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Tuesday, 21 February 2012

BBC News

• Stagecoach invests in new busesStagecoach says it will spend £60m building almost 400 new buses in the UK to comply with European emission standards.

The Guardian

• Inspirational northern bus expert dies in Lake District mountain fall The north has lost a leading figure in public transport and charitable work with the death of Peter Huntley in a mountaineering accident in the Lake District.

Mail Online

• Strip OAPs of their free bus passes to save £1bn a year, says leading think tankThe Social Market Foundation argues that OAP travel passes - which costs an estimated £1 billion a year - was a low-priority and does nothing to improve the economy.
• Is this the country's most boring coach trip? Four-hour tour shows trippers the sights and delights¿ of the M25The bus company running the £15-per-head trip announced yesterday that it was adding extra dates to meet ‘huge’ demand.

The Mirror

• Call to scrap free bus travel for pensioners The Social Market Foundation said the £1billion cost of the passes did nothing to help the economy

Bucks Free Press

• School bus fees 'may deter poorer pupils from grammars'LESS wealthy families will be hardest hit when changes to free school transport come in, a leading grammar school headteacher says.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Transport group Stagecoach invests £60m in ˜greener™ busesTRANSPORT group Stagecoach said today it planned to invest around £60million in nearly 400 “greener” vehicles for its bus and coach fleet.

Reading Evening Post

• On the Reading Buses Reading Buses (RB) users will start to see a few different faces on their routes from next week as the newest recruits get on the road.

Bus and Coach.com

• Scrap concessions callThe Social Market Foundation, which describes itself as œa leading cross-party think tank�, is calling on the government to scrap free bus travel for senior citizens among a range of other cuts.
• High fuel costs drive modal switchThe high cost of fuel is driving more motorists out of their cars and onto public transport according to Trent Barton.
• Go-Ahead buys Carousel BusesGo-Ahead is to buy Carousel Buses of High Wycombe.
• £60million Stagecoach orderStagecoach has ordered 390 vehicles worth around £60million for its operations outside London.