Contents

NEWS
Tories would scrap quality contracts; NatEx rejects Stagecoach approach; Islwyn sale plan;
Plymouth battle hots up; Leeds awaits trolleybus verdict; Go-Ahead and Arriva propose
depot swap; Reading ditches ethanol; Lough Swilly turns 80; Preston Bus must be sold
BUS PEOPLE
Howarth to be OS president; death of Iain Souter
THE MAN WHO MADE ULSTERBUS
A tribute to Werner Heubeck, who died in October
INSIDE TRACK
Who could be our Joanna Lumley?
GLOBAL NEWS
Go-Ahead sets up American joint venture; Seattle orders 120 double-deckers; trolleybus
developments; Tata buys Hispano; latest news on Maltese upgrade proposals
IN LONDON
Hydrogen, hybrids and diesels; tender announcements; new fleetnames and livery
MILLAR’S TALES
Consolidation in South Yorkshire in 1989; bus station catering
SCANIA’S SURPRISE CHINESE TAKEAWAY
The latest models on show at Coach & Bus Live and Busworld
FENTON FILE
The one and only Duple Caribbean-bodied Neoplan
OUR BIG BIRTHDAY LINE-UP
Souvenir pullout panorama and report of our anniversary event at Wroughton
YOU WRITE
The OFT, passenger complaints, trolleybuses and your anniversary feedback
SERVICE EXTRA
How to handle complaints
FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES
Compiled by John G. Lidstone
THE COACH PARC
James Prince on the Berkhof Axial
FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND
Compiled by Sandy Macdonald
FLEET NEWS IRELAND
Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy
PRESERVATION UPDATE 78
Selnec 40 at Manchester Museum
REVIEWS
Keeley’s West Midlands duology
INDEX TO VOLUME 61
Find out what we published and when this year