Contents

NEWS    
OFT refers bus industry to Competition Commission; Wrightbus to build the
‘Borismaster’; Wellglade buys TM Travel; Stagecoach completes Islwyn deal;
Ipswich considering Go-Ahead stake; PTEs plan more bus networks;
Temsa Avenue for Arriva North East; new fleet for Exeter park-&-ride’
BUS PEOPLE
New CEO for NatEx; Passenger Focus names bus director
MODELS COMPETITION
CONSUMMATE COLLECTOR
A tribute to Robert Grieves, saviour of historical bus photographs
TO MOSCOW IN RT73
Remembering an epic journey behind the Iron Curtain
Your chance to win new miniature buses from Oxford Die-Cast
INSIDE TRACK
Another boring general election looms
GLOBAL NEWS    
Maltese operators update and expand sightseeing fleets;
Swiss PostAuto makes more French gains; another Citaro fire in Berlin
IN LONDON
Latest contract awards; unintended consequence of iBus; 1hr tickets
MILLAR’S TALES  
Dublin buses in Tenerife; American buses in West Brom; Israeli bus stops
PROGRESS BY PARTNERSHIP
How First Hampshire & Dorset works with local authorities
REINVIGORATING THE TUBE
Sampling the latest hardware between Oxford and London
SERVICE EXTRA
Riding to Sussex by the sea
YOU WRITE
Hydrogen and bio-diesel; passenger complaints; tri-axle minibuses;
flat-floor Lodekkas and the Bristol H; over-rated trolleybuses
FENTON FILE
A left-hand-drive Dominant converted to our rule of the road
FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES    
Compiled by John G. Lidstone
HALFCABS ETCETERA
New lives for some not-so-new British buses
FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND
Compiled by Sandy Macdonald
FLEET NEWS IRELAND
Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy
PRESERVATION UPDATE
New Year’s Day running events; Israeli Leylands
REVIEWS               
Books about Crosville, Selnec, Staffs and Germany, plus new diecast models