Buses Magazine, March 2021 Issue

FEATURES:
CATCHING THE VIBE - We ride around Guernsey on Wright midibuses
STANDING ALONE - How the Scottish Bus Group tried to save its central workshops by generating commercial custom
CHASERIDER-HOPE FOR CANNOCK - D&G Bus steps in as Arriva leaves south Staffordshire towns
MANCUNIANS FOR MANCUNIANS - A newly updated book delves deep into a municipal's history
THE ROOFBOXES OF LONDON - When route numbers sat halfway to the stars
DOOMSDAY DECISION - Why an instant lockdown stranded the people of Manila

REGULARS:
COMMENT - Blazing guns need to know their target
NEWS - Government promises 'back on the bus' campaign, but rules out sector-specific aid for coach operators; Rotala and Stagecoach blast Manchester franchise plan; West Yorkshire's mass transit vision; Alexander Dennis delivers first electric tri-axles, while Wrightbus recruits for growth; lockdown brings new cuts and vaccination buses; First to launch Dartmoor tourist service; more funds for Welsh operators; Arriva Bus & Coach dealership to close; deaths of Bill Cottham and Glyn Kraemer-Johnson; new MD for First West of England and president for Volvo Buses
INSIDE TRACK - Ignoring home-grown talent
GLOBAL NEWS - Majorca urges passengers not to talk; First aims to electrify thousands of vehicles in North America; Berlin considers double-deck trolleybuses; biggest order yet for MAN's electric Lion's City; Finnish city first to order VDL's new generation Citea electric
LOOK IN ON LONDON - TfL sets out measures to balance its books; plans for 1,000 new electrics every year; Wandsworth to reopen for ordinary services; Epsom closure marks end of deregulation story; New site chosen for Go-Ahead at Silvertown
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MILLAR’S TALES - When a coffin was carried off in a Viking; weights and lengths of Routemasters old and New; an Olympian made of wool; Peter's pastime with paint
PAST & PRESENT - Border town Berwick
FENTON FILE - The least common chassis under a Plaxton Centro body
YOU WRITE - National bus strategy and the realities of achieving integration; an appreciation of Brian Cox; bus not always the answer to interurban travel; inside knowledge of Walsall 342; Witchway is less witchy than before
PRESERVATION UPDATE - Manchester museum secures Stagecoach Trident; London Bus Museum's route 65 running day; last Irizar Urko seeks loving home; charity raises appeal to restore Hyndburn Leopard; unrestored Australian AEC doubledeck trolleybus discovered outdoors
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, south-west England, Go-Ahead Group, Greater Manchester and Yorkshire