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Contents

NEWS
50km rule claims another victim; Stagecoach acquires Mayne's; Go North East buys Redby buses again; First StreetCars in Luton

BUS PEOPLE
New chief executive for Translink; Plaxton MD quits

INSIDE TRACK
Track, not Routemasters, should be the priority

GLOBAL NEWS
Last Lübeck double-decks go as Toronto gets its first 14; Arriva expands in Portugal and Spain; Swiss cities favour trolleybuses

IN LONDON
Volvo back in favour; first hybrid tenders sought

MILLAR'S TALES
Geldard Road today; Parisians on skates; Mr Barbie's barbie

THE DOWNS AND UPS OF THE 2007 BUS MARKET
The latest statistics show who sold more or fewer new vehicles

MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
Julian Osborne finds that First is getting a grip in Bristol

WHO IS TO BLAME FOR THE FREE TRAVEL ROW?
Not the councils, an insider tells us they try to fund more travel

PICTUREVIEW
Memories of Mayne's: a look back at Manchester's lost independent

TRANSDEV TRANSFORMS ITS HISTORIC INHERITANCE
Peter Hesketh explains the changes in Lancashire