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Monday, 23 November 2015

BBC News

• Lost property 'hero' up for awardA woman who works in the lost property office of a Glasgow bus company is nominated for an

Metro

• £30,000 bus lane to be scrapped 21 days after being opened due to travel chaos A new bus lane is to be removed just 21 days after it was opened because it tripled journey times for drivers.

Wales Online

• Travel operator says Newport's new bus station is too small for some of its vehicles Public Transport campaigners fear Newport Bus will have to operate from three separate stations due to the capacity problem

Other Regional Press

• Friars Walk bus station to open at the 'end of the month'FRIARS Walk bosses have assured bus users that the new bus station will be finished and opened at the end of the month following delays.
• ‘Deplorable’ bus cuts will hurt most vulnerablePlans to axe council support for bus services have been branded ‘deplorable’ by opponents who blasted the idea.
• Wheelchair users ‘often left behind by bus drivers’Disabled people in wheelchairs are struggling to get on buses and are often left behind at bus stops, a charity said.

Bus and Coach.com

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• New StreetDecks to meet growing demand in Bristol
• Edinburgh bus users can now share m-tickets
• Edwards Coaches backs local cancer charity
• Gold brand launched in Merseyside and Lancashire by Stagecoach
• Milestone for hydrogen bus fleet in Aberdeen
• Scale of bus cuts alarms campaign coalition
• All-operator Manchester smartcard launched