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About The Book
Following the launch of the first edition of the Dundee Area Bus Fleetbook, good support has encouraged me to continue to a second edition. This book contains the current bus fleets of the main local bus services operators in the Dundee Area Bus Forum area. This covers Dundee City,
the three adjacent counties of Angus, Fife, Perth & Kinross, as well as adjacent parts of
Aberdeenshire (The Mearns & Stonehaven areas only) and Stirling (Dunblane & Kinbuck areas
only), and some of the other main fleets in the area.
Following feedback from those who purchased the last one, a few more fleets have been added to
this book, from the last edition. In addition, I have put the route information into a standardised
block format. I have added details of known ticketing system information, well as adding more
space where needed Ð each operator has their own pages.
Additional information has been added for those interested in operations, explaining how to obtain
paper copies of timetables, maps, etc. for each local authority area. I have added two additional
sections Ð a Preservation Supplement, and one on Long Distance Services. These have been
added to provide additional information, beyond the normal scope of the book. Let me know what
you think of the supplement idea Ð I may vary it with other themes, meaning each supplement
may not appear every year.
You may wonder, why the change of name? What was wrong with Fleetbook? Well, when I
mentioned it in my LiveJournal (and elsewhere), friends and relatives were left asking, ÒWhatÕs a
fleetbook?Ó In the best part of a year that followed, IÕd been unable to think of a better name,
until shortly before the end, when I thought of Directory. A quick liaison with my Focus Group (i.e.
my partner/fiancŽ Caroline!) proved this to make more sense to the average layperson, and was quickly adoptedÉ
even though it meant redoing the cover art, and obtaining a new ISSN.
With all the additional information, the book has been renamed to better reflect the content Ð
Dundee Area Bus Directory. The book is now more than 50% bigger Ð from 116 pages last time,
to 184 pages this time! As a result, the price for the paper one has gone from £9 or £10 to £12,
and the PDF goes from £4.50 to £6.
The book is intended to give you an idea of what vehicles are around, what they do, and in most
cases, what they look like. The fleets in this booklet are intended to be up to date using members
reports, and collated by myself, but no promises are made! Where the operator did not supply me
with the information, then I have used what was available. Proceeds from this book will be used to
keep the Forums going, and maintaining them as a free place for bus enthusiasts. If you are not
already a member, have a look at the Dundee Area Bus Forum and Anglia Bus Forum main portals.
This book is intended to supplement other publications, and not to replace them. For more
information on the bus services in the area, please refer to the timetable leaflets, books and maps
produced by the operators and local authorities Ð see Page 6 of the Directory onwards for details on how to get
them. For more information on the vehicles, like VIN numbers and detailed vehicle registration
notes, please refer to the publications of the PSV Circle.
I would love to hear what you think of this book - the formatting, layout, pictures, quantities and
proportions of information, etc. Please feel free also to supply further details to add to that already
listed, email me directly. Operators covered are listed on the Links page.
The book contains 184 pages in simple, legible, black-on-white text, with full colour covers. The book contains all details known up to and including Friday 22nd May 2009.