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Wednesday, 20 May 2015

London Evening Standard

• Night bus network to be extended when all-night Tubes come in this year London's night bus network is to be extended when 24-hour Tube services are brought in later this year.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• UK's largest coach operator National Express adding thousands of extra seats in face of national rail strikeNational Express is adding thousands of extra coach seats to its services this Bank Holiday Weekend - and has vowed it will continue to add as many seats as possible while the country prepares for chaos during next week’s national rail strike.   The UK’s largest coach operator has added more than 10,000 extra seats to its  unrivalled network of affordable coach services across the UK during the Bank Holiday weekend and over the strike (Friday May 22 -Tuesday May 26) – due to high demand.   During the two days of the national rail strike on Bank Holiday Monday a...
• Consultation launched on night bus servicesTransport for London (TfL) has today (19 May 2015) begun consulting on proposed changes to the night bus network ahead of the introduction of the Night Tube, which will transform night-time journeys in London from this September. The proposals follow a comprehensive review of TfL's night bus services. This looked at demand for new links on weekend-nights from suburban stations for passengers travelling to and from central London on the new Night Tube. From Saturday 12 September, the start of the Night Tube service, TfL is proposing to continue all night bus services and introduce 20 new serv...