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Grant Palmer pull out of contract tender for bus route due to “relationship breakdown”

A local bus operator has revealed it pulled out of a recent Bedford Borough Council contract tender due to a breakdown in its working relationship with the authority. Last week's Environment and...

Bus service review shows “inefficiencies” says Bedford’s deputy mayor

A review of Bedford borough’s rural bus services has shown inefficiencies, the deputy mayor has said. But when the routes become more efficient money will be available to...

Council should do more to help with bus timetables across Borough says councillor

A Bedford Borough cllr had said the council should get bus operators to “clock-face” bus schedules as residents are complaining about buses turning up within minutes of each other...

Council aim for co-operation as bus operators lock horns over timetables

The "wheels have come off" public transport in North Bedfordshire, councillor Jonathan Abbott has claimed, but the council said it wants to work with the operators to get the best from both services...

44 bus service extended to cover Elstow Park and Ride, Flitwick and Ampthill

From next week, (26 February) the Grant Palmer 44 bus service will be extended to pick up users of the Elstow Park and Ride site, as well as taking Bedfordians on to Flitwick and Ampthill. This expansion comes...

Bus operator claims council missed deadlines to resolve Route 21 cancellation

Bedford Borough Council has claimed that a bus operator ceased the 21 bus route without “following the standard process”. But Grant Palmer refuted this, saying it “does not have a discretion” in how the...

Letters: It “should serve the public not the bus company” readers write in over Grant Palmer Brickhill bus withdrawal

Three times this week I have waited at Bedford bus station for the Grant Palmer 68 bus to Ampthill at 1.20pm. It has not turned up even 15 minutes after that time. Luckily I have an alternative...

Letters: “Sporadic service” led to low custom on 21 bus

Re: your article of 26 September ‘Grant Palmer blames “low custom” for withdrawal of Brickhill bus service’. Most of the "low custom" on this route has been due to the sporadic service over the...

Grant Palmer blames “low custom” for withdrawal of Brickhill bus service

Bedford Borough Council has confirmed that the 21 bus service operated by Grant Palmer will cease on 2 October. In a statement on its website, Grant Palmer Passenger Transport said: "Service 21...

Opinion: Public transport in Wixams is making my depression significantly worse

Trainee journalist, Jo Fay, shares her experience of living in Wixams, relying on public transport and the impact it has had on her mental health. I have been living in...

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