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Fflecsi DRT service to be extended to Blaenau Gwent

Transport for Wales (TfW) will further extend its Fflecsi demand-responsive transport (DRT) trial on 14 June when the concept replaces two Stagecoach South Wales fixed-route services in Blaenau Gwent. A pair of Mellor Strata-bodied Mercedes-Benz Sprinters have been purchased for the new service and they will be operated by Stagecoach.

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  • London’s beloved big red buses could be coming to the end of the roadEveryone loves a London bus. But when three months ago Boris Johnson unveiled his £3 billion national bus strategy, he left London out of it. It would have spoiled his levelling-up agenda. This week he gave Transport for London an extra £1 billion to help it through its Covid cash crisis, but it is the Tubes that will get the cash. The future for buses is dire.
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  • MAN electric bus achieves 550 kilometres on single chargeAn MAN Lion’s City E has achieved 550.8 kilometres on test under real day-to-day conditions. The bus was used for 24 hours in service with no intermediate charging during an e-bus trial that was carried out on 18 May in Munich. MAN said that this range will enable its customers to operate around 99% of routes with no intermediate charging. During the test run on the Munich’s routes 176 and X80 between Karlsfelder Straße, Moosacher and Puchheimer station, the bus carried a simulated a load and stopped at every bus stop, opening and closing doors each time. The test was monitored by TÜV SÜD and used drivers from MAN ProfiDrive.
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  • Fflecsi DRT service to be extended to Blaenau GwentTransport for Wales (TfW) will further extend its Fflecsi demand-responsive transport (DRT) trial on 14 June when the concept replaces two Stagecoach South Wales fixed-route services in Blaenau Gwent. A pair of Mellor Strata-bodied Mercedes-Benz Sprinters have been purchased for the new service and they will be operated by Stagecoach.
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