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- Stagecoach invests in new busesStagecoach says it will spend £60m building almost 400 new buses in the UK to comply with European emission standards.
The Guardian
- Inspirational northern bus expert dies in Lake District mountain fall The north has lost a leading figure in public transport and charitable work with the death of Peter Huntley in a mountaineering accident in the Lake District.
Mail Online
- Strip OAPs of their free bus passes to save £1bn a year, says leading think tankThe Social Market Foundation argues that OAP travel passes - which costs an estimated £1 billion a year - was a low-priority and does nothing to improve the economy.
- Is this the country's most boring coach trip? Four-hour tour shows trippers the sights and delights¿ of the M25The bus company running the £15-per-head trip announced yesterday that it was adding extra dates to meet ‘huge’ demand.
The Mirror
- Call to scrap free bus travel for pensioners The Social Market Foundation said the £1billion cost of the passes did nothing to help the economy
Bucks Free Press
- School bus fees 'may deter poorer pupils from grammars'LESS wealthy families will be hardest hit when changes to free school transport come in, a leading grammar school headteacher says.
East Anglian Daily Times
- Transport group Stagecoach invests £60m in ˜greener™ busesTRANSPORT group Stagecoach said today it planned to invest around £60million in nearly 400 “greener” vehicles for its bus and coach fleet.
Reading Evening Post
- On the Reading Buses Reading Buses (RB) users will start to see a few different faces on their routes from next week as the newest recruits get on the road.
Bus and Coach.com
- Scrap concessions callThe Social Market Foundation, which describes itself as œa leading cross-party think tank, is calling on the government to scrap free bus travel for senior citizens among a range of other cuts.
- High fuel costs drive modal switchThe high cost of fuel is driving more motorists out of their cars and onto public transport according to Trent Barton.
- Go-Ahead buys Carousel BusesGo-Ahead is to buy Carousel Buses of High Wycombe.
- £60million Stagecoach orderStagecoach has ordered 390 vehicles worth around £60million for its operations outside London.
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