FEATURES:
WHEN BI 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 singledeck 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 £1 billion loss; calls to embrace autonomous vehicles and plan for their arrivaI; another route goes all-electric; Surrey saves two cross-border routes
MILLAR’S TALES - Exaggerated history of an oirbital 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
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Contents Page Picture: Midland Classic helped Central Buses mark its last day of operation on 24 February by providing two of its double-deckers for Central's Walsall-Lichfield service. One of them was East Lancs-bodied Scania OmniDekka 55 (TFA 13), which carries Stevensons of Uttoxeter heritage livery. It was new to London United.