Cover picture:London General articulated Mercedes-Benz Citaro MAL31 (BX02 YZT) crossing London Bridge on Red Arrow 521, one of the first routes on which these buses will be replaced with double-deckers next year. MARK LYONS

Contents

NEWS
London commissions new Routemaster and axes bendybuses; Optare/Darwen merger goes ahead; Arriva places big bus order; Stagecoach visualises bikes on buses; Eastbourne Buses for sale?

BUS PEOPLE
Knighthood for Moir Lockhead; new MDs for Warrington and EvoBus; ex-AEC man for Newbury Buses; Queen Mary at Stagecoach wedding

INSIDE TRACK
Sad trolleybus history repeats itself three times over

GLOBAL NEWS
Arriva expands in Spain and Germany; double-deckers for Norway; trolleybuses axed in Canada and Switzerland, re-introduced in Spain

IN LONDON
Shock tender loss for London Central; small operators out of favour; East London puts on a good show for Bow Garage centenary

MILLAR'S TALES
50 Years Ago: start of the trolleybus closures; right castle, wrong city

BLACKPOOL'S BUSES ON RIGHT LINES FOR MORE GROWTH
Where buses and trams mesh together in Metro Coastline's plans

PARADISE LOST IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN
We go behind the scenes at High Wycombe's new central bus station

COACHES AND BUSES IN DEMAND ACROSS ORKNEY
The call for public transport is growing in these northern isles