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26/12/2023 No trains on Kyle line until January 4 following Christmas flooding, passengers warned [Inverness Courier] Bus replacement services are being organised from December 27, but these are still being sourced and passengers are advised to check their journeys. (Permalink) Buses Flooding Garve Inverness Kyle Line Kyle of Lochalsh Inverness Courier
14/08/2023 Transport group set up to find out who is using city centre at night [Glasgow Times] Glasgow needs a public transport service that serves the needs of the city centre that involves trains and subway as well as buses, Susan Aitken has said. (Permalink) Buses Glasgow Glasgow District Subway Night Public Transport SPT Glasgow Central: 380111 waits at Glasgow Central, platform 7, with a Cathcart Circle service on 18 January 2022. Bill Roberton 18/01/2022 Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Glasgow Queen Street station facade, in the late afternoon of 3rd November 2021. Bill Roberton 03/11/2021 Glasgow Times
07/04/2023 Buses carry five times as many passengers as trains, yet receive a tiny fraction of railways' state support Paul White [Scotsman] The bus sector regularly calls for its vehicles to be given priority on our congested roads but, as Covid recovery funding ends, we are also calling for parity, if not priority, within the government's transport budget and policy aspirations. Buses are the predominant mode of public transport in Scotland, responsible for over 75 per cent of all such trips. They are flexible, sustainable, and accessible, taking people to work and school and connecting Scotland communities. (Permalink) Buses COVID-19 Subsidy Scotsman
13/02/2022 Plan to integrate Scots bus, ferry and train networks unveiled [The Herald] Radical plans have emerged for a 'one network' public transport system for western Scotland with smart card payments and integrated ferries, buses, trains and subway. (Permalink) Buses Ferries Smart card Strathclyde Transport Subway Trains Transport integration The Herald BBC News
22/10/2021 Cumbrian rail group unhappy over bus service plans [News and Star] THE county's new bus plans 'lack ambition' and 'fail to address the transport problems of rural eastern Cumbria' according to a transport group. The Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line (FoSCL) is a public transport user group with a membership of 3,000. Though a rail user group, it has long been involved in promoting the reinstatement of local bus services and have suggested that these should connect with the Settle-Carlisle line wherever possible - to create a rural transport network of which the rail line would be part. (Permalink) Buses Cumbria Council Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line Integrated Transport News and Star
26/09/2021 5,000 aviation jobs lost while £1.2bn public money spent saving buses, trains & Scot Gov airports [The Herald] Ministers have presided over a 'tsunami' of nearly 5000 job losses in aviation across Scotland after failing to provide direct pandemic support, while using over £1.2 billion of public money to support buses and trains and its own airports, the Herald on Sunday can reveal. (Permalink) Airports Aviation Buses COVID-19 Jobs Railways The Herald