Tyne And Wear Fears

TYNE AND WEAR PTE's three-year public transport plan gives a generally pessimistic view of its operations after deregulation. It forecasts that the level of direct costs for......

Coach Fires Under Study: Chalker

RESEARCH into the fire risk in coaches is being stepped up, Transport Minister Lynda Chalker has told MPs. As the Commons came to the end of the last session of Parliament last......

Lit Gets Warning On Maintenance

TRANSPORT Secretary Nicholas Ridley has warned London Regional Transport that he expects to see rapid improvements in its bus maintenance. Outlining ERT's response to the......

Bcc Lobbies On Drivers' Hours

. 1HE BUS and Coach Council took its late bid to amend the EEC drivers' hours review to the Department of 'Fransport this week in an effort to alter the outcome of next week's......

Stagecoach Fined £80 For Hours Breaches

PERM independent Stagecoach was fined ti800 when it appeared before Perth Sheriffs court accused of drivers' hours offences. The company admitted four offences of permitting......