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Virgin launches bid to stay in UK railways with plans for open-access service
Virgin Trains will attempt to stay in Britain’s railways by applying for an open access service on the West Coast mainline to get around the government’s controversial snub of its franchise bid two months ago.
Tuesday, 11 June 2019
Liverpool Echo
- Anger over plans to axe hospital bus route in cut-off area where residents feel "trapped"Residents face being "trapped at home" in an area of Merseyside where depleted bus services to the local hospital and other key areas are being reduced again.
Sheffield Telegraph
- Sheffield pensioner hands in petition calling on Mayor Dan Jarvis to help reinstate direct bus route to MeadowhallA Sheffield pensioner has pleaded with South Yorkshire mayor Dan Jarvis to help in reinstating a cut bus route. Ellen Berry, aged 83 from Cowley Lane, Chapeltown, handed in a petition with 326 handwritten signatures calling for a direct service to serve Meadowhall once again.
Other Regional Press
- ‘Frightening’ Penketh bus route sparks accident fearsA RESIDENT fears someone could be killed because of a ‘frightening’ bus route in Penketh. Resident Hazel Moss, of Withycombe Road, has raised serious concerns over buses, including double deckers, using the road.
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