News category: Metropolitan Counties
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Parking Review
Contract wins
Slough Borough Council has extended APCOA Parking’s five-year on and off-street contract for a further two years to April 2010.
APCOA employs... continue
Parking Review
Operational

Mobile phone parking payment is now available at a car park in Kingston upon Thames. Customers at the Ashdown Road 2 car park can use the RingGo... continue
Parking Review
People News
VINCI Park UK will be hosting its first annual charity golf day in aid of The Princess Royal Trust for?Carers on Wednesday 5 September.
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Parking Review
Car park refurbishment

The new £24m leisure scheme at the Swan shopping centre in Eastleigh, Hampshire, will contain a ground level 140-space car park. Space... continue
Parking Review
Car park refurbishment
The Central and Market car parks are two of the three multi-storeys serving The Mall shopping centre in Luton, Bedfordshire. The 1972 Central car... continue
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Business Comment
AND so it would seem that another long established, and respected, bus operator is about the change hands with talks between Stagecoach and... continue
Parking Review
Car park refurbishment

A new multi-storey car park has been opened at St?Albans City railway station in Hertfordshire.
The car park provides additional spaces for the busy... continue
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Bus News
1,200 DRIVERS at Stagecoach’s Manchester bus business have voted to strike in protest at a pay deal that the T&G union claims will leave... continue
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In brief
Greater Manchester PTE has revealed that 180,000 people have signed up for free national concessionary travel, just weeks after 400,000 application... continue
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People
First Manchester has appointed Linda Davies as market research executive. She will provide analysis and support for all the company’s... continue
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Bus News
NEW RESEARCH commissioned by PTEG means that bus operators in metropolitan counties are likely to see reimbursement rates for carrying free... continue
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In brief
First TransPennine Express has started running services direct from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Carlisle to Manchester Airport, which has its own... continue
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Bus News

PRESSURE FROM residents and over-optimistic ridership forecasts have led Warwickshire Country Council to walk away from the consortium promoting... continue
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In brief
Arriva North West has invested £1m in a fleet of 10 low-floor buses for its 13 services in Eccles, Salford, which are funded by Greater... continue
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Tyne and Wear light rail Metro has given its passengers four-weekly MetroSaver passes meaning a 20% discount for December. The discount means... continue
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We recently reported on industrial action by drivers at Stagecoach’s Manchester bus operation over pay and conditions (Transit November 30). It... continue
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A new report to PTA members reveals that Greater Manchester PTE’s yellow school bus services are reducing congestion, improving pupil behaviour... continue
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Greater Manchester PTE is to withdraw funding for the ML1 bus service linking Metrolink light rail services at Stretford with the Trafford Centre... continue
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Regular News

Bus and train operator Go Ahead Group is to move its headquarters from Newcastle to London.
“We have decided to set up a small HQ in central... continue
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Bus News

TRANSPORT?MINISTER?Rosie Winterton this week officially launched the last of six key routes that are subject to unique voluntary partnership between... continue






