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SCOTLAND'S BUSES 2026 🏴 | Published in association with @CPT_Scot ahead of next week's 48th annual #CPTScotCon26 Conference in Edinburgh, we put the spotlight on Scotland's bus sector
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PEOPLE 🤝 | Transport offers ‘huge’ career opportunities. Arriva London’s Philip Gerhardt has urged people to consider careers across transport, highlighting routes from driving and graduate schemes
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September 25, 2026 at 12:34 PM
PEOPLE 🤝 | Transport offers ‘huge’ career opportunities. Arriva London’s Philip Gerhardt has urged people to consider careers across transport, highlighting routes from driving and graduate schemes
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COMMENT 🗣️ | Celebrate the end of Chiltern? No thanks - As Chiltern passes into public ownership, Alex Warner says its entrepreneurial culture, local focus and appetite for innovation must be preserved
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September 25, 2026 at 12:31 PM
COMMENT 🗣️ | Celebrate the end of Chiltern? No thanks - As Chiltern passes into public ownership, Alex Warner says its entrepreneurial culture, local focus and appetite for innovation must be preserved
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COMMENT 🗣️ | Buses are box office under Burnham - Jonathan Bray says the new PM sees buses as a fast and visible way to ease living costs, empower communities and show that government works
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September 25, 2026 at 12:27 PM
COMMENT 🗣️ | Buses are box office under Burnham - Jonathan Bray says the new PM sees buses as a fast and visible way to ease living costs, empower communities and show that government works
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INNOVATION & TECH 🤖 | Ticket retailing for a changing railway. Magellan will supply over 200 ticket vending machines to Southeastern. Johnny Astbury explains how self-service ticket retailing is evolving
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September 25, 2026 at 12:20 PM
INNOVATION & TECH 🤖 | Ticket retailing for a changing railway. Magellan will supply over 200 ticket vending machines to Southeastern. Johnny Astbury explains how self-service ticket retailing is evolving
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NEWS 📰 | ‘Scotland’s £2 bus fare cap must be affordable’. Cabinet secretary Stephen Flynn told last week’s CPT Scotland Conference national roll-out of fare cap will require constructive partnership working
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September 25, 2026 at 12:18 PM
NEWS 📰 | ‘Scotland’s £2 bus fare cap must be affordable’. Cabinet secretary Stephen Flynn told last week’s CPT Scotland Conference national roll-out of fare cap will require constructive partnership working
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NEWS 📰 | ‘Political propulsion’ is now behind buses. At this month’s UK Bus Summit in Liverpool, an audience of more than 300 were urged to seize the opportunity to ‘make hay while the sun shines’
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September 25, 2026 at 12:16 PM
NEWS 📰 | ‘Political propulsion’ is now behind buses. At this month’s UK Bus Summit in Liverpool, an audience of more than 300 were urged to seize the opportunity to ‘make hay while the sun shines’
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OUT NOW 🗞️ | Click the link for a summary of what's inside this week's issue of Passenger Transport. Don't miss out, subscribe today!
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September 25, 2026 at 12:12 PM
OUT NOW 🗞️ | Click the link for a summary of what's inside this week's issue of Passenger Transport. Don't miss out, subscribe today!
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PEOPLE 🤝 | 'Bus has huge career potential' - Metroline London chief executive Katie Frost reflected on her career on the Intuitive Insights podcast with Nina Lockwood, including her recent switch from rail to bus
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September 11, 2026 at 3:46 PM
PEOPLE 🤝 | 'Bus has huge career potential' - Metroline London chief executive Katie Frost reflected on her career on the Intuitive Insights podcast with Nina Lockwood, including her recent switch from rail to bus
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LEADERSHIP STORIES 📖 | East Yorkshire’s transport Top Gun - Caroline Wilson, MD and founder at The Recruitment Story, meets Hull and East Yorkshire’s transport chief, Chris Blucke
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September 11, 2026 at 3:41 PM
LEADERSHIP STORIES 📖 | East Yorkshire’s transport Top Gun - Caroline Wilson, MD and founder at The Recruitment Story, meets Hull and East Yorkshire’s transport chief, Chris Blucke
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COMMENT 🗣️ | Give the people a reason to travel. Alex Warner says leisure patronage is encouraging, but we must work harder to inspire journeys and turn affordable fares into memorable days out
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September 11, 2026 at 3:36 PM
COMMENT 🗣️ | Give the people a reason to travel. Alex Warner says leisure patronage is encouraging, but we must work harder to inspire journeys and turn affordable fares into memorable days out
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NEWS 📰 | The extension of Scotland’s £2 bus fare cap to Strathclyde is already reshaping operators’ commercial fare structures, with First Bus withdrawing return tickets and some longer-distance journeys seeing substantial reductions in cost
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September 11, 2026 at 3:33 PM
NEWS 📰 | The extension of Scotland’s £2 bus fare cap to Strathclyde is already reshaping operators’ commercial fare structures, with First Bus withdrawing return tickets and some longer-distance journeys seeing substantial reductions in cost
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NEWS 📰 | ‘We’re backing local leaders’. As franchised services begin in Liverpool City Region, the Prime Minister is pledging to help others to follow
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September 11, 2026 at 3:30 PM
NEWS 📰 | ‘We’re backing local leaders’. As franchised services begin in Liverpool City Region, the Prime Minister is pledging to help others to follow
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SCOTLAND'S BUSES 2026 🏴 | Published in association with @CPT_Scot ahead of next week's 48th annual #CPTScotCon26 Conference in Edinburgh, we put the spotlight on Scotland's bus sector
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September 11, 2026 at 3:25 PM
SCOTLAND'S BUSES 2026 🏴 | Published in association with @CPT_Scot ahead of next week's 48th annual #CPTScotCon26 Conference in Edinburgh, we put the spotlight on Scotland's bus sector
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COMMENT 🗣️ | Learning to play a new game. From padel and parkruns – Alex Warner asks if we can find inspiration for how public transport can reinvent itself and appeal to new audiences
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August 28, 2026 at 2:19 PM
COMMENT 🗣️ | Learning to play a new game. From padel and parkruns – Alex Warner asks if we can find inspiration for how public transport can reinvent itself and appeal to new audiences
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COMMENT 🗣️ | Marc Winsland considers the long term future of the £2 fare cap. Is capping fares the best way to help existing and potential bus users in England? Or are we storing up problems for the future?
