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• UK Bus Awards 2023 ‘Big Book of Big Winners’

  14-12-2023 23:35 via passengertransport.co.uk
  The UK Bus Awards 2023 presentation ceremony took place in London in November, and you can read all about the Gold, Silver and Bronze winners in this official Souvenir Brochure.
  Click on the image below to view The Big Book of Big Winners 2023. If you are viewing the site on a tablet or mobile device, tap here to view.The post UK Bus Awards 2023 ‘Big Book of Big Winners’ first appeared on Passenger Transport.
  
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• Out now: Issue 303 of Passenger Transport

  14-12-2023 23:32 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Issue 303 of Passenger Transport is published on December 15.Contents include:
   
   LEAD STORY
  Christmas cheer!London’s buoyant retail and hospitality sectors has spurred public transport recovery in the capital. Outside of London, bus groups reveal ‘very encouraging’ year-on-year passenger growth of 5-10%
   NEWS
  RATP Dev writes off London bus businessFrench transport group makes move as losses mount at struggling bus operation as a result of increasing costs and de
  
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• Cheshire East council says it faces bankruptcy due to HS2 link cancellation

  14-12-2023 23:13
  Local authority covering some of richest areas in England says it spent £11m preparing for rail lineA council in one of the wealthiest parts of the UK has warned it faces potential bankruptcy due to the “devastating” impact of cancelling the northern leg of HS2.Leaders of Cheshire East council in north-west England said the authority had spent £11m preparing for the high-speed rail link, and this would now have to be written off. Most of this money – £8.6m &nd
  
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• Christmas cheer for public transport!

  14-12-2023 17:16 via passengertransport.co.uk
  London’s buoyant retail and hospitality sectors has spurred public transport recovery in the capital. Outside of London, bus groups reveal ‘very encouraging’ year-on-year passenger growth of 5-10%
   Bus use is up by 8% in London
   The festive period has brought encouraging signs of continued recovery in public transport passenger volumes.Transport for London in particular is continuing to bounce back from the pandemic, buoyed by strong trading in the capital’s ret
  
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• Grand Union applies to run non-London trains

  14-12-2023 17:08 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Open access operator plans Edinburgh-Cardiff service
   GUT’s Cardiff to Edinburgh services could use Class 222s
   Grand Union Trains is seeking access rights to run the first open access passenger services which would exclude London. It says its proposed services between Cardiff and Edinburgh via Birmingham would provide a much-needed uplift in capacity and cheaper fares.
  All current open access services operate to and from London, as did the short-lived Wrexham to Marylebone opera
  
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• We need one last Christmas cracker

  14-12-2023 15:56 via passengertransport.co.uk
   
  Capital investment in transport across English cities is welcome, but we must not forget London. Its success must be maintained
   50 year old Bakerloo line trains being maintained
   I am writing this column after our work Christmas party, which was held in Manchester. Unfortunately, the Urban Transport Group team didn’t get invited to the Chanel Metiers d’Art that was held in the city’s trendy Northern Quarter on the same evening (if you have no idea what that i
  
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• A quarter century of caring for customers

  14-12-2023 15:47 via passengertransport.co.uk
   
  For almost 25 years Anthony Smith has represented transport users. He’s about to move on and leaves behind a strong legacy
   Anthony Smith received the ‘Lifetime Contribution to Transport’ award at this year’s National Transport Awards
   The internet was just a novelty, text messaging was starting to replace pagers, compact disc players were in their pomp, Connex ran two rail franchises, Manchester United were unstoppable, Tony Blair was prime minister and
  
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• Reflecting on a year of growth

  14-12-2023 15:35 via passengertransport.co.uk
  First Bus has set the groundwork to enter 2024 with strong momentum, and continued investment
   Janette Bell: ‘We’re on a mission to get more people to use the bus’
   By Janette Bell
  At First Bus, we’re on a mission to get more people to use the bus – so unsurprisingly this has been the driving force across the business throughout 2023.
  We take pride in delivering vital links and an essential service in the communities we serve across the UK and Ireland each
  
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