; Warrington rebrands as Own Buses; Emsworth & District quits bus routes; Stagecoach Oxfordshire MD Martin Sutton announces retirement INSIDE TRACK Smile, please — passengers want you to GLOBAL NEWS Solaris for sale, says Polish media report; Dunn Group subsidiary buys Custom Bus; last new Dutch vehicles in Arriva livery; Dubai orders Optare Solos; Van Hool reveals site for US transit bus plant; Flixbus gains from French strike, but suffers launch day electric gremlins LOOK IN ON LONDON Metroline regains the 292; Oxford Street plans are paused; analysts study route reliability; Hammersmith services to be changed; Yutong demo begins Croydon trial; gains and losses on routes into Heathrow MILLAR’S TALES A memorable pub sign and Lancashire brews, a des-res shelter and a Magic Bus without wheels in Cornwall PUBLICITY MATTERS A lesson for all from Ipswich Buses HALFCABS ETCETERA A battered RTL Down Under and a low-height RML PICTUREVIEW An enduring Optare Excel at Dover Docks IDENTITY PARADE A capital creation to end this series VINTAGE FENTON FILE Thornycroft’s postwar double-decker that never was YOU WRITE Bus drivers deserve more than train crews or bin men; show respect and keep branding off windows; scenic Midlands route deserves better promotion; Chester shows how it can be done; Contactless cards are fraught with danger; why locals fear their new Cheshire route will not last; West Bridgford’s lowbridge conversions PRESERVATION UPDATE Running days in Penzance, Leicestershire and Walsall, plus a newly-restored Dennis Dorchester coach 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 Walsall trolleybuses, 1963 and 1975 in pictures, plus the PSV Circle’s Preserved Buses, two new London maps and EFE’s latest diecast models
Pridesale 27th Nov 2018		Magazine Buses (2018)	Publisher Website https://shop.keypublishing.com/issue/View/issue/BM760/BusesJuly2018 SPECIAL FEATURES PLAXTON’S LATEST The Panorama double-decker and innovative Panther LE interurban are unveiled ELECTRICS WITHOUT ‘UNOBTAINIUM’ Alexander Dennis reveals its latest technology THE Z-SHAPED 9900 Volvo gives its new premium coach a daring look ALPINE TRAVEL - A STORY OF STEADY GROWTH Why the Llandudno independent believes it is thriving REGULARS COMMENT Where now for First? NEWS First chief executive steps down; Wrightbus seeks second round of job cuts; Lothian returns to Alexander Dennis; Transdev axes Manchester Cityzap; top scenic routes are named; Bristol Metrobus starts running; Big Bus Tours acquires City Sightseeing Dublin; Oxford Bus Company launches ride-share minibuses; new driveline for VDL Futura; Reading Buses CEO to head Go North East; new MDs at First and Stagecoach; deaths of Adrian Wickens, John Dickson-Simpson and Stephen Le Bras INSIDE TRACK Burnham’s road to Nirvana GLOBAL NEWS Berlin favours Enviro500; Wrightbus reveals Latin American ambitions; Flixbus launches in USA; Rome fires are blamed on underinvestment; DRT for Munich LOOK IN ON LONDON Go-Ahead gains east London contract from Stagecoach; TfL highlights leisure attractions on five routes; manufacturers lined up for hydrogen fleet; mild hybrids reach route 44; Silvertown tunnel will benefit bus network MILLAR’S TALES A Routemaster (of sorts) in a Bangkok shopping centre; a Derbyshire Daimler in its Baltic afterlife; Sir Brian Souter as a work of art; a mobility scooter disguised as a tram PICTUREVIEW A Solo on Skye SUBSCRIPTION OFFER Save money and have your favourite magazine sent straight to your own address FENTON FILE Kenya to Bournemouth via Manchester - a Duple Metsec-bodied Dennis Dragon YOU WRITE Drivers and adversarial management; the cases against safety screens and destination blinds; another view on drivers’ pay; short-sighted politicians have neglected the bus; Cambridgeshire busway blighted by city congestion; Swedish passengers prefer smartcards to smartphones PRESERVATION UPDATE A restored MH Coachworks-bodied Fleetline with an intriguing history that has taken it back to Belfast; rear-engined Leylands launched at Kirkby open day; head turners at Llandudno Transport Festival; Grimsby Cleethorpes open-topper back in orange livery 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 bus driving on the south coast, Leylands in London and the latest Fleetbook, Handbook and Review of the Year - plus our diecast models of the month
