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Strong demand is boosting passenger numbers at airports
PASSENGER numbers at Glasgow Airport in March were up 4.1% on the same month of last year at nearly 532,000, with growth in both domestic and international traffic, the latest figures have shown.
High-speed rail debate could drag on into wee small hours, Speaker warns
Speaker John Bercow says he is willing for MPs to sit until the early hours to debate the £50bn HS2 rail link – which will connect London with Yorkshire – amid concerns there is not enough time scheduled.
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- Ipswich restored trolleybus ready for passengersA trolleybus that last saw service in Ipswich more than 50 years ago is ready to carry passengers again.
Edinburgh Evening News
- Villagers face missing the bus in council funding cutHundreds of people are in danger of being cut off from public transport to schools, hospitals and shops after it emerged a bus route serving local villages is facing being scrapped.
Sheffield Telegraph
- New bus lane on way for City RoadA new outbound bus lane is set to run along City Road, between the entrance to the cemetery and the approach to Spring Lane.
Yorkshire Evening Post
- Protesters condemn Leeds trolleybus ‘cover-up’Anti-trolleybus campaigners have taken their fight against the scheme to the doorstep of local transport bosses.
Other Regional Press
- Fare row over schoolgirl’s ‘fine’ for lost passA MUM is battling with a bus company after she claims her daughter was fined for not having her school bus pass - despite having the full fare.
- Stagecoach investigating whether bus was parked on Northampton drivewayBus company Stagecoach says it is ‘not unknown’ for drivers to keep buses outside their own house – after pictures emerged of a single-decker on a Northampton driveway.
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- ADL top in Arriva fleet orderArriva UK Bus has this week announced a £40million order for 231 new buses for delivery over the next 12 months, with Alexander Dennis being the biggest supplier.
- Wolmar attacks Borismaster costsWould-be London mayoral candidate and transport author Christian Wolmar has attacked the cost of incumbent mayor Boris Johnson’s New Bus for London, saying that the extra cost of the Borismaster is approaching £7million a year, and will rise as more enter service.
- Scots fund more green busesThe Scottish government is providing around £2million in funding for another 32 low-carbon buses in the fourth round of the Scottish Green Bus Fund.
- Welsh cuts blamed for BrynmawrStagecoach South Wales has announced the closure of its Brynmawr depot in July in response to cuts in support from the Welsh government and by local authorities.
- Battery-electric Optares for GlasgowThe Strathclyde Partnership for Transport has ordered two Optare battery-electric buses for operation on the half-hourly service which links the city centre with the Riverside transport museum.
- Stewarts expands with Woods of LeicesterStewarts Coaches of Reading has acquired Woods Coaches of Leicester for an undisclosed sum.
- Courtney Buses wins TUPE injury battleCourtney Buses of Finchampstead has won its battle over damages payable to an employee who was injured while working for a previous employer.
- Parrys International returns to Neoplan Parrys International of Cheslyn Hay has taken delivery of three new Neoplan Starliner 2 coaches, marking a return to Neoplan after standardising on Van Hools in recent years.
- Denton warns on ineffective TMsTransport managers who fail to appreciate the importance of their duties and refuse to attend public inquiries are in danger of losing their repute and professional competence.
- Translation service from CPTCPT has launched an interpretation and translation service for members operating in Europe.
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