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Dutch Treat
EVERY MAJOR Dutch coach manufacturer and most coach manufacturers from Europe including Leyland Bus will be exhibiting at the first ever International Autobus RAI exhibition......
Dial-a-bus Service
CHESTERFIELD in Derbyshire is the latest town to introduce a diala-ride bus service for disabled people. The Chesterfield scheme is unusual in that a private coach operator has......
Steering Committee
A local steering committee has been set up with the aid of an £800 grant from the County Council to organise and train volunteers to look after passengers once they are in the......
Permits
Registered disabled people in the area have been sent permits to allow them to travel at a reduced rate and other people who think they qualify have been invited to contact the......
Five Routes
Chesterfield Dial-a-Bus is to operate five daily routes linking separate sections of the city with the central area. It will operate as a licensed stage route under a special......
White Paper
Although nothing is being said officially about the experiments, it is expected that the White Paper will follow the same lines. Mr Ridley is known to be keen to encourage rural......
National Bus
The White Paper will present options for some form of privatisation for NBC but the Government is against complete privatisation which would create a monopoly. Ministers want to......
Amos Dilemma
Before the new policy becomes effective Mr Ridley will have to make a decision on the appeal by Amos, the proposed trans-London minibus operator, against a refusal to grant a......
Pte Formula?
A similar formula could be adopted for the English PTEs when the metropolitan councils are abolished with the Greater London Council.......
Birmingham Crusader
MIDLAND RED NORTH'S Hotspur manager, Chris Niblock, based at Shrewsbury, has been given the job of launching a new company to market and promote coach travel in the West......
Ridley At Blackpool
BLACKPOOL'S Pembroke Hotel is to be the venue for this year's Bus and Coach Council annual conference on September 25 to 27. Main speakers will include Transport Secretary......
Timesaver Olympians
NATIONAL BUS COMPANY subsidiary Ribble has introduced dual-purpose Leyland Olympian double-deckers on its Timesaver services between Burnley and Manchester. The Olympians have......
Tigers Spring To The Fore
LONDON COUNTRY is now the operator of the largest fleet of Leyland Tiger coaches in the world. Its latest batch of 60 Plaxton Paramount 3200-bodied examples brings its fleet of......