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 inhouse 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 stteams 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
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