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• Joint working group to save Scottish ADL jobs

  26-06-2025 16:06 via passengertransport.co.uk
  UK Government and Scottish Government are working jointly to explore options to prevent the loss of 400 bus manufacturing jobs in Scotland
   ADL: This is a challenging time, and we are grateful for the active engagement from the Scottish and UK Governments
   A joint working group has been established by the UK Government and Scottish Government to explore ways to avert job losses at bus builder Alexander Dennis in Scotland.
  Earlier this month (PT339) the manufacturer announced it would c
  
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• Public transport must be a ‘climate priority’

  26-06-2025 16:02 via passengertransport.co.uk
  More than 10,000 public transport professionals gathered in Hamburg last week for the UITP Summit – an event which is set to become annual
   UITP president Renée Amilcar in Hamburg last week
   “Public transport is not just a mobility solution in our cities – it’s a climate solution.” That was the message from Renée Amilcar, the president of UITP – the international union of public transport – as she prepared to open last week’
  
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• SMEs to have focus in Welsh franchising plan

  26-06-2025 15:58 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Transport for Wales confirms contracts will be structures in a way that protects and encourages greater involvement from the SME sector
   TfW envisages a ‘different playing fields’ approach to bus franchising
   Bus franchising contracts in Wales could be as small as two vehicles to ensure accessibility for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the Senedd climate change, environment and infrastructure committee heard last week. The update came during scrutiny of the Bus S
  
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• Avanti and ALBUM shine in my report

  26-06-2025 15:54 via passengertransport.co.uk
   
  What’s been going well in public transport in 2025 and where is greater attention required? It’s time for my half-term report
   Over the last month, I’ve made twice-weekly trips with Avanti and each time the service just gets better and better
   It’s hard to believe midsummer’s night has been and gone and it’s all downhill now with the evenings’ drawing in. Before we know it the leaves will be on the line. It’s time for my customary
  
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• Breaking down the transport bonanza

  26-06-2025 15:48 via passengertransport.co.uk
   
  Sing Alleluia and let the word go forth: white smoke has billowed from the chimney atop Number 11 – we have a Spending Review
   The chancellor at Taff’s Well Rail Depot (image: Kirsty O’Connor / Treasury)
   Among the bountiful gifts bestowed by the Chancellor are a four-year funding settlement to underpin England’s bus sector, a multi-billion-pound bonanza for nine city regions, and yet another reprieve for something that has morphed from a short-term reli
  
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• Why so many embarrassing fiascos?

  26-06-2025 15:35 via passengertransport.co.uk
   
  Why do so many of our public sector projects end up massively expensive, heavily over budget, late to be delivered, and faulty?
   HS2 will not be a particularly attractive journey, as most of the line will be in tunnels or cuttings
   How much does a door cost? Well if it’s replacement one for the entrance to the House of Lords, the answer is £9.6m, which is about a thousand times more than most people might think reasonable. The original estimate was £6.1m.
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