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08 March 2010
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South Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority has welcomed forthcoming
proposals from Stagecoach about improving its bus services in
Sheffield.
08 March 2010
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Conservative shadow transport minister Stephen Hammond said that, if elected, the Tories would retain the current concessionary fares scheme and place a high priority on rolling out a national smartcard scheme.
05 March 2010
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A question: What’s your perception of MCV.
05 March 2010
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The government has this week announced its Urban Challenge Fund, designed to spur transport improvements in towns and cities in England.
04 March 2010
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Go North East is introducing smartcards to its services, with all vehicles to be fitted with card readers by the end of this year, as part of the company’s ongoing investment plans.
04 March 2010
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The Upper Tribunal, formerly known as the Transport Tribunal, has upheld the decision of Scotland’s deputy traffic commissioner, Tom Macartney, to fine £1,650 and indefinitely revoke and disqualify the PSV O-licence held by Bankfoot Buses.
04 March 2010
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Stagecoach has joined forces with independent hospital provider BMI Healthcare to launch a voluntary heart health screening programme for employees in its UK Bus division.
03 March 2010
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A woman who attacked a Stagecoach bus driver in Hull in March last year after a dispute about the route it was taking has been given a 12-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, and ordered to pay the driver £200 compensation.
03 March 2010
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A half-hourly service linking two hospitals in Walsall and Wolverhampton was started this week by Midland, formerly Choice Travel.
03 March 2010
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Stagecoach Group has been awarded the Carbon Trust Standard after taking action on climate change by measuring and reducing its carbon emissions.
03 March 2010
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New small buses from Mercedes-Benz, Bluebird and Mellor were unveiled at last week’s Access10 event in Manchester, organised by the CTA.
03 March 2010
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With around 16,000 Plaxton coaches on the road there is plenty of demand for aftermarket support in terms of parts, repairs, refurbishment and glass.
03 March 2010
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Labour MSP Charlie Gordon has called for Scottish government funding to support Alexander Dennis in the production of low-carbon buses.
03 March 2010
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Frustration at continuing delays in the opening of the Cambridge guided busway has seen Stagecoach alter the branding on its dedicated fleet of guided buses to read: “Will I be on the busway soon?” The original message was: “I’ll be on the busway soon, will you?”Stagecoach Cambridge managing director Andy Campbell says: “When we got these buses 12 months ago we were told the busway would be open in the late summer, so we decided to put these adverts on to encourage people to see what was coming in the near future.
03 March 2010
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Two Eastleigh operators – Velvet and Bluestar – have introduced co-ordinated timetables on a local service.
03 March 2010
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Buses on selected routes in Denbighshire, Flintshire, Anglesey and Gwynedd have been equipped with DVDs to entertain students on their way home as an experiment to reduce bullying and driver distraction.
03 March 2010
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After a Bristol woman, Amy Wootten, complained that she had been put off a First Bristol bus because she was breast feeding her baby, Harriet Harman, the minister for women and equality, was quick to warn First and other companies that such incidents would become illegal under the new equality bill going through parliament.
02 March 2010
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A teenager who set fire to a seat on a First London bus in Wembley has been given a four-month referral order by Brent Magistrates’ Court and made to pay £150 in costs and £75 in compensation after being found guilty of arson.
02 March 2010
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Three men have been given six-month suspended jail sentences at Harrow Crown Court after they staged a bus crash to try and make an insurance claim.
02 March 2010
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Strawberry, which launched its first bus service in November last year, has added a second service – with a third to start later this month.
02 March 2010
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Voith has confirmed the first order for its new midbus transmission, the DIWA 823.
02 March 2010
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The case of a man accused of forging bus passes has been referred to Newcastle Crown Court.
02 March 2010
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Arriva Southern Counties has converted an elderly Dennis Dart to a technical training vehicle.
01 March 2010
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Trent Barton is to lift a restriction on buses picking up passengers in Bramcote, near Nottingham, during the period at the end of the school day.
01 March 2010
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The trial is underway at Maidstone Crown Court of an Arriva driver whose bus killed a man in Rochester in April last year.
01 March 2010
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HCT Group has raised £3million to fund the growth of its community transport businesses.
18 February 2010
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There’s more to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, than the sporting events.
18 February 2010
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FirstGroup has been named by the Olympic Delivery Authority as the preferred bidder to provide almost 900 buses and coaches to transport spectators during the London 2012 Games.
18 February 2010
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Keirs Coaches of Inverurie has had its O licence revoked, following a public inquiry into maintenance failings.
18 February 2010
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A petition has been lodged on the prime minister’s website calling for the repeal of the 50 kilometre rule on defining local bus services.
18 February 2010
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Rotala has signed an agreement with MCV Bus and Coach for the supply of new buses for delivery in 2010.
18 February 2010
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The European Commission is to investigate the Irish Department of Transport’s handling of a route licence application for a bus service in Dublin.
17 February 2010
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In an unusual promotion Stagecoach has teamed up with the Perth and Kinross Real Nappy Network, NHS Tayside and Perth and Kinross council to offer all new parents in 2010 a week’s free bus travel as part of a real nappy starter pack which also includes free nappies.
17 February 2010
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Diesels rather than hybrids are still the chosen vehicles for the latest round of London route tendering, covering 12 services which have been re-tendered on the basis of using 46 new vehicles and 139 existing buses.
17 February 2010
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National Express is the first scheduled coach operator in the UK to go for fleet-wide adoption of Alcolock, the system which tests drivers’ alcohol levels before allowing the vehicle to start.
17 February 2010
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Responsibility for school bus safety and concessionary bus travel in Wales could be passed from Westminster to the Welsh Assembly, after the Welsh Affairs select committee this week supported a Legislative Competence Order which would see new powers for Wales.
17 February 2010
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The Office of Fair Trading has approved plans by Go North East to sell its Ashington area business to Arriva and purchase from Arriva its Hexham and Tyne Valley operations.
17 February 2010
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Product
British coach operators are quietly copying their continental cousins when it comes to tyre sizes.
17 February 2010
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Tourists visiting the elegant German resort of Baden-Baden want a reliable transport service.
17 February 2010
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People
Stagecoach UK Bus is appointing SAM GREER (41) as regional director for Scotland.
16 February 2010
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Tourism
The RDA-Workshop from 27 to 29 July 2010 in Cologne, Germany, is the largest sales, purchasing, and B2B networking platform for the European coach and group travel sectors.
16 February 2010
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Trent Barton is offering young travellers a 35 per cent discount with a new 16-19 Mango smartcard.
16 February 2010
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The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport is restructuring.
16 February 2010
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UK and Ireland distributor for Bosch professional coach products and Blaupunkt audio products, Autosound.
16 February 2010
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Voith Turbo has launched a new range aimed at the midibus market for vehicles with GVWs of 8.
16 February 2010
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Fuel savings in excess of 10 per cent have been achieved by Anglian Bus and Coach of Beccles through the use of the MiX Telematics to improve vehicle and driver performance.
16 February 2010
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New smartcards are being introduced to Guernsey at the end of this month.
16 February 2010
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A National Express driver has been jailed for 12 months by Carlisle Crown Court for dangerous driving.
16 February 2010
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Arriva is to restructure its UK Bus division management with a new emphasis on developing relationships with local councils.
15 February 2010
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The WorkWise scheme which provides travel initiatives for job-seekers in the West Midlands has been re-launched in Birmingham with £800,000 of funding.