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Friday, 25 January 2019

Bristol Live

• Plan unveiled for three transport hubs to ease north Bristol congestionThey would include park and ride, rail, bus, cycle hire, cycle storage and electric vehicle charging facilities
• First Bus apologises after real-time displays show "fictitious" destinationsFirst Bus has apologised after major glitches caused the real-time information (RTI) at Bristol bus stops to show “fictitious” places and wrong details.

Lincolnshire Echo

• Cars parked badly on this street may force bus company to stop running service in this area of LincolnPassengers from a Lincoln estate may have further to walk to catch the bus after the service was once again halted due to "poorly parked vehicles".

Manchester Evening News

• Bus bosses have a £100m pot to battle London model of transport in Greater ManchesterCampaigners are fighting for a London model - but bus bosses say a 'partnership' between operators and the mayor would mean greener buses, better timetables and a fare freeze on journeys across different operators

Bus and Coach.com

• Electric bus batteries to store solar energy in Swedish project Volvo is backing a research project for what is claimed to be Europe’s first energy warehouse using electric bus batteries from its demonstration electric bus route 55 in Gothenburg, Sweden, The project involves Volvo Buses, Göteborg Energi, Riksbyggen and Johanneberg Science Park working together to examine electricity storage in apartment blocks that have their own electricity production via solar panels.

Coach and Bus Week

• Metrobus secures two London route contractsIn the latest Transport for London (TfL) tender update, Metrobus has gained two routes from Arriva London South.
• Stagecoach East Midlands invests £5.7m in Hull’s green busesStagecoach East Midlands announced at a meeting of the Scrutiny Committee at Hull City Council that it will be investing £5.7m in a fleet of 31 high-spec vehicles.
• £100m Greater Manchester bus partnership unveiledGreater Manchester’s bus operators have unveiled a £100m partnership ‘blueprint,’ intended to revolutionise the region’s bus network.
• Edwards Coaches welcomes six Enviro200s to local bus fleetEdwards Coaches of Llantrisant has added six ADL Enviro200 MMC single-deckers to its fleet, intended for use on its local bus services.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Passenger growth seen on UrbyTranslink’s Urby service is attracting record passenger numbers, with 8% passenger growth since its introduction last September.
• Chris Grayling to attend CPT Dinner The Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling, will attend the CPT Annual Dinner as Guest of Honour and give the keynote speech.
• Climb-down on Oxford zero emission zone plansOxford City Council and Oxfordshire County Council have relaxed their proposals for a Zero Emission Zone (ZEZ) in the centre of the city.
• Profiled: The one-of-a-kind engineering mind Belle Vue Coaches Engineering Director Kenny Walsh contributed in a major way to the operator’s growth since joining in 2001 - and he has now passed his knowledge on to his youthful successors
• Liverpool City Region bus passenger numbers riseMerseyside Bus Alliance is delivering, but reliability ‘still a nut we have not cracked’ say major operators

Other News Sources

• Horsham district bus services set to be axed in new council cutsSeveral villages across the Horsham district could be set to lose bus services following the announcement of cuts to funding.
• Chichester bus routes affected by cuts revealedThe detail of cuts to bus services in Chichester and Selsey have been revealed.

News from Europe

• Fair competition in #Bus and #Coach marketMore choice for consumers, more competition, better control of market abuse: the EPP Group has ensured that passengers and carriers offering national inter-urban routes will benefit from the further liberalization of the European bus and coach markets. The European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee adopted its position on 22 January.