FEATURES:
COACH & BUS UK - The latest vehicles on show at the NEC 
SHOWBUS - Scenes from the country's biggest rally 
BUSES 70: THREE SCORE & TEN - Michael Dryhurst takes us back to 1949 
BUSES 70: RETRACING JOHN GILLHAM - Bob Hind sets out on a journey from our first issue 
BUSES 70: TWO EARLY EXPERTS - We pay tribute to F. W. York and M. J. Tozer 
CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE - Models, DVDs, books and other perfect presents 
WAY OUT WEST LOTHIAN WAY - The battle between First and Lothian Country

REGULARS:
COMMENT - Don't ignore the manufacturers
NEWS - Wrightbus in administration; government commits to national bus policy; no-deal Brexit ‘could make new coaches unaffordable'; Stagecoach acquires South Gloucestershire; First rebrands Somerset corridors; Omnibus to sponsor 2020 Buses Festival; brothers compete across Irish border; winter cuts for Jurassic Coaster; Your Bus closes 
INSIDE TRACK - Local action needed 
GLOBAL NEWS - Flixbus backs hydrogen to deliver zero-emission coaching; Souter subsidiary orders electric Enviro200s; Dunn adds Denning Down Under; Hess trolleys for Salzburg extension; ABB toasts TOSA tie-up with King Long; robots in Brussels 
LOOK IN ON LONDON - Five operators step up safety trials; Go-Ahead Northumberland Park lined up for electric doubledeckers; Uno brands its fleet on Barnet local; Abellio opens Southall garage; RF136's secret 1966 livery finally sees the light of day 
SUBSCRIPTION OFFER - Save money and have your favourite magazine sent straight to your own address 
MILLAR'S TALES - Fast, Furious and fabulously fake; left-hand-drive Dutch jellies; a mysterious intermediate point 
THE BUS ARCHIVE - Snippets of Northern General
FENTON FILE - Unicar coaches were rare in the 1980s and this Ford R-Series was the rarest of all of them 
YOU WRITE - Prioritising buses is the right thing to do; monopolies are wrong; municipals were a model of efficiency; the case in support of National Express coaches; London needs to be regulated; remembering the late Ralph Bullock 
PRESERVATION UPDATE - Kingsbridge running day; Metrobus, Roadliner, Avenger and baby Bedford; double-deck restoration in Hong Kong and Berlin 
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 Ulsterbus and the Troubles, London, the Dodsons on the Isle of Wight and some old favourites reissued in paperback format