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    Stagecoach South & South East

    Indeed, it was the loss of contracts that resulted in the closure of Hawkhurst and its outstation at Tenterden.
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    National Express West Midlands Bus Strike

    I am trying to get my head around what this means. The headline offer to drivers is 16.2% and earlier in the thread engineers settled at 14%. Staffing costs typically represent 45-50% of all costs, so this is a huge increase to have to cover. I recall that last year, a three year fare freeze...
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    National Express West Midlands Bus Strike

    During the Covid period, the Government's rules for BRG support at first did not allow any profit to be made and then restricted the level of profits that were allowable. Not a surprise than 2020 and 2021 were therefore much lower.
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    £2 Price Cap on fares in England - Now extended beyond October 2023

    No, the offer is that single fares will be a maximum of £2, so that applies to child fares too. They will also be capped at £2 irrespective of the adult fare for the same journey.
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    Staffordshire Bus News

    There appears to be a deregistration for route 50 dated 21 February to take effect from 3 April....
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    Obligations to join countywide ticketing schemes

    If there is an Enhanced Partnership in place, a multi-operator ticketing scheme can be made compulsory for any operator wishing to use the facilities included in that partnership. So with EPs or franchising effectively becoming a requirement for continued funding under the new Bus Strategy, yes...
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    Demand Responsive Transport

    The DfT invited expressions of interest from local authorities, working with operators where appropriate, for rural and suburban DRT schemes to run as pilots with detailed monitoring and research on which aspects of the schemes are found to be successful. The EOI deadline closed a week ago and a...
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    Go Cornwall Bus

    The qualifying range is 40% to 50%, unless a case can be made for operating either more or less than these levels to meet local circumstances but this needs to be supported in conjunction with the local authority.
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    Fastest growing bus routes in UK?

    Luton Busway. Reduced the running times between Luton and Dunstable by 20 minutes. Despite some of the parallel routes being trimmed, three operators provide a very frequent service.
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    Plymouth Citybus

    The EU Journal also records that First have won the Park & Ride in Truro. No result is given for the school contracts.
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    Thurrock bus network review

    From memory, the 370 became part of the TfL tendering programme at the same time as free child fares and other London policies were introduced, rather than simply being given up by Arriva.
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    Arriva UK new buses 2019

    Routes 480/490 in Kent are receiving new Streetlites as well but there is not a threat of a clean air zone here...
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    First Bus don't know the prices of their own Single and Return fares!

    As First buses are now fitted with Ticketer, all that the company has to do is to give their customer service team the Ticketer login so that they can look up any fare table in the country!
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    Huw's Coaches (trading as variants Tacsi Gwynedd, Hughs Taxis) to cease in Caernarfon from 2/9/18

    It appears from the Gwynedd website timetable pages as if Gwynfor Coaches have taken on some work including routes 1, 1F, 1N and the 92/93 locals.
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    But on the positive side, as Trent Barton seem to make individual route marketing work, together with good customer service, it must be worth trying such innovation to grow the business here.
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    Busathon

    The Ipswich-Colchester single fare is £5.00.

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