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The UK government has said it will match the EU's offer to protect flying rights in the event of a no-deal Brexit, allowing planes to take off unhindered after 29 March.
Friday, 08 March 2019
BBC News
- School transport allowance cut for more than 1,200 NI pupilsMore than 1,200 NI pupils have had their home-to-school transport allowance cut by more than £200.
Yorkshire Post
- Tracy Brabin: Why I love the buses and how they could be so much better in West Yorkshire OVER the past year the conversation around public transport has seen problems with the rail network grabbing all the headlines. Which, considering the chaos we’ve endured in Yorkshire on our underfunded and long-neglected rail network owing to government ineptitude, is hardly surprising.
Coach and Bus Week
- First Glasgow receives warning from Traffic CommissionerIn a written decision, First Glasgow has been issued a formal warning by the Traffic Commissioner (TC), after a crash that occurred with one of its vehicles on 28 April 2018.
- ‘The UK is mad’ (and other topics)Around 150 members of the Coach Tourism Association gathered in Cambridge at the end of February for the trade body’s annual conference and workshop. On the agenda, Brexit, ULEZ and city tourism. Stuart Render reports
- Reading Buses acquires Courtney BusesReading Buses have agreed terms to purchase local independent operator Courtney Buses.
- Transport Focus’ five steps for the future of the coach industry“It doesn’t come into my head,” commented one passenger. “I don’t know where I’d get the coach from. I just see these buses go past and I don’t know where you’d get on”
Route One (Bus and Coach)
- An ‘outstanding’ year for coach reveals National Express GroupPassenger growth due to improved services sees revenue increase for the Group in 2018
- Operators round on Burnham's proposed GM CAZ£100 charge proposed for non-compliant coaches and buses from 2021 draws scorn from the industry
- Operators round on Burnham's proposed GM CAZ£100 charge proposed for non-compliant coaches and buses from 2021 draws scorn from the industry
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