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Friday, 05 October 2018

BBC News

• Removing school bus chaperones in Birmingham 'dangerous'Disabled children are being put at risk after chaperones were removed from school buses, parents said.

Liverpool Echo

• This is what a bus with an enormous butter knife is doing on Lime StreetThere are strange things appearing in Liverpool this week - and we think it's something to do with the Giants visit

Wales Online

• Cardiff Bus driver quits over 'homophobic remarks by managers'A bus driver has quit over homophobic remarks allegedly made by managers about him and other employees.

Coach and Bus Week

• Meet the Warrington teamFollowing on from our coverage of Warrington’s Own Buses in CBW1357, James Day speaks to some of the key figures responsible for keeping the municipal operation running smoothly
• Waterside storyJackie Withey, Fiona Campbell and Bob Johns talk to Andy Izatt about the continuing success of Hythe & Waterside Coaches in Hampshire
• Bus18 introduces new measures to help young bus usersBus18, a partnership between First West Yorkshire, Arriva Yorkshire, Transdev Blazefield and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, has introduced measures to make it easier for young people to access cheaper fares.
• CityFox Group expands into local bus operation in NewportCityFox Group subsidiary Snowdonia Travel Limited has registered a new bus service to be operated in Newport, South Wales.
• Section of Centrebus service to transfer to Delaine BusesCentrebus has announced that service 9, which operates between Oakham and Peterborough, will be revised from 22 October.
• Wrights Group profits down due to ‘overseas costs and R&D investment’Group says that balance sheet remains ‘exceptionally strong’ after an anticipated reduction in full year profit
• Express Motors directors found guilty of fraudJudge warns Eric Wyn Jones and his sons to expect a custodial sentence The owner of Penygroes-based Express Motors Eric Wyn Jones and his three sons – Ian Wyn, Keith and Kevin Wyn – have each been found guilty of fraud

Route One

• In-house training: The way forwardIn-house training is the only way forward. This seems to have fallen by the wayside since the introduction of the Driver CPC. Although it is necessary, it is a baseline vocational qualification akin in status to the annual vehicle test in an operator’s vehicle maintenance programme, i.e. a bare minimum requirement. It does not address the detailed operational requirements of a particular employer.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Director promotion at Trentbarton Vicky Williams has been promoted to Director of Commercial services at Trentbarton.
• Scottish Citylink launch improved services Service improvements for customers travelling between Stirling and Edinburgh have been announced by Scottish Citylink.
• New route a ‘game changer’Commuters travelling through the Midlands are set to benefit from a new multi-million-pound route linking the M54 to the M6.
• ‘Buses are in crisis’ stats show The Department for Transport‘s Quarterly Bus Statistics for England April-June 2018, show local bus passenger journeys in England have decreased by 1.7% since 2017, and fares have increased by 2.2% in metropolitan areas and 6.6% in non-metropolitan areas.
• CPT expresses concern over no-deal Brexit falloutUK plans to rejoin Interbus agreement, but ‘important questions remain unanswered,’ says Salmon
• ‘Stash’ your bags with megabus.comStasher, described as ‘the Airbnb of luggage’, is the world’s largest luggage storage network with more than 600 StashPoints in over 80 cities across four continents. Since the company began in 2015, they have “stashed” over 100,000 bags world-wide.
• Time to ‘modernise’ London’s bus network?Transport for London (TfL) has published its proposals to “modernise” central London’s bus network.
• CEO of TfGM heads for SydneyJon Lamonte, Chief Executive of Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), has announced he is leaving the organisation to take up a post as CEO of the new statutory authority of Sydney Metro.
• Scottish affairs debated at 43rd CPT conferenceThe CPT Scottish Conference is the top annual event for coach and bus operators in the country to consider future challenges. Stagecoach co-founded Sir Brian Souter addressed the 140 delegates
• Indcar Wing midicoach to make UK debut at EBEMoseley companies set to fill gap in 29-seat segment with Iveco-based model to meet ‘strong demand’
• Below six months to Brexit: What about coaches?What does Brexit mean if you run coaches? Nobody seems to know. That includes the government, which has taken the remarkable step of advising operators who have bookings for continental trips that take place after 29 March 2018 to examine whether they will be able to subcontract that work to EU operators.
• McGill's launches new passenger appScottish bus operator McGill’s has launched a new app aimed at being a ‘one stop shop’ for passengers.
• CityFox Group unveils new South Wales bus operationBristol-based CityFox Group hopes its new South Wales venture offering bus services between Bettws and central Newport from 3 December might lead to route expansion across the city and other areas.
• 2 Guildford services launch 24 hour optionsUniversity students are among passengers set to benefit from new 24-hour operating bus services six days a week on two Stagecoach routes in the Guildford area.

Other News Sources

• Air-filtering bus takes to the streets in the UKUK transport operator Go-Ahead has launched a bus with a rooftop filter that removes air pollution as it travels.
• Dismay as vital shopping bus to Chichester Tesco is axedTesco’s decision to axe its free shopping buses to its Chichester store has angered customers who say they will lose a vital lifeline