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Tuesday, 25 June 2019

BBC News

• Aberdeen City Council to assess possible First Bus bidAberdeen City Council is to investigate how it could make a bid to buy the First Aberdeen bus operation. Aberdeen-based transport firm FirstGroup is looking at spinning off its UK buses arm.
• Greater Manchester mayor's plan to take control of busesPoliticians rather than transport companies would be given power to set bus routes under the proposals.

Financial Times

• Manchester mayor moves to end high bus fares and erratic servicesAndy Burnham aims to adopt London-style franchise system for region’s services

The Guardian

• Greater Manchester considers taking back control of bus networkMayor Andy Burnham wants city region to be first in UK to use London-style powers. Greater Manchester could become the first city region in the UK to take back control of its buses after a report recommended refranchising its vast and fragmented network.

Bolton News

• 'Tube map for Greater Manchester' revealed as major changes plannedA MAJOR transport overhaul could see control of buses and trains transfer into local hands. New plans unveiled by Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham could mean that Bolton’s bus and train passengers can travel across the region with a simpler integrated ticket system and London-style capped fares.

Bristol Live

• First Bus Bristol launch recruitment drive to get more female drivers'It’s good to be part of challenging the perception of what it is like to work in the bus industry'

Manchester Evening News

• Bus firms go to war with Andy Burnham - warning of ‘massive’ council taxpayer bill for regulation plansStagecoach and other operators have come out fighting after the mayor announced Greater Manchester’s plan to press ahead with franchising

Other Regional Press

• 'Lifeline' Baxenden bus service set to be axed due to low passenger numbersA ‘LIFELINE’ bus service, used by mainly elderly residents, is set to be axed. Accrington-based bus company Pilkington Bus will withdraw the service next month, blaming a lack of passengers.
• The millions to be spent prioritising buses on these two major Leeds roadsLeeds City Council says the project will provide 'better and reliable bus services'. An £11.7 million project plans to give buses priority along two busy Leeds roads and drastically reduce car usage. Leeds City Council is expected to approve funding for projects to transform the A65 and A61 North, between the Sheepscar interchange and Leeds Grammar School.