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Northern England transport planners reject 'Noyster cards'
Transport for the North rules out use of ‘outdated’ smartcard ticketing, but aims to improve east-west links with trans-Pennine rail and road tunnelTravellers in the north of England will not be offered a “Noyster card”, a contactless plastic smartcard based on London’s electronic ticketing system, after officials decided the technology was outdated.Nor will a new east-west rail link be called “Crossrail for the North” after northern leaders took umbrage at the idea of a new line being named after one in the capital. Instead, the priority for the new chief executive and chair of Transport for ...
MPs to quiz Transport Secretary over airport decision delay
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin will be grilled by MPs over the Government's delay in making a final decision over airport expansion in the south east.
Appeal for county’s bus links to receive overhaul
TRANSPORT BOSSES have issued a rallying call for an overhaul of bus services in West Yorkshire amid shouts of “what’s good enough for London is good enough for us”.
Monday, 08 February 2016
The Guardian
- London bus explosion for movie alarms onlookers fearing terror attackDoubledecker bus blown up for scene in Jackie Chan film alarms Londoners with its ‘scale and realism’A London doubledecker that exploded while crossing Lambeth Bridge in a Hollywood film stunt alarmed onlookers who feared it was a terror attack.Children in a nearby park “freaked”, according to author Sophie Kinsella, who saw the top deck of the bus blow up as it travelled towards Westminster on Sunday morning. Continue reading...
Yorkshire Evening Post
- Calls for a radical overhaul of Leeds bus servicesTransport bosses have issued a rallying call for an overhaul of bus services in Leeds and West Yorkshire - amid shouts of “what’s good enough for London is good enough for us”.
Yorkshire Post
- Appeal for county’s bus links to receive overhaulTRANSPORT BOSSES have issued a rallying call for an overhaul of bus services in West Yorkshire amid shouts of “what’s good enough for London is good enough for us”.
Blackpool Gazette
- Bus group to meet over funding cutsA new group to consider the impact of the proposal to withdraw funding for subsidised bus services will meet for the first time today.
Other Regional Press
- Permanent home needed for vital Penilee bus terminusA VITAL city bus service could cause travel chaos after housing developments forced its terminus to close.
- Hundreds of drivers could escape Coventry bus lane fines because of 'inadequate' signsThe council has collected more than £500,000 in fines from the Quinton road bus gate with nearly £600,000 outstanding
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- Bus travel made safer in BulkingtonMAKING public travel safer has been the driving force behind a number of new additions in a village on the outskirts of Nuneaton.
- Tributes paid to "hugely respected" bus enthusiast who dedicated his life to making travel better for passengers TRIBUTES have been paid to a
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