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Thursday, 30 October 2014

BBC News

• Penny donation scheme launchedUsers of public transport in London will be able to donate one penny for every journey they take as part of scheme to increase charitable giving.

Financial Times

• Stagecoach to expand Megabus in EuropeGroup will spend £20m on buying new vehicles

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Three charged with fraud following probe into Padarn Bus companyTwo men and a woman from the Caernarfon area charged after Llanberis firm went into voluntary liquidation in May

Derby Telegraph

• SPY CAMERAS: Bus lane clampdown will be running in Derby by the end of November SPY cameras to crack down on drivers using bus lanes and blocking bus stops will be operational in Derby from "towards the end of November".

The Shields Gazette

• New bus service to rescue residents of flood-hit estateA NEW bus service to help people get around a flood-hit South Tyneside estate will get into gear from next week.

Other Regional Press

• Will we love Preston Bus Station after £23m spend?It’s big, it’s bold and it will cost an absolute bundle.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Merseyside buses 'may be brought under local control'Bus services could be brought under the control of local government to end price rises and improve services on Merseyside. Shadow secretary of state for transport Mary Creagh has suggested re-introducing regulated bus services controlled by local authorities, which would be able to force lower prices on firms, the Liverpool Echo reports. This model has been successful in London - currently the only city in which it is employed - as its services are widely praised as being among the best in the UK. Prices are considerably lower in the capital than in Merseyside, with a single adult fare costing...

Other News Sources

• Report for HS2 calls for bus regulation rethinkStudy suggests that the bus industry’s deregulated structure may leave northern cities unable to maximise the benefits of new high speed rail links   Pictured: Buses in Sheffield. The report cites the Sheffield Quality Bus Partnership.   A study commissioned by HS2 Ltd has recommended that local authorities should have significantly greater influence over local bus services to boost economic growth in northern cities and maximise the value that will be achieved from the planned high speed rail network. The report by consultancy Steer Davies Gleave has been designed to inform work by ...
• Labour would let councils run buses, says CreaghPromise of London-style services for any city
• £5million Blackburn bus station on track for New Year opening BLACKBURN’S new £5 million bus station is on track for its New Year opening as the steelwork comes close to completion and the special glass frontage is being manuf-actured. These pictures show how the start of the public transport interc-hange is taking shape.