Pridesale 27th Nov 2018		Magazine Buses (2018)	Publisher Website https://shop.keypublishing.com/issue/View/issue/BM761/BusesAugust%202018 SPECIAL FEATURES RENEWED ROUTEMASTERS Our exclusive story on how and why Lothian Buses is refurbishing and restoring these ex-London Transport double-deck icons FORK OR CIRCLE? The dilemma facing Cardiff Bus as it ponders a bewildering choice of new technology for future vehicle purchases BRITAIN’S BREATHING SPACES Bob Hind rides the routes through our national parks, beginning his travels in the Derbyshire Peak District FASTER ROUTES FOR LONDON A radical idea of how to reduce journey times and increase key corridor capacity REGULARS COMMENT Did you catch it? NEWS East Yorkshire sold to Go-Ahead; first orders for Optare Metrodecker; Volvo demonstrates autonomous driving, Stagecoach to pilot UK trial; West Midlands to adopt single bus brand; spending cuts continue to reduce services; Oxford PickMeUp starts; ArrivaClick coming to Liverpool; new bus station planned for Stockport; second export order for Enviro200EV; Brighton & Hove trials StreetDeck HEV; date change for London to Brighton Run; death of former Lothian managing director Charles Evans INSIDE TRACK Off the rails — bus groups troubled by trains GLOBAL NEWS Spanish buyer steps forward for Solaris; Wellington converts redundant trolleybus to battery power, receives first electric double-deckers; European cities order many more battery single-deckers; Swiss postal chief quits over PostAuto scandal; Flixbus strikes deal for long distance routes in Switzerland LOOK IN ON LONDON Metroline to operate 68 electric double-deckers on two routes; opportunity-charged Volvos arrive at last; tree pruning delays double-deck conversion; Westminster Council drops support for Oxford Street pedestrianisation plan; new EOS route comes and goes within three months; Metroline borrows Arriva Solos for Hampstead Garden Suburb MILLAR’S TALES Llandudno Junction demolition reveals a hidden bus mural; Maltese souvenir bus with no bus souvenirs; Russian artics provide relief service for tourists; London double-deckers both ways round come all the way from the Netherlands SUBSCRIPTION OFFER Save money and have your favourite magazine sent straight to your own address ALL CHANGE Our new then and now series starts in Plymouth VINTAGE FENTON FILE An early post-war minibus in Birmingham that started out as an eye-catching pre-war laundry van in Glasgow YOU WRITE Politicians are world’s worst transport planners; no swipe intended against free passes; councils waste subsidies by failing to promote routes; websites fail to provide concise and clear answers; keeping windows clear shows respect for passengers; glare makes destination displays illegible; more information on the last surviving Bedford JJL; setting the record straight on Alpine and the two Lyles PRESERVATION UPDATE Tavistock Running Day and Royal Blue Run; Glasgow marks 60 years of Atlanteans; Yorkshire colours revived on rear-engined restorations; imagined livery for East Kent Leopard; Huddersfield trolleybuses recalled at Sandtoft 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 Atlanteans in Glasgow and beyond, BTC fleets remembered, London in the 1970s and its Country Area garages, plus the latest First Bus Handbook, a Stagecoach diecast and a DVD on ex-Hong Kong vehicles in the UK
Pridesale 27th Nov 2018		Magazine Buses (2018)	Publisher Website https://shop.keypublishing.com/issue/View/issue/BM762/BusesSeptember%202018 SPECIAL FEATURES WHEN READING DEWIRED ITS TROLLEYBUSES As another electric era beckons, we look back 50 years to the end of an earlier one in the Thames Valley MEGASIGHTSEEING – CHEAP, CHEERFUL CHALLENGE We sample Stagecoach’s budget open-top tour of London BRITAIN’S BREATHING SPACES Bob Hind rides around the Norfolk Broads 4WD IN FUNCHAL The unusual lorry buses on the steep hills of Madeira REGULARS COMMENT Blakey may not be dead NEWS Rotala sells Wessex Bus; HCT Group buys Powells Bus; Volvo B5LHC trial starts in London; Coventry to keep its blue buses; Walsall heritage Trident coming to Gaydon; mainstream electrics to launch at Hannover; super-size Mercedes Sprinter; Stagecoach makes gains in Guildford; new CEO for Reading Buses; death of former Oxford MD Douglas Adie INSIDE TRACK Show more respect to paying customers GLOBAL NEWS First order for electric Enviro500; National Express wins major contract in Morocco; First expands