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21.5.07

Re-regulation * UK - Transport giants mull legal move over bus proposals

They are considering a potential legal challenge against proposals set to be outlined in the draft Road Transport Bill due at the end of this month...

Glasgow,Scotland,UK -The Herald, by PAUL ROGERSON -May 21 2007: -- Scottish transport giants FirstGroup and Stagecoach are understood to have consulted lawyers over potential government moves to re-regulate metropolitan bus services south of the border... In a bid to persuade councils to take the electorally difficult step of introducing congestion charging, it is believed the bill will offer them the incentive of taking control of bus operations under beefed-up "quality contracts". Routes would be franchised out under these contracts to a single operator...

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