Features:
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

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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; blue print 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
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Cover - A511 (WX67 LCP) is one of two new MCV EvoSeti-bodied Volvo B5TLs for the Bath Bus Company's Air Decker service to Bristol Airport. The route, which only started in 2013, is continuing to grow, with an 18% increase over 2016 in passenger numbers in the period before Christmas