BUS PEOPLE
Hendy to chair CfiT; Leeder moves in First shake-up

GLOBAL NEWS
Volvo shuts Drogmoller plant; Austrian privatisation

INSIDE TRACK
Why Rome's trolleybuses impress Andrew Braddock

IN LONDON
Thoughts on the TGM takeover; First loses another route

MILLAR’S TALES
A budding entrepreneur; East Staffs remembered

RECLAIMING THE SEATS
We look in detail at the new Alexander Dennis Enviro400

THE BUS DOCTOR LOOKS BACK IN TIME
Dr Alan Westwell recalls almost 50 years in buses

TIMEBUS: PROFITING BY ROUTEMASTER
How a boyhood obsession became a family business

SERVICE EXTRA
Julian Osborne revisits Aberdare and reflects on waiting

PICTUREVIEW
Tri-axles in transit: six-wheel buses and coaches at work

THE FENTON FILE
An unusual example of on Oplore Excel

REVIEWS
More of the latest books and diecast models

YOU WRITE
Customer care, an angry motorist and Gardner five-pots

PUBLICITY MATTERS
The complex task of making Traveline work

PRESEVATION UPDATE
Manchester Museum launches prewar Crossley appeal

FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES
Compiled by John G. Lidstone

REGISTRATION NOTES
The latest developments on the nation's numberplates

FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND
Compiled by Sandy Macdonald

FLEET NEWS IRELAND
Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy