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Thursday, 30 July 2026

The Guardian

• US schools are struggling to keep the yellow bus running amid shortages and cutsDistricts are reducing routes and exploring new ways to get students to class as transportation costs climb

Oxford Mail

• Oxford station upgrade 'now needs a new timetable'Network Rail should announce a new timetable for work to create a new western entrance to Oxford station, according to a former county councillor.

Other Regional Press

• County Councillor's anger as number of Stagecoach Thanet routes to be reduced or withdrawnA Thanet and county councillor has slammed Stagecoach after discovering the bus operator will be reducing and withdrawing a number of isle services from September 20.
• 'This will hit the most vulnerable hardest': Bus service cuts across Kent spark furyImminent cuts to bus services across Kent, blamed on declining passenger numbers and increased fuel and staffing costs, have sparked fury

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Leicester bus operators back One Network Partnership to 2030Leicester City Council and the city's bus operators have pledged to invest around £75 million in electric vehicles, passenger information, bus priority and simpler ticketing as part of a new arrangement running to March 2030

Other News Sources

• TfL expands Routemaster 'ding-ding' trial after promising safety resultsTransport for London (TfL) is bringing back one of London's most familiar sounds 'ding-ding' as it expands a trial to see whether the classic Routemaster bell can help prevent passengers from falling over when buses pull away.