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Bus Passenger Decline
• Between 1985/86 and 1988/ 89 there was a 10% fall in the number of passengers carried on local bus services outside London, says Transport Minister Michael Portillo. This is......
Dart Dialogue
• Dennis Specialist Vehicles is negotiating with bodybuilders to supply Dart chassis. An 8.5m version has joined the standard 9m chassis, and a 9.8m Dart is planned for next......
Smart System
III Milton Keynes City bus company has fitted its fleet of 100 vehicles with a "smart card" ticket system, similar to Telecom's Plionecard system, which will allow users to pay......
Proud Tourists
• Ensign Bus Services subsidiary London Pride Sightseeing has replaced traditional double-deckers on London tourist services with four Northern Counties-bodied Leyland......
Primrose Joins Battle For Scarborough Town
• Competition is escalating on Scarborough Town services with Primrose Valley Coaches joining the fray. With Appleby's already challenging in the town, Scarborough & District......
Burling Goes
• GM Buses managing director, Dr Eric Burling, has resigned from his 255,000 job. Burling took leave from the company during October amid speculation that his departure was......
Closure Campaign
• Unions and local authorities are campaigning to stop the closure of two Kel vin Central depots, in East Kilbride and Wishaw. Strathclyde.......
Wheelchair Award • London Regional Transport's Airbus...
an EC award for providing wheelchair access on all vehicles. Two routes USE 24 Metrobuses, each capable of carrying wheelchairs. They are operated by London United Busways.......
Disabled Design • Cromweld Steel Is Mounting A...
design a vehicle body to suil disabled people. The Stokeon-Trent firm says that wheelchair fixin g s, lift installation, low floors and seating access will be suitable topics......
Underfloor Lift
• An underfloor passenger lift has been launched by lift engineer P J Fretwell of Manchester.......
Sally Service
• Sally Line has launched a Customline service in which operators booking a sailing will get a document case with 250 brochures relating to their destination, over-printed with......
Telford Success
• A bus service running to Telford Industrial Estate, which was launched by Shropshire County Council in September, has proved so successful that an extra vehicle has been......