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Free Bus Travel in Swansea – July and August 2022
28 Jul

Free Bus Travel in Swansea – July and August 2022

Adventure Travel are delighted to offer you Free bus travel in Swansea this summer, courtesy of Swansea Council.
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Stagecoach Becomes First UK Bus Operator to Complete a National Roll-Out of New Bridge Alert Technology
26 Jul

Stagecoach Becomes First UK Bus Operator to Complete a National Roll-Out of New Bridge Alert Technology

In partnership with GreenRoad, the bus operator is the first in the UK to roll out new low bridge detection functionality across its nationwide fleet of double decker buses, equating to more than 4000 of vehicles.
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Schools Out! Kids Travel Free This Summer
24 Jul

Schools Out! Kids Travel Free This Summer

Newport Bus is delighted to announce its summer offer - Kids travel free with an accompanying adult.
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Free bus offer returns for summer holidays
21 Jul

Free bus offer returns for summer holidays

Swansea Council's free bus initiative is returning for the summer holidays, starting on July 29.  
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Industrial action to impact services on 27th and 30th July
20 Jul

Industrial action to impact services on 27th and 30th July

Transport for Wales (TfW) customers are being advised to plan their journeys carefully next week with services set to be disrupted by two days of national industrial action.
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Transport for Wales issue travel advice for extreme heat
14 Jul

Transport for Wales issue travel advice for extreme heat

Transport for Wales (TfW) and Network Rail are asking customers to check before they travel on public transport with hot weather likely to cause disruption and affect travelling conditions.
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Adventure Travel Acquires New Vale of Glamorgan Routes
04 Jul

Adventure Travel Acquires New Vale of Glamorgan Routes

Adventure Travel is set to take over two key Vale of Glamorgan bus routes from Easyway of Pencoed following the independent company’s closure at the end of July.
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It’s back! Catch the Bus Month relaunches for September 2022
26 Jun

It’s back! Catch the Bus Month relaunches for September 2022

Bus Users wants ‘Catch the Bus Month’ to celebrate the bus as a sustainable, inclusive and accessible form of transport that reduces congestion, improves air quality and provides access to life’s opportunities. 
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Arriva Group Announces New Zero Emission Institute
19 Jun

Arriva Group Announces New Zero Emission Institute

The pan-European passenger transport company, Arriva Group, has announced a new Zero Emission Institute which will be led by a team of experts in fleet planning, to accelerate its journey to net-zero in partnership with cities and regions.
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TfW Trials Personal Announcement Service for Passengers with Hearing Loss
15 Jun

TfW Trials Personal Announcement Service for Passengers with Hearing Loss

Transport for Wales (TfW) has trialled a new onboard digital service providing passengers with hearing loss with personalised journey information announcements.
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First Cymru Launches Open-Top Bus Rides This Summer
09 Jun

First Cymru Launches Open-Top Bus Rides This Summer

First Cymru are relaunching their Mumbles and Porthcawl open-top Coaster bus services and introducing TWO new routes for Summer 2022: Aberavon and Tenby.
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Stagecoach South Wales are excited to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
31 May

Stagecoach South Wales are excited to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Stagecoach South Wales have unveiled a bus dressed in a jubilee livery that is showing casing in different operating areas across South Wales.
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Fflecsi to launch in the Holywell area
30 May

Fflecsi to launch in the Holywell area

Transport for Wales is taking another step forward with its expansion of the fflecsi bus service, taking it to another part of Wales.
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Free bus services in Swansea
24 May

Free bus services in Swansea

The hugely-popular free bus offer in the city is back for the last weekend in May and the long bank holiday weekend at the start of June. 
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Transport poverty has been found to have a disproportionate effect on some demographic groups ©2021, photojB (Jonathan Bewley)
16 May

People in Wales facing transport poverty reality, says Sustrans report

'Making the Connection', a new report published by Sustrans Cymru, has found that people across all parts of Wales are suffering the effects of transport poverty. 
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New schemes to help refugees and people from Ukraine integrate into Wales
08 May

New schemes to help refugees and people from Ukraine integrate into Wales

A new Welcome Ticket will provide refugees and people from Ukraine with free bus travel and they will also receive free entry to Cadw sites across Wales.
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Ramblers Cymru Spring in into action to give nature a boost
25 Apr

Ramblers Cymru Spring in into action to give nature a boost

Throughout April and May, volunteers across Wales will join Ramblers Cymru regional officers, The Wildlife Trusts Wales, Coed Cadw, the Woodland Trust in Wales, and local authorities to run various activities such as wildlife activity days, seed planting, vegetation clearance, and much more.
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New report from Stagecoach sets out pathway to attracting over one million new passengers to the UK’s bus networks through the switch to Zero Emission Buses
12 Apr

New report from Stagecoach sets out pathway to attracting over one million new passengers to the UK’s bus networks through the switch to Zero Emission Buses

The research shows that 22% of people interviewed in Wales would use the bus more if Zero Emission Buses replaced local diesel buses, with 73% of people wanting to see their local bus company move to using only ZEBs.
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Welsh Government Introduces Free Bus Travel Scheme for Refugees - ‘Welcome Ticket’
11 Apr

Welsh Government Introduces Free Bus Travel Scheme for Refugees - ‘Welcome Ticket’

The scheme is available for all refugees travelling to Wales searching for a safe haven in line with Welsh Government’s Nation of Sanctuary vision on production of valid proof of eligibility as listed under the terms and conditions of the scheme.
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Transport for Wales signs deal to bring in Traveline Cymru
31 Mar

Transport for Wales signs deal to bring in Traveline Cymru

Building on the success of the popular Traveline Cymru service, the company that owns it, PTI Cymru has joined the Transport for Wales (TfW) organisation in a deal agreed by the Welsh Government to create an integrated public transport information centre fit for the future.
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