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Stonehenge road tunnel given go-ahead despite backlash
Grant Shapps gives approval for A303 to be tunnelled under ancient site in £1.7bn project . The government has given the go-ahead for a controversial £1.7bn road tunnel under Stonehenge, as campaigners vowed to continue the battle to oppose it.The transport secretary, Grant Shapps, overruled the recommendation of planning inspectors and approved a development consent order on Thursday that will allow the nearby A303 to be turned into a dual-carriageway tunnel under the ancient site.
National Express to capitalise on December university exodus
National Express intends to capitalise on the government’s planned university exodus next month by providing additional coach services to help students to get home. The operation will take place over seven days between 3-9 December. It will involve extra capacity on existing routes and the provision of further dedicated vehicles.
Friday, 13 November 2020
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- National Express set to take students home for Christmas [subscription]National Express is hoping to get its drivers back behind the wheel by encouraging universities to charter its vehicles to take students home for Christmas.
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- Cardiff Bus signs new three-year contract with PassengerCardiff Bus has renewed its app and website contract with UK technology company Passenger, and says it is looking forward to another three years working with the digital transport services provider.
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- World’s first hydrogen double-decker arrives in AberdeenThe first of Aberdeen’s new Wrightbus Streetdeck hydrogen double-deckers was delivered in mid September. Jonathan Welch was given an exclusive first drive
- Industry figureheads say service recovery remains at 60%Comparing the latest data on passenger numbers in October with a typical period pre-Covid, members of the Ten Per Cent Club, which includes subsidiaries of the major groups, municipal owned and independent operators, say that it shows a very consistent position with September on commercial services with 60% recovery for fare paying passengers and 44% for concessionary passengers, compared to figures for September which were 60% and 45% respectively.
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- Bus use takes moderate hit from England restrictions – figuresThe latest figures on bus use in Great Britain show that overall patronage has taken a predictable hit since the introduction of additional restrictions in England on 5 November – but that a possible modest rebound was quickly seen outside London when the 17-day ‘firebreak’ in Wales ended.
- National Express to capitalise on December university exodusNational Express intends to capitalise on the government’s planned university exodus next month by providing additional coach services to help students to get home. The operation will take place over seven days between 3-9 December. It will involve extra capacity on existing routes and the provision of further dedicated vehicles.
- Temsa makes changes to grow UK sales and support structureTemsa has begun an expansion of its presence in the UK market that will see it soon announce at least one additional service and support partner and then sell coaches here directly.
- Go North East celebrates its engineers and apprenticesGo North East (GNE) last week (4 November) celebrated its 233 engineers on ‘This is Engineering Day’ to recognise the hard work they do in keeping the fleet moving.
- Coach industry ally underlines call to government for supportCoach industry political ally Emma Hardy, Labour MP for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (pictured, above), has called on the government to act on its promise to arrange a meeting between a relevant Minister and herself and sector representatives to discuss operators’ need for bespoke support.
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