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HS2 has abandoned its initial hunt for a contractor to build its Birmingham station, after firms were unwilling to take on the risks associated with the £435m job.
Northern Powerhouse Minister urges rail bosses to re-think 'ill-timed' bank holiday shutdown
Northern Powerhouse Minister Jake Berry has urged Network Rail to re-think a controversial shutdown of the East Coast Main Line on the forthcoming August Bank Holiday, The Yorkshire Post can reveal. Rail bosses have been heavily criticised over the plan which would impose disruptive line closures between King’s Cross and Peterborough for 48 hours on August 24 and 25.
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- Eastbourne Coachways bus services replaced by Stagecoach South EastEast Sussex County Council (ESCC) has issued a statement regarding bus services in the Rother area which reads: “The Traffic Commissioner has made the decision to revoke Eastbourne Coachways’ PSV operator’s licence from 25 July 2019.
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- Eastbourne Coachways bus services replaced by Stagecoach South EastEast Sussex County Council (ESCC) has issued a statement regarding bus services in the Rother area which reads: “The Traffic Commissioner has made the decision to revoke Eastbourne Coachways’ PSV operator’s licence from 25 July 2019.
- Management buyout at Yellow BusesRATP Dev has announced the sale of its subsidiary Bournemouth Transport Limited (trading as Yellow Buses and Yellow Coaches) to the management team led by David Squire (Managing Director) with Phil Pannell (Service Delivery Director) and Simon Newport (Commercial Director).
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- Nottingham City Transport names gas bus after Henry NormalNottingham City Transport (NCT) has named one of its new biogas buses on the Pink Line 28 after local TV and film writer, producer and poet Henry Normal.
- Stagecoach takes over Preston’s P&RStagecoach Merseyside, Cheshire and South Lancashire is to take over operation of the Preston park-and-ride scheme.
- Positive workplace culture: Needed for successThe most successful operators exhibit one thing clearly. They have a top-to-bottom culture of doing things properly without needing to be told to.
- Yellow Buses adds to NatEx fleetYellow Buses in Bournemouth has taken delivery of five new buses to serve the south coast-to-London routes.
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