News category: performance
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Bus News

TRAVEL LONDON and Selkent, part of the former Stagecoach London operations now owned by Australian investment bank Macquarie, have been revealed as... continue
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In brief
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport has expanded its bus warden scheme to include South Lanarkshire after a successful pilot trial in the Paisley... continue
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Opinion
When Railtrack was fined by the rail regulator for being in breach of its license it was clear that its shareholders would have to take notice. If... continue
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Letters to the Editor
John Hibbs
Roy Wicks says that he is puzzled because Quality Contracts are not going to swamp the whole country. He would have thought the incumbent operators... continue
Roy Wicks says that he is puzzled because Quality Contracts are not going to swamp the whole country. He would have thought the incumbent operators... continue
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John Nelson

The facts speak for themselves. Small operators score higher than larger ones. The most recent National Passenger Survey shows it. The latest... continue
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Business Comment Lead Story
There is nothing Labour politicians enjoy more than talking tough about bringing recalcitrant companies to heel. And so it was with the Remedial Plan... continue
Parking Review
Mike Macey on...

Mike Macey
There seems to be very little in-depth analysis of on-street compliance going on. To my knowledge, Transport for London (TfL) is the only... continue
There seems to be very little in-depth analysis of on-street compliance going on. To my knowledge, Transport for London (TfL) is the only... continue
Parking Review
Enforcement

Geoff Dudley
Persistent media reports about parking authorities generating huge revenues must rankle with Sandy Harper. As head of Shropshire’s ParkRight... continue
Persistent media reports about parking authorities generating huge revenues must rankle with Sandy Harper. As head of Shropshire’s ParkRight... continue
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In Passing
Network Rail chief executive Iain Coucher must have wished he could trade places with his colleague, Ian McAllister, this week. While Coucher was... continue
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Bus News

By Andrew Garnett
FIRST’S BUS operations in the Midlands are the most punctual throughout its UK bus operation according to new figures revealed by the... continue
FIRST’S BUS operations in the Midlands are the most punctual throughout its UK bus operation according to new figures revealed by the... continue
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Regular News

By Robert Jack
Almost 800,000 incidents caused 14 million minutes of delay to rail journeys in 2006-07, costing a minimum of £1bn in terms of time lost to... continue
Almost 800,000 incidents caused 14 million minutes of delay to rail journeys in 2006-07, costing a minimum of £1bn in terms of time lost to... continue
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Rail News
The Office of Rail Regulation has warned Network Rail that it risks breaching its licence if it fails to improve performance on its Western... continue
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Business Comment Lead Story
A couple of days before the Easter break, the chief executives of three of the major UK transport groups and the managing director of one of the... continue
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In Passing
Entries are being called for this year’s Man Booker prize and the literary great and good are no doubt wondering if their latest opus will make... continue
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Regular News
The local transport bill needs to provide “adequate and additional safeguards” for staff during the transition to a Quality Contract,... continue
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Regular News
by James Dark
Network Rail has said it will axe a raft of high-profile enhancements needed to increase capacity and improve punctuality unless the government... continue
Network Rail has said it will axe a raft of high-profile enhancements needed to increase capacity and improve punctuality unless the government... continue
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Regular News
Chiltern Railways has just become the first UK train operator to achieve annual punctuality of over 95%. Over the last 12 months, 95.03% of the... continue
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In brief
The latest official punctuality figure for train operator Southern revealed that the company has successfully achieved a record 90% of trains... continue
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Bus News Lead Story

By Andrew Garnett
Bus garage performance figures produced by Transport for London and obtained by Transit reveal that Travel London’s Beddington Lane garage,... continue
Bus garage performance figures produced by Transport for London and obtained by Transit reveal that Travel London’s Beddington Lane garage,... continue
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Rail News
Fare rises could be linked to the quality of service passengers receive when the new South Central franchise begins next year.
The plan put forward... continue






