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Friday, 19 June 2020

Times Online

• Coronavirus: National Express will turn away passengers with fever [Subscription]Passengers with a fever will be prevented from boarding National Express coaches under plans to resume operations next month.

Bristol Live

• Only half of bus passengers are complying with new law to wear face masks“People are simply refusing to put the masks on"

The York Press

• National Express unveils destinations when services restart A RAFT of safety measures are being introduced to give customers the confidence to travel when National Express restart services from July 1.

Other Regional Press

• We can't make passengers wear masks on buses, says Stagecoach STAGECOACH says it can't force its passengers to wear masks on its buses, even though it's the law.

Coach and Bus Week

• Stagecoach in South Wales praises COVID-19 ‘heroes’A number of staff from Stagecoach in South Wales have been named as ‘heroes’ due to their outstanding efforts during the pandemic. Stagecoach staff can nominate their colleagues for going the extra mile to help other workers or customers.

Other News Sources

• Bus passenger figures struggle to grow as restrictions liftData released by the Department for Transport (DfT) shows that bus passenger figures in Britain outside London are rising at a slower rate than car usage as the country starts to recover from the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.
• New Stagecoach Connect trial begins in Hull‘We are pleased to widen the trial of the Stagecoach Connect app to help support our brilliant NHS staff with getting to and from their shift’   The ‘Stagecoach Connect’ app enables NHS staff to ‘pre-book’ their travel to and from work for free   Stagecoach East Midlands has widened the trial of its new app, Stagecoach Connect, to help NHS key-workers in Hull to travel to their workplace, on a bus service that is fully compliant with current social distancing guidelines. The trial of the ‘Stagecoach Connect’ app, which enables NHS staff to ‘pre-book’ their travel to and f...
• Concerns raised over pedestrianisation plansLasting impact feared after key corridors are closed to buses in Manchester and Aberdeen   Since May 30, from 6am to 6pm every day, Aberdeen’s Union Street, a key thoroughfare for buses, has been closed to all traffic between Market Street and Bridge Street   Concerns have been raised over pedestrianisation schemes that exclude buses from key corridors in Manchester and Aberdeen. Governments across Great Britain are backing the rapid implementation of wider pavements and pop-up bike lanes to enable social distancing as lockdown restrictions are eased. They want people to walk o...