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Rail workers and commuters are preparing for major disruption on Scotland’s busiest line as some trains will lose up to half their seats.
Balfour Beatty lands US airport rail contract [Subscription]
A British construction group has won part of a £1.4 billion contract to build a train network at Los Angeles international airport.
Drivers hit by £6million-a-day petrol rip-off
The average price of petrol and diesel in the UK has barely budged, even though the wholesale cost retailers pay has fallen by 4p per litre in recent weeks, an AA report found.
Uber to open 24-hour hotline for reporting 'bad experiences'
Uber is setting up an "open all hours" telephone hotline for passengers who want to make a complaint after a journey booked through the cab hailing app.
Saturday, 17 February 2018
BBC News
- Under-threat bus service loss would impact local livesPeople on an under-threat bus service in Bridgend county have spoken about what could happen if it is lost.
- Child with Down's syndrome left on Penarth school busMother of boy, 13, who has Down's syndrome, tells of her anger and relief over incident.
- Britain's bus coverage hits 28-year lowSome rural areas have even gone as far as setting up their own replacement bus services.
- Why we drive our own busesWhen their local bus services were cut, one group of people decided to set up their own bus company.
The Telegraph
Bolton News
- Bus network shrinks by 7.8 million miles — that's 312 trips around the equator!GREATER Manchester’s bus network has shrunk by almost eight million miles since 2014, it has been revealed.
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- West Yorkshire's bus network shrinks by more than nine per cent in four years WEST Yorkshire’s bus network has shrunk by almost a tenth in four years, new figures have revealed.
Northern Echo
- Scale of bus service decline in region revealedCALLS for more investment in the region’s bus services have been made, as the impact and scale of cuts in the region have emerged.
Other Regional Press
- More than a million miles down thanks to route cuts, new figures show SWINDON and Wiltshire have lost more than a million bus miles over a four-year period due to routes being cut, new analysis shows.
- Bus journeys in Wales fall by 20 per cent in a decadeTHE number of miles travelled by bus services in Wales has fallen by nearly 20 per cent in 10 years, new statistics show.
- £550,000 cuts to buses could leave Northamptonshire's villages stranded and 'isolated'Northamptonshire's subsidised bus network has shrunk by nearly 500,000 miles in the past four years - and is set to get worse under county council cuts.
- Off the buses: Passenger numbers drop to decade lowFEWER people than ever are using buses to get around the county, according to new figures showing the decade's steepest drop in passenger journeys.
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