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Norfolk County Council has simplified the laborious task of updating bus timetables and bus service information across 2,000 of its bus stops by... continue
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Letters to the editor
Roger Davies, Kendal LA9
Oh blimey bus industry, where are you? For years we have wrestled with ever more stringent emissions laws emanating from Brussels. Soon Euro 6... continue
Oh blimey bus industry, where are you? For years we have wrestled with ever more stringent emissions laws emanating from Brussels. Soon Euro 6... continue
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News
Stagecoach has agreed to buy FirstGroup’s Barnstaple-based North Devon operations for £2.8m. The business unit will be combined with... continue
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Rik Thomas
A few years ago everybody was talking about hydrogen fuel cell-powered cars as the ultimate replacement for cars powered by hydrocarbons. But then,... continue
A few years ago everybody was talking about hydrogen fuel cell-powered cars as the ultimate replacement for cars powered by hydrocarbons. But then,... continue
Local Transport Today
In brief
The Competition Commission is consulting stakeholders on a draft order on fair access to bus stations following completion of its inquiry into... continue
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Councillors in Cambridgeshire will consider a programme next week to withdraw subsidised bus services in the county in tranches over the next three... continue
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Darlington Borough Council is to withdraw funding for all tendered bus services by the end of this year. The council currently spends £140,000... continue
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Councillors in Dorset are exploring ways to retain a number of bus routes that will be deregistered less than a year after the operator registered... continue
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Secondary stories
London mayor Boris Johnson has pledged to reduce the age at which Londoners become eligible for free public transport to 60 if he is re-elected in... continue
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In brief
The NHS hopes to ease parking problems at the new out-of-town Tunbridge Wells hospital at Pembury, Kent, by using land at a nearby garden centre for... continue
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Bus and coach operators serving Oxford city centre will have to achieve strict vehicle emission standards under council plans to designate the area a... continue
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In brief
Three major transport projects in Bristol are likely to be part-funded by the city’s proposed Community Infrastructure Levy. The South Bristol... continue
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Letters to the editor
Gavin Smith, Bristol BS3
The pre-Inquiry meeting into the Transport & Works Act Order for Bristol’s bus rapid transit scheme from Ashton Vale to near Temple Meads... continue
The pre-Inquiry meeting into the Transport & Works Act Order for Bristol’s bus rapid transit scheme from Ashton Vale to near Temple Meads... continue
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Peter Huntley, 55, who died in a fall in the Lake District on Sunday, 19 February, was a widely admired, energetic and innovative professional in the... continue
Peter Huntley, 55, who died in a fall in the Lake District on Sunday, 19 February, was a widely admired, energetic and innovative professional in the... continue
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Media monitor
The papers’ recent burst of interest in buses and coaches began with a lengthy and affectionate obituary for LTT co-founder Peter Huntley (see... continue
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Profits at Go-Ahead’s deregulated bus operations fell in the six months to December 2011 as a result of higher than expected implementation... continue
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Bristol City Council has become part of the Passenger Transport Executive Group network after West of England Authorities joined PTEG together as an... continue
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The DfT is considering devolving Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) to local transport authorities in England who have agreed plans with bus... continue
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Kevin Carr has been appointed the new managing director of bus operator Go North East, replacing Peter Huntley. Carr has been operations director... continue
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Centro has finalised a statutory quality bus partnership scheme to improve bus service standards in Birmingham city centre.
The SQP specifies that... continue






