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Friday, 01 February 2019

BBC News

• The team riding buses to combat lonelinessVolunteers are riding on buses around the North East in a scheme to help tackle loneliness.
• Jeremy Corbyn forced to take car to bus cuts talkThe Labour leader planned to use a bus service reduced by funding, but it failed to show up.

London Evening Standard

• Call for special fare on buses and Tube to boost London nightlifeA “night rider” fare that enables passengers to switch between Tubes, trains and buses at no extra cost should be introduced to boost London’s 24-hour economy, the Mayor was told today.
• Campaigners battle transport chiefs over £350m plan to move Victoria Coach Station Transport bosses are facing a ­furious backlash over a £350 million proposal to relocate Victoria Coach Station to a residential area near Paddington.

Coach and Bus Week

• Step off the gas: Alternative fuelCompressed natural gas and electric power are making inroads into the bus market, but what is there in the way of alternative fuel for coaches? Richard Simpson finds out
• Thames Travel expands Great Western Park serviceThames Travel has launched a new off-peak service between Didcot town centre and the southern neighbourhood of Great Western Park.
• Questions raised over FACT financesFenland Association for Community Transport (FACT), along with sister organisations Huntingdonshire ACT and Ely & Soham ACT, may be in breach of Charity Commission law and HMRC regulations according to an audit report seen by Cambridgeshire County Council.
• £100m Greater Manchester bus partnership unveiledGreater Manchester’s bus operators have unveiled a £100m partnership ‘blueprint,’ intended to revolutionise the region’s bus network.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• ‘Tap on, tap off’ technology from TicketerTicketer’s latest innovation is a ‘tap on, tap off’ concept for contactless fare transactions, enabling operators to offer the most convenient and flexible fares.
• £50 charge for non-Euro 6 PCVs in Leeds CAZExemptions for buses to state schools, and £2m of retrofit money for operators based within the zone
• Stagecoach SW strengthens senior teamStagecoach South West has appointed Karen Hodder as its new Commercial Director.
• Metroline rebuts fraudulent crash for cash claimLondon bus operator Metroline has successfully defended a fraudulent ‘crash for cash’ claim for damages and personal injury made against it.