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Stagecoach calls for post-lockdown strategy

Stagecoach has today called for a joint strategy between industry and government to secure vital public transport networks out of the Covid-19 lockdown and beyond.

TfGM ‘still holding gun to operators’ heads’, says D&G’s Peddle

The row between D&G Bus director Julian Peddle and Transport for Greater Manchester over the conditions for funding essential services has continued into a second month, with Peddle saying that the transport authority is still making unacceptable demands.

Pandemic decimates services

The coronavirus pandemic led to a massive and rapid reduction...

Brighton & Hove to go exact fare only

Brighton & Hove Buses says its drivers will not give out change to those paying by cash on its services from next Wednesday, 15 April.

TfGM ‘blocking government aid’, says Peddle

Prominent bus industry entrepreneur Julian Peddle says Transport for Greater Manchester is blocking the flow of government help available to keep vital daytime services running to carry essential workers to hospitals and other establishments.

First to keep UK bus business

FirstGroup confirmed this morning that it intends to sell all of its North American businesses and turn itself back into an operator solely of buses and trains in the UK and Ireland.

Report says First may quit Manchester

First has neither confirmed nor denied a business press report...

Go Ride gives up its Essex network

Community interest company Go Ride abandoned its three-route...

Signature is sunk in Solihull contract changes

Routine retendering by Transport for West Midlands has seen a...

Cambridgeshire buses to be a ‘21st century utility’?

The Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority has published...