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Dawlish News
Dawlish News
25 Feb 2019 19:21

The High Court has approved the Bus and Coach Association’s request for a judicial review application against the Secretary of State for Transport against their failure to enforce the rules that would mean that community buses with more than nine seats would be subject to the same regulations as buses, minibuses and coaches run for profit.

Fifteen community bus schemes in Devon could be placed under threat if the judicial review sides with the Bus and Coach Association’s review and compels the court to issue an order to force a new enforcement policy and force community transport groups, operating on a not-for-profit basis, to apply for permits to carry passengers in a bus or minibus without requiring a Public Service Vehicle operator’s licence, or face prosecution.

These are the community transport schemes which Devon County Council currently helps to support:

Exeter

Exeter Community Transport Association

East Devon

Axe Valley Ring & Ride
Exmouth & District Community Transport Group
TRIP Community Transport Association (Honiton)

Mid Devon

Tiverton & Crediton Community Transport Association

North Devon

Go North Devon Ltd
Ilfracombe & District Community Transport Association (incl. Torridge Ring & Ride)

South Hams

Ivybridge & District Community Transport Association (incl. West Dart Community Bus)
Totnes & Dartmouth Ring & Ride (operated by Newton Abbot Community Transport)

Teignbridge

East Teignbridge (Dawlish) Community Transport Association
Newton Abbot Community Transport Association (incl. Totnes/Dartmouth Ring & Ride)

Torridge

Holsworthy Rural Community Transport Association
Torridge Ring & Ride (operated by Ilfracombe Community Transport Association)

West Devon

Okehampton & District Community Transport Group
Tavistock & District Local Transport Partnership (Ring & Ride)

Read more...https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/community-bus-services-under-threat-2580872

 

Daverc
Daverc
26 Feb 2019