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FirstGroup selling Manchester bus operations, Telegraph reports
FirstGroup is in the process of selling off its Manchester bus operations, The Telegraph has reported.
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Patronage continues to tumble in latest DfT bus stats
There were 85m fewer bus journeys made in England during the year ending March 2018 than in the previous year, the latest Department for Transport (DfT) annual bus statistics have revealed.
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Corbyn: Private operators ‘running bus services into the ground’
CPT argues that returning to a regulated market would put ‘intolerable’ strain on local authority budgets Following the release of the Department for Transport (DfT)’s latest annual Bus Statistics (p7), Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has […]
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Experts quizzed in latest Transport Committee evidence session
The Transport Committee held another evidence session for its Health of the Bus Market inquiry on Wednesday 30 January. In attendance was James Carney, Finance Director, Blackpool Transport; Giles Fearnley, Managing Director, First Bus; John […]
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Wrightbus delivers 19 new StreetLites to Arriva in Derby
“We wholly recognise the integral role public transport has in helping to achieve the Government’s tough carbon reduction goals,” says Area Managing Director Arriva has invested £3.5m in 19 new Wrightbus StreetLite Micro Hybrid single-deckers […]
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Public Inquiry held over Midland Red bus crash
Midland Red presented to the Traffic Commissioner preventative measures now in place to stop a similar accident happening again
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First Aberdeen fined £50,000 due to punctuality and reliability failures
In a Public Inquiry held in The Town House, Aberdeen on 17 January, Traffic Commissioner (TC) for Scotland Joan Aitken, gave her decision on evidence that First Aberdeen Ltd had failed to operate a number […]
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Government updates no-deal Brexit guidance
The Government has updated its no-deal Brexit guidance for coach and bus drivers, adding further detail on the subject of number plates, registration documents and insurance requirements. If the UK leaves without a deal on […]
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Volvo electrics ordered by KE’s Bussar in Kungsbacka
SWEDEN Fourth Swedish city buys electric buses from Volvo Volvo Buses has received an order for three all-electric and three electric hybrid buses from KE’s Bussar in Kungsbacka on Sweden’s west coast. They mark the […]
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BYD celebrates 20 years in Europe
NETHERLANDS A ceremony has been held in Schiedam, the Netherlands to celebrate BYD Europe’s 20th anniversary. Schiedam, part of the greater Rotterdam region, is the city where BYD’s European headquarters have been based since December […]
