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Election manifestos released

All parties commit to maintaining free bus passes for pensioners and greener buses in the future  The Labour Party, Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have each released their manifestos for the 2017 General Election, taking place […]

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Translink renews Corethree contract

Translink, Northern Ireland’s integrated transport operator for Metro, NI Railways and Ulsterbus services, has renewed its contract with digital payment solution provider, Corethree. First developed by Corethree in 2014, the mLink app provides the user […]

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Citymapper to the test

Having experienced it firsthand, Mark Curran gives his thoughts on Citymapper’s ‘pop up bus service’ which operated a circular route in central London over two days last week The mapping and journey planning website and […]

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Ready for the future

Jade Smith attends the two day VDL Bus & Coach e-mobility event 2017, held at the Blue Collar hotel in Eindhoven on May 9-10 VDL Bus & Coach held its 2017 e-mobility event in Eindhoven, […]

ALBUM

Customer focus

Gareth Evans reports on the annual conference of ALBUM, the Association of Local Bus Managers, which was hosted by Blackpool Transport last week in the well-known coastal resort The annual ALBUM conference is known for […]

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Marcopolo Volgren purchase complete

AUSTRALIA Australasian Bus & Coach (ABC) has reported that Marcopolo has acquired the remaining 25% stake it didn’t own in Volgren, Australia’s largest bus body manufacturer. The agreement follows the Brazilian company’s 75% majority acquisition […]