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August 28, 2026 at 2:11 PM
COMMENT 🗣️ | Marc Winsland considers the long term future of the £2 fare cap. Is capping fares the best way to help existing and potential bus users in England? Or are we storing up problems for the future?
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NEWS 📰 | Politicians in the past may have made the mistake of overselling the early benefits of bus franchising, Welsh transport minister Mark Hooper has said.
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August 28, 2026 at 2:07 PM
NEWS 📰 | Politicians in the past may have made the mistake of overselling the early benefits of bus franchising, Welsh transport minister Mark Hooper has said.
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NEWS 📰 | Virgin secures access for 2030 Euro launc. Prospective operator secures long-term HS1 access for planned European services, but Amsterdam paths face capacity constraints as traffic grows
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August 28, 2026 at 2:04 PM
NEWS 📰 | Virgin secures access for 2030 Euro launc. Prospective operator secures long-term HS1 access for planned European services, but Amsterdam paths face capacity constraints as traffic grows
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NEWS 📰 | ‘Passengers will judge success of franchising’. A landmark month for Liverpool will see the city region begin franchised bus services and host the #UKBusSummit – but ‘the real test’ lies ahead, says mayor Steve Rotheram
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August 28, 2026 at 1:59 PM
NEWS 📰 | ‘Passengers will judge success of franchising’. A landmark month for Liverpool will see the city region begin franchised bus services and host the #UKBusSummit – but ‘the real test’ lies ahead, says mayor Steve Rotheram
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UK BUS SUMMIT OFFICIAL GUIDE 🚍 | This publication has been produced by Passenger Transport in association with Transport Times Events, ahead of the eighth annual #UKBusSummit. The event will be held in Liverpool on September 10th
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August 28, 2026 at 1:35 PM
UK BUS SUMMIT OFFICIAL GUIDE 🚍 | This publication has been produced by Passenger Transport in association with Transport Times Events, ahead of the eighth annual #UKBusSummit. The event will be held in Liverpool on September 10th
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COMMENT 🗣️ | Why projects like SEStransit matter - Rachael Murphy of SEStran explains why the best transport networks do more than move people from A to B. They connect communities and unlock opportunities
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July 30, 2026 at 2:48 PM
COMMENT 🗣️ | Why projects like SEStransit matter - Rachael Murphy of SEStran explains why the best transport networks do more than move people from A to B. They connect communities and unlock opportunities
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LEADERSHIP STORIES 📖 | ‘I get to make a positive difference’ - Caroline Wilson (@MrsRecruiter75), MD and founder at The Recruitment Story, meets Colette Casey, customer experience director at LNER
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July 30, 2026 at 2:45 PM
LEADERSHIP STORIES 📖 | ‘I get to make a positive difference’ - Caroline Wilson (@MrsRecruiter75), MD and founder at The Recruitment Story, meets Colette Casey, customer experience director at LNER
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COMMENT 🗣️ | Employee wellbeing isn’t a luxury. Alex Warner spoke to Transport Benevolent Fund CEO John Sheehy about changes in the industry, and why care for employees is a priority
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July 30, 2026 at 2:43 PM
COMMENT 🗣️ | Employee wellbeing isn’t a luxury. Alex Warner spoke to Transport Benevolent Fund CEO John Sheehy about changes in the industry, and why care for employees is a priority
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NEWS 📰 | £2 fare cap welcomed – but clarity is sought. Stakeholders in the bus sector welcomed the new prime minister’s decision to restore England’s £2 bus fare cap but they want a long-term funding plan
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July 30, 2026 at 2:36 PM
NEWS 📰 | £2 fare cap welcomed – but clarity is sought. Stakeholders in the bus sector welcomed the new prime minister’s decision to restore England’s £2 bus fare cap but they want a long-term funding plan
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NEWS 📰 | ‘No one should be priced out’ - Prime minister Andy Burnham announces restoration of England’s £2 bus fare cap from January
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July 30, 2026 at 2:34 PM
NEWS 📰 | ‘No one should be priced out’ - Prime minister Andy Burnham announces restoration of England’s £2 bus fare cap from January
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LEADERSHIP STORIES 📖 | "I’ve learned to trust my judgement" - Caroline Wilson, MD and founder at The Recruitment Story, meets Martin Dean, MD of Go-Ahead’s regional bus division
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LEADERSHIP STORIES 📖 | "I’ve learned to trust my judgement" - Caroline Wilson, MD and founder at The Recruitment Story, meets Martin Dean, MD of Go-Ahead’s regional bus division
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