NEW BUSES * USA - Megabus launches double-decker buses
Boston,CT,USA -The Boston Globe, by Paul S. Makishima -June 17, 2008: -- Megabus, they of the clan that offers free Wi-Fi and Net fares as low as $1, is introducing double-decker buses on its New York to Washington run... How cool is that... Megabus, whose parent Coach also owns Gray Line New York Sightseeing, says it's the first company in the United States to use double-deckers for city-to-city travel... Company representatives say that the tall guys will be available on the Boston-New York route sometime in the next four months. Stay tuned...* India - 700 more buses for public transport - Most of them will serve city, suburban areas
Chennai,India -The Hindu, by R.K. Radhakrishnan -16 June 2008: -- In just about 40 days from now, the first batch of the planned additional 700 buses will be added to State transport corporations, making it the second largest addition in a single stroke in recent times... Most of the buses will serve city and suburban areas, while some will be allocated to towns that are in dire need of augmentation of services. The buses had been added to the city roads with the financial help of the government but the Transport Minister said his department was trying to garner more revenue without resorting to increase in bus fares... The accumulated losses and the operating losses were reasons for considerable worry though, he said...
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