Coach service offers journeys across the UK for knockdown price of £2 each way
Hundreds of cut-price, sustainable intercity journeys are on special offer this week for trips across England, Scotland and Wales
March 2024
West Yorkshire to bring bus services under public control
Region becomes third in north of England to reverse four decades of deregulation after similar moves by Manchester and Liverpool
January 2024
London’s single tube and bus fares to be frozen, Khan says
Mayor pledges £123m to keep prices down as opponents accuse him of trying to buy re-election votes
Let’s have fair fares on the buses
Letter: There was plenty of resistance 50 years ago from middle-class motorists in Sheffield, says John Kirkwood – and it’s even harder now to persuade people to ditch the car
The Guardian view on fare-free public transport: good for people as well as the planet
Editorial: The southern French city of Montpellier is the latest to recognise the benefits of incentivising residents to get on buses, trams and trains
October 2023
Liverpool announces it will bring buses back under public control
City region to join Greater Manchester in reversing deregulation and introducing franchising on routes
HS2: Rishi Sunak’s £36bn in transport funding – is it new or just repackaged?
Labour says ‘almost all’ rail and road projects have been announced already and are not new investments
Brief letters
Fungi for all, not foraged by the few
Brief letters: This cep-tred isle | Harper’s buses | Prison jingoism | Hurricane Suella | Decency or luxury?
September 2023
‘Coming-of-age moment’: Bee Network creates a buzz in Greater Manchester
Manchester to launch ‘revolutionary’ Bee Network public bus system
Brief letters
Has our ‘green’ king gone off the rails?
Manchester’s buses are back under public control: this is how to run local transport
Cat Hobbs
Bargain bus trips save the pennies and the planet
The Guardian view on Greater Manchester’s bus revolution: the public at the wheel
Greater Manchester jumps onboard the franchise route to better buses
July 2023
Councils in England hit by ‘unsustainable’ £450m bill for free bus passes
LGA says services being put at risk by huge cost and calls way Whitehall funds scheme not fit for purpose
June 2023
You can rely on public transport in London, but not out here in the sticks
Letters: Readers say they’d love to ditch their cars as Stuart Jeffries has, but it’s not easy in rural areas
May 2023
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Keir Starmer says Labour will prioritise growth which will mean ‘better jobs, public services, holidays and more cash’ – as it happened
Bus fares: £2 cap in England extended to end of October
March 2023
Labour vows biggest bus overhaul in 40 years with new powers over operators
Exclusive: party plans to give areas devolved powers to reinstate cancelled routes and set affordable fares
