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New audio-visual equipment rule ‘a threat to bus services’

BUSES

Rhodri Clark
29 May 2018
New and second-hand buses ordered after April must be fitted with audio/visual equipment in order to qualify for the Welsh Government’s Bus Service Support Grant
New and second-hand buses ordered after April must be fitted with audio/visual equipment in order to qualify for the Welsh Government’s Bus Service Support Grant

 

There are concerns in Wales that marginal bus services could be threatened by a new requirement for second-hand buses to be fitted with audio/visual next stop displays.

One council transport officer said the change suddenly introduced by the Welsh Government on 1 April had “driven a coach and horses” through the agreed quality standards that are linked to payment of Bus Services Support Grant. 

BSSG replaced Bus Service Operators’ Grant in Wales in 2013, with the total...

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