Pta Rejects Minister's Free Fares Plea

• There was a major slap in the face this week for Mr Geoffrey Rippon, Secretary of State for the Environment, from the Tyneside Passenger Transport Authority. Mr Rippon had......

Willowbrook Wheels Theft

• Coach wheels and tyres worth £730 were stolen from the Loughborough factory of the Willowbrook coachbuilding concern by thieves who cut through a heavy chain-link fence. The......

Glasgow Pte Job Confirmed

• Mr William Murray, present general manager of Glasgow Corporation transport department, has been appointed director of operations of the new Glasgow Passenger Transport......

National Travel Coach Test

• A series of tests to find the most suitable coach for long distance services and tours is being run by National ,Travel (NBC) Ltd. A 53-seat Bedford YRT has been in service on......

United Want Teesside-scots Service

• An application to operate a direct coach service between Teesside and Edinburgh and Glasgow has been made by United Automobile Services Ltd, the National Bus Company's......

People

Peter Liusey, 41, who joined JCB Sales a year ago as managing director. has been appointed a director of J. C. Bamford Excavators Ltd, the group's manUfacturing company. He will......

Bromsgrove College Successes

• The latest 13 students to qualify at Bromsgrove College of Further Education for the Diploma in Road Transport Engineering finished their three-year course last Friday. Five......