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First pioneers touch in, touch out payment

£27m project to fit 5000-strong provincial bus fleet FirstGroup is to pioneer contactless payment on its 5,000-strong bus fleet inEngland, outside London through a £27m investment. The group intends to be the first bus operator […]

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buspartnership.com website re-launched

The relaunch of the www.buspartnership.com website last week reflects the growing amount of qualifying agreements enabled by the Local Transport Act 2008 (Act), according to pteg. The site is now backed by ATCO, alongside original […]

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ALBUM 2012 Details

The ‘North Lincolnshire’ venue for the 2012 ALBUM Conference has now been announced. It will take place at the Forest Pines Hotel near Brigg inNorth Lincolnshire, on Tuesday and Wednesday 22 and 23 May 2012 […]

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Thurmaston Bus winding up order

A petition to wind-up Leicester-based Thurmaston Bus was due to heard at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Wednesday (August 24). As a result, Leicestershire County Council (LCC) released five emergency contract tenders […]

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Sunday Busway services tripled

Stagecoach is tripling Sunday services on the recently opened guided busway between Cambridge and St Ives. The move follows the 55,895 passenger trips on the route’s first week, as reported in CBW999. A new timetable […]

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Stagecoach Oxfordshire route upgrades

Buses linking Oxford and Banbury are to become the latest to be upgraded to join Stagecoach’s network of high-quality county routes. The changes will start to come into effect on Sunday (September 4) when new […]