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Saturday, 27 June 2015

BBC News

• Bus lane fines cost motorists £1mMore than £1m is raised during the first six months of a scheme to fine motorists using Cardiff bus lanes.
• Cardiff bus station plans revealedCardiff city centre transport interchange plans are revealed as council chooses its preferred architects.
• Bus speed-limit technology tests dueNew technology that can limit the top speed of buses on different roads will be tested on two routes in the capital in a bid to increase road safety.

London Evening Standard

• London's buses to be fitted with high tech kit that stops them from breaking speed limits London buses are to be fitted with new cutting edge technology to prevent them from exceeding speed limits across the capital.

The York Press

• Electric buses expected to make a comeback early next week A FLEET of buses subjected to safety checks following a devastating fire will remain in their depot until early next week, the company has announced.

Wales Online

• 'It will act as a spectacular gateway' - Cardiff's new bus station plans meet with approvalThe design for the new Cardiff bus station has been revealed today and has had mostly positive comments from politicians
• First images of Cardiff's new bus station... it's designed by Norman Foster's firm and opens in summer 2018The city's council has selected world renowned Foster + Partners as the preferred architect for the city's new bus station

East Anglian Daily Times

• 20,000 motorists fined for driving in North Hill bus lanes in Colchester in a yearA total of 20,170 tickets were issued to drivers travelling along the bus lanes between June last year and June this year.

Bus and Coach.com

• Grasshopper multi-operator pass extended
• C&G training programme shifts First focus to customer service
• Profits up at McGill’s
• Volvo's quiet revolution in city buses