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Monday, 16 April 2018

BBC News

• West Belfast bus service diverted due to safety concernsA west Belfast bus service is to be diverted due to safety concerns for Translink drivers.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Buses back for Gwynedd seaside towns left without a regular service Lloyds Coaches top perate on routes between Porthmadog and Barmouth left high and dry following collapse of Express Motors

Liverpool Echo

• Here's what it takes to clean an Arriva bus - including thousands of bits of gum left behindHundreds of thousands of bits of gum are cleaned from Arriva buses every year, the bus giant has told the ECHO as it asks customers to “think before they litter”.

The York Press

• Experts to reveal fresh ideas for York bus strategyTRANSPORT experts from the University of Leeds will give a presentation outlining their ideas for a new bus strategy for York.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Jayne Dowle: Jeremy Corbyn’s free bus idea is a journey worth taking FREE bus passes for the under-25s is definitely one of Jeremy Corbyn’s better ideas. Let’s put aside our cynicism for a moment. It is clear that the Labour leader must keep on finding ways to appeal to the youth vote, given that his party is riven with strife and Theresa May stubbornly remains ahead of him in the opinion polls.

Bucks Free Press

• New bus shelters installed in Marlow as part of town revampNew bus shelters have been installed in Marlow as part of the council’s efforts to revamp the town.

Other Regional Press

• Reading Buses launches route to Heathrow AirportThe Green Line 703 Reading Buses service will take holidaymakers and business travellers to the airport and onto far flung destinations across the world

Other News Sources

• Country's first electric bus fleet to be ready by autumn THE first fleet of electric buses in the country is almost ready to take to the roads after enough funds have been raised to complete the project.