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WE LOOK at coaching next week, but with deregulation in mind we are also looking at how best to start operating local bus services in ;in industry where the crystal ball has become the main aid to planning a marketing strategy.
• We examine the best way to start a local bus service and ask the question: 15 it hest to register a new service or wait For the opportunity to tender?
• CM visits one of the recently established autonomous national Bus Company engineering units to see what it can offer all types or Operators ;Liter privatisation and deregulation.
• The Maxwell gearbox was heralded as
bringing Silllphicity to an bus transmissions. Did it, and did it bring reliability as well? We report on its progress.
• Britain's bus builders have long complained about over-capacity and low profits. llow will they fare after deregulation and what impact will Hungarian giant Ikarus have on their future? We speculate next week. • Many expect the minibus to be the major weapon in the deregulated environment. We have looked tt the possibility for a Carlyle Works Freight Rover Sherpa 16-seater. Our appraisal appears next week.
• One result of the Hestair group taking ov Duple has been the use of Dennis chassis technology in the development of the first Duple integral coach. We have taken the Duple Integral 425 around our Scottish test route. Does it prove to be as economic as in aerodynamic lines suggest?