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£25m to Kick-start better buses

Published: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:39:30

Ruth Kelly, Transport Secretary, today announced £25 million to provide new and improved bus services across England. This will better connect local communities with vital services - like hospitals, business centres and colleges - and help tackle congestion and rural accessibility by giving people more alternatives to their car.

Over the last three years the Kickstart programme has helped councils and bus operators introduce 43 new or enhanced bus services. This resulted in increases in local bus use and improved the quality of bus services for local communities.   For example in Yorkshire and the Humber:

North East Lincolnshire received around £523,000 to reinvigorate the Grimsby and Cleethorpes bus services. The service takes in the main housing areas as a circular route, uses new low-floor buses with increased frequency and employs a high profile marketing campaign to encourage modal shift


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