FEATURES:
ROTALA’S NEW ORDER - The story behind the big intake of Wright StreetDecks at Bolton
AIRDECKER FLIES UPWARDS - Bath Bus Company invests again in airport connection
SOUTH COAST EXPRESS - The rise and fall of a historic coach service
OLD SCHOOL SKILLS - A company that specialises in repairing older vehicles
A RATTLING GOOD RIDE - How Worth's of Enstone has adapted to survive
BEYOND THE M60 - The southern half of a ride round Greater Manchester
PACER REPURPOSED - The incredible transformation of a train into a bus
REGULARS:
COMMENT - Death of diesel?
NEWS - National Express to ao all-electric; Stagecoach offers profit share in Manchester as Merseyside favours franchising; Flixbus confirms UK launch; government pledges £5billion for active travel; MCT closes; LibertyBus sets new record; Lothian MD Richard Hall resigns; Translink faces funding crisis; TrawsCymru ridership rises; another PSVAR reprieve; death of legendary former Wrights designer Trevor Erskine
INSIDE TRACK - People matter, not structure
GLOBAL NEWS - National Express moves into the Canaries; Flixbus eyes more expansion beyond Germany; safety fears halt EasyMile trials across United States; electrics for Frankfurt ana Los Angeles; Berlin runs short of double-deckers
LOOK IN ON LONDON - Retention payment to tempt drivers to stay; more news on hydrogen double-deck order delay; branding applied to route XI40; mayor candidates challenged to put transport users first; RATP reorgonises ana retires last London Versas; Victoria station forecourt ban mooted
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MILLAR’S TALES - The Baroness's bedtime bus books; a Sydney Regent sneaks into London disguise; Stagecoach honours Douglas Bailey; a Crosville Beadle on a monument
PUBLICITY MATTERS - A prized paper promotion
PICTUREVIEW - Chasing through the Cheviots
THE BUS ARCHIVE - The treasures of today preserved for tomorrow
VINTAGE FENTON FILE - Halton's East Lancs-bodied Leyland Leopard coaches
YOU WRITE - Devon councils' inconsistent approach to publicity; Jim Stones set a high standard of presentation; the complexity of free travel for children in London; Leeds students tried to take an old AEC to Vienna in 1964
PRESERVATION UPDATE - Remembering Southdown restorer Bob Gray; why a Southdown 'Queen Mary' was at a London Country running day; Glasgow Aflantean returns home after 40 years; Swindon Olympian retains its final livery; CM B's firstair-con Dennis Condor returns to Hong Kong
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 history of registration plates, Merseyside PTE after 50 years, Arriva, the Biggin Hill route, historic Scottish buses, plus diecasts of London Routemasters original and New and a Southern Vectis Enviro400
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