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Pilots will explore ways of developing rural bus schemes, says Lightwood

Deniz Huseyin
30 May 2025
DfT’s Director for Buses and Inclusion Stephen Fidler (left) and Local Transport Minister Simon Lightwood at the Transport Committee hearing
DfT’s Director for Buses and Inclusion Stephen Fidler (left) and Local Transport Minister Simon Lightwood at the Transport Committee hearing
 

The DfT is seeking local transport authority (LTA) partners to take part in rural bus franchising pilot schemes, Local Transport Minister Simon Lightwood has announced. Speaking at a Transport Committee hearing earlier this month, he said the pilots would be about “creating practical tools for local transport authorities”.

LIghtwood said the findings from schemes would be shared with LTAs in “real time” through the Bus Centre of Excellence, which is funded by the DfT and...

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