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Friday, 31 October 2014

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• Wrightbus Routemaster order upped to 800 busesTransport for London is to buy 200 additional New Bus for London vehicles, increasing the size of the fleet by 25%. The buses,...

BBC News

• Three charged in bus firm probeTwo men and a woman are charged following a police investigation into alleged fraud at a failed Gwynedd bus company.
• Miliband pledges London-style bus service across EnglandEd Miliband will promise that a Labour government would grant cities and regions greater powers to improve bus services across England.

The Guardian

• National Express accelerates after profits jump 15%Transport group recovers after a difficult first half and upbeat about full year expectations

The Herald

• McGills, run by Easdales, saves 120 bus driving jobsA bus company run by two Rangers directors said it has safeguarded jobs at a bus firm which is understood to have ceased trading.

The Mirror

• Ed Miliband pledges to end rip-off bus services as part of £30bn devolution dealMiliband wants London-style Oyster cards to cover the whole country's trains, buses and trams in a bid to lower prices

London Evening Standard

• CCTV released of man police want to question over attack on female bus driver in Greenwich Detectives investigating an attack on a female bus driver in south east London have released a CCTV image of a man they want to question.

Doncaster Free Press

• Vandals target Moorends bus serviceBus users in Moorends have experienced disruption this week, due to a group of ‘youths’ in the area who have targeted bus services operating in the area on a number of occasions.

Other Regional Press

• Salmond presses for action on Transport HubAberdeenshire East MSP Alex Salmond has sought urgent reassurances from Aberdeenshire Council regarding the proposed new Transport Hub in Inverurie.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Bus services improved in south-east LondonBus services in south-east London are to be boosted, with Transport for London (TfL) increasing the frequency of the 124 and 185 routes.  Route 124's capacity has been boosted by 20 per cent, with the frequency of services increasing from every 12 minutes to every 10 minutes during Monday to Saturday. The service has also been increased on Sundays and every evening, from a bus every 20 minutes to one every 15 minutes, under changes that took effect from October 25th. Route 185 is to have its capacity boosted by 25 per cent and will see its frequency increased from a bus every ...

Other News Sources

• Operator orders 24 Wrightbus StreetDecks ahead of launch Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company, part of the Go Ahead Group, has ordered 24 Euro 6 Wrightbus StreetDeck integral double deckers ahead of the vehicle's official launch at the Euro Bus Expo show next month (4-6 November, NEC, Birmingham).