schoolbus operations in Canada with Ontario acquisition; reprieve for Italian trolleybuses LOOK IN ON LONDON Latest tendered service awards; digital destinations go on trial; BCI tri-axle out on test; 70 years since first green RTs; sightseeing tour consolidation MILLAR’S TALES A strange bus bay in Craster; Blakey in Brontë Country; a knight out in Montreux PUBLICITY MATTERS Self-help in Shropshire HALFCABS ETCETERA Retired buses tracked down to new roles SUBSCRIPTION OFFER Save money and have your favourite magazine sent straight to your own address ALL CHANGE Chester from the 1960s to the present day FENTON FILE A rare variant of the Optare Solo YOU WRITE The importance of printed publicity, labour relations, Stockport’s new buses station and concerns about Scottish quality partnerships PRESERVATION UPDATE Alton, Essex, Isle of Man and other recent rallies 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 by night, National Express coaches and Amersham & District, plus a DVD on Midland Red’s pioneering motorway coaches
Pridesale 27th Nov 2018		Magazine Buses (2018)	Publisher Website https://shop.keypublishing.com/issue/View/issue/BM763/BusesOctober%202018 SPECIAL FEATURES BYD: BUILDING MORE DREAMS We report from China on the growth of the Chinese electric bus builder and its aspirations for the UK and beyond PROGRESS AT BROOKLANDS Seven years on, the London Bus Museum is adding to its collection with vehicles from several decades BRITAIN’S BREATHING SPACES Bob Hind explores two national parks in Yorkshire IMBERBUS Pictures from this year’s one-day service of Routemasters (and others) on Salisbury Plain BUSES FESTIVAL The biggest and best day yet for this gathering at the British Motor Museum in Warwickshire REGULARS COMMENT Sprint must surpass NEWS Electric double-deck plan for Manchester; BRT comes to Belfast, coming to Birmingham; HCT acquires Impact; second Metrobus line for Bristol; TfGM to slim down Metroshuttle; TrawsCymru reaches England; Huw’s loses O-licence, easyCoach drops all routes; deaths of Michael Corcoran and Vernon Maitland; Bachmann announces its first new EFE casting INSIDE TRACK Info yes — cost no GLOBAL NEWS Edmonton rediscovers electrics; German cities consider trolleybuses; Rome upgrades troubled fleet; East Lancs Nordic donated to Danish museum LOOK IN ON LONDON Major routes still to go from Oxford Street; more detail on Elizabeth Line changes; Garston closes with a green flourish; electrified Dart enters service MILLAR’S TALES A StreetLite that encourages monkey business; a headstop mystery; Stevensons flies high SUBSCRIPTION OFFER Save money and have your favourite magazine sent straight to your own address ALL CHANGE Contrasting scenes from Hull city centre VINTAGE FENTON FILE The curious case of a Dennis-bodied Leyland YOU WRITE Municipal ownership and municipal control; the case for Greater Manchester; drivers and disciplinary action; wayward pedestrians slow London buses; why paper publicity still has a place PRESERVATION UPDATE Highlights of 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 Paul Savage and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Buses Yearbook 2019, books on London reshaping, Glasgow, Huddersfield and Stagecoach, plus the latest Enviro400 MMC model from Northcord
Pridesale 27th Nov 2018		Magazine Buses (2018)	Publishers Website https://shop.keypublishing.com/issue/View/issue/BM764/BusesNovember%202018 SPECIAL FEATURES TIME TO GLIDE Bus rapid transit arrives in Belfast ELECTRICS SURGE AHEAD Latest models launched at Hannover and Berlin shows show a move away from diesels BRITAIN’S BREATHING SPACES Bob Hind visits the South Downs and New Forest SHOWBUS Highlights from the UK’s biggest bus rally ON A MISSION Go-Ahead starts operating in Dublin REGULARS COMMENT A matter of duty NEWS Reading Transport and National Express takeovers; Avon Buses closes; fares war in Guildford; Stagecoach runs to Widnes; Wrightbus wins Hong Kong orders; Delaine running day; Bluestar’s clean air bus; new boss for East Yorkshire; death of Glasgow trolleybus expert Brian Deans INSIDE TRACK Passion play — people who care GLOBAL NEWS Souter Investments sells Finland’s Onnibus.com; Daimler and Proterra in schoolbus tie-up; Swiss PostAuto tries another electric from VDL Bus LOOK IN ON LONDON Full list of planned central London route cuts; latest tendered service announcements; surprise appearance by XF1 on tube strike specials MILLAR’S TALES Freud sits by a French bus stop; canal-side flags; a Manchester tribute to its Standard Atlanteans SUBSCRIPTION OFFER Save money and have your favourite magazine sent straight to your own address ALL CHANGE Contrasting scenes from King’s Lynn FENTON FILE The only two-door Wright Meridian YOU WRITE Why driver complaints about managers need to be heeded; drawbacks of Bristol guided busway; the logic behind London’s remaining headstops … and tailstops; London Buses’ tri-axle Metroliners PRESERVATION UPDATE Highlights of 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 Paul Savage and Ian Molloy REVIEWS Books on London, Lothian, York, Ireland, Switzerland and Hong Kong; three new models and an Imberbus souvenir DVD
Pridesale 26th Nov 2018		Magazine Buses (2018)	Publishers Website https://shop.keypublishing.com/issue/View/issue/BM765/BusesDecember%202018 SPECIAL FEATURES EURO BUS EXPO Our guide to what was new at the UK’s major exhibition BRITAIN’S BREATHING SPACES Bob Hind visits the Lake District INDEX TO VOL.70 All our major articles in 2018 REGULARS COMMENT Freedom by bus NEWS Cambridge mayor reviews options as Whippet scales back and changes hands; Stagecoach to expand in Inverness; Stephensons of Essex buys NIBS Buses; Alexander Dennis wins Berlin order; First invests again in Cornwall; Oxford Bus Company trims back X90 express; electric double-decker for The Original Tour; Volvo plans battery double-deck; Sanders seeks more concessionary fare compensation; Merseytravel plugs gaps left by Avon demise; Stagecoach East MD to retire INSIDE TRACK Embrace the Ubers GLOBAL NEWS Flixbus starts German trials with BYD coach, expands in USA; Japanese operator orders Wright double-deckers; Big Bus tries new and repowered electric open-toppers; two-axle Enviro400s for HK LOOK IN ON LONDON Bus safety standard will change the shape of bus fronts; latest route contract awards; revised statistics plot routes that have gained and lost passengers MILLAR’S TALES Strange sights in the Australian Outback; Almex as a fashion accessory; trolleybuses towed out for significant anniversaries; Bee Line rides again ALL CHANGE The changing scene in Stockport VINTAGE FENTON FILE An unusual utility Guy in London SUBSCRIPTION OFFER Save money and have your favourite magazine sent straight to your own address YOU WRITE Trolleybuses are better than lithium batteries; passionate busman pleases community rail partnership; driver shortages and management attitude; convenience buses in Russia and England PRESERVATION UPDATE Highlights of recent rallies and running days – from the Isle of Wight to the north of England 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, Amersham, Wales, MacBraynes and Bowens
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Pridesale 17th Apr 2018		Magazine The Entertainer (2001)	Top Ten Singles HMV 10 Frenchgate Doncaster Can't Get You Out Of My Mind - Kylie Minogue Chain Reaction - Steps Hey Baby - DJ Otzi What Would You Do - City High Thinking It Over - Liberty Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm Mambo No.5 - Bob The Builder Family Affair - Mary J Bilge I Want Love - Elton John Luv Me Luv Me - Shaggy
Pridesale 18th Mar 2018		Magazine The New Entertainer (2000)	[YouTube Video] What Film / TV Series Was this from? or was it used in Y 2000 Celebrations ? Platoon ? [YouTube Video]
Pridesale 18th Mar 2018		Magazine The New Entertainer (2000)	Issued with Doncaster Free Press, but Page 2 features the upcoming visit to LyceumTheatre, Sheffield of St Petersburgh Ballet Theatre. Top 10 Singles from Andy's Records, Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster. How does it compare with the National Chart? Masses Against The Classes - Manic Street Preachers U Know What's Up - Donnell Jones Re-Wind - Artful Dodger I Have A Dream / Seasons In The Sun - Westlife More Than I Need To Know - Scooch Back In My Life- Alice DeeJay Stand Tough - Point Break Two In A Million- S Club 7 Steal My Sunshine - Len Barbers Adagio For Strings - William Orbit Magazine / Paper somewhat tired so funeralised to the recycling bank this evening.
Pridesale 18th Mar 2018		Magazine The Entertainer (2000)	Panto Season and Front Cover and related story covers so. Plus hopefully good time for the clubs and review of midweek live music

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