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• RMT to hold rail strike across England on eve of FA Cup final

  18-05-2023 19:05
  
  Latest action on 2 June comes between two days of strikes by Aslef and will bring further disruption to football finalThe RMT has announced another rail strike on Friday 2 June, the day before the men’s FA Cup final, warning that the government “cannot wish the dispute away”.About 20,000 RMT members working for the 14 major rail companies in England will strike for 24 hours in the long-running dispute over pay and conditions. Continue reading...
  
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• Out now: Issue 289 of Passenger Transport

  18-05-2023 16:53 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Issue 289 of Passenger Transport is published on May 19.Contents include:
   
   LEAD STORY
  £500m of new support for England’s busesIn response to warnings that up to 15% of the bus network could be at risk, the government has extended recovery funding and the £2 bus fare cap
   NEWS
  TransPennine moves into state ownershipTransport secretary Mark Harper steps in to take control of beleaguered operator TransPennine Express after months of poor performance
  CBT campaign w
  
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• £500m of new support for England’s buses

  18-05-2023 16:14 via passengertransport.co.uk
  In response to warnings that up to 15% of the bus network could be at risk, the government has extended recovery funding and the £2 bus fare cap
   Prime minister Rishi Sunak: Buses play a vital role in growing the economy
   The government this week announced £500m of additional funding to support local bus services in England until 2025.
  The Bus Recovery Grant and the £2 cap on fares outside London had been due to expire at the end of June, with bus operators warning th
  
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• Cost of preventing bus service cuts is ‘tiny’

  18-05-2023 16:02 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Go-Ahead’s Martin Dean tells parliamentarians that £260m a year to keep networks at pre-pandemic levels is ‘barely enough to build a mile of HS2’
   Martin Dean
   Bus services need continued post-Covid support and in terms of the Department for Transport’s £3bn annual budget the amount of money required to maintain a comprehensive network is “tiny”.
  That was the message to parliamentarians from Martin Dean, managing director of Go-Ahead Grou
  
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• Fares are firmly on the political agenda

  18-05-2023 15:56 via passengertransport.co.uk
   
  Fares are no longer just about balancing public transport’s books. The sector must recognise this shift and become more proactivet
   Vienna’s annual ticket for one euro a day is an example of a cheap, flat and simple fare offer
   That sound you hear is the sound of one of the core constructs of UK public transport policy being smashed. That construct being that if we want better public transport in the UK then the passenger has to pay through high fares. Now (as part
  
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• We’ve lost our way with transport maps

  18-05-2023 15:49 via passengertransport.co.uk
   
  Maps are in decline and where they do exist they are hidden or diluted in value, but they are a great way to communicate our offer
   Maps like this one, created by Best Impressions, open up our eyes to opportunities
   Try as I might, I struggle to find a sector where companies don’t view the size and variety of their proposition as a real differentiator. It’s like going into a McDonald’s and asking for a Big Mac but not being told that fries are also on offer, o
  
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• Rethinking mental health support

  18-05-2023 15:38 via passengertransport.co.uk
  We need to change our models of mental health support to be more accommodating to the needs of a diverse workforce
   Delivering a high quality railway service depends on a workforce that feels supported, cared for and appreciated
   By Nafisa Nathani
  Mental health is of real concern in the rail industry due to the unique challenges and risk factors within the sector faced by employees internally as well as an on a macro level. The psychological safety and wellbeing of rail industry employ
  
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• Simulations will be a ‘game changer’

  18-05-2023 15:37 via passengertransport.co.uk
  The addition of simulations to CitySwift’s Evolve module allows bus operators to analyse the predicted impact of various runtimes
   Operators can compare the trade-offs for different sets of runtimes in a risk-free, digital environment
   Imagine being able to find the optimal outcome for your bus network, balancing trade-offs like cost and punctuality, with just a few clicks instead of risky on-the-road experimentation. CitySwift, the public transport data platform, has made this p
  
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• Head of Operations – Stagecoach East Scotland

  18-05-2023 12:17 via passengertransport.co.uk
   
  Head of Operations
   At Stagecoach East Scotland we operate bus and coach services throughout Fife, Perth and Kinross, Dundee and Angus. We are one of the largest Stagecoach operating companies, carrying approximately 30 million passengers every year, with over 1200 employees.
  We’re looking for a Head of Operations to assist the Operations Director and wider Senior Leadership Team (SLT) in delivering an exceptional service to our customers, laying the foundations for our ambiti
  
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