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Saturday, 18 January 2020
Bolton News
- New buses to be Number 1PASSENGERS on new state-of-the-art buses travelling between Blackburn and Bolton will enjoy new creature comforts such as free wifi, mobile phone and tablet charging points as well as on-screen latest travel information.
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- Three in four say region's buses unreliable and poor value for money, survey findsAlso support in Bristol for a congestion charge
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- York bus companies awarded £1.6m to help refit or replace busesYORK has been awarded more than £1.6m in funding to help replace or refit up to 93 buses in the next 12 months.
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- £1.6 million in funding will be used to make York’s buses cleaner and greenerAhead of the launch of a Clean Air Zone in York city centre later this month, City of York Council has awarded more than £1.6 million in funding to five bus companies to help them to make their vehicles more environmentally-friendly. Bus operators were invited to bid for Clean Air Zone (CAZ) funding to help them meet the cost of ‘retrofitting’ their vehicles with cleaner exhausts to meet the Euro VI emission standard, which sets maximum limits for certain harmful gases and particulate matter that a vehicle is allowed to emit. A total of £1,654,000 has been allocated as...
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- £2.5m buses unveiled with charging points and mobile phone holders NEW state-of-the-art buses from a £2.5m fleet have been unveiled in Blackburn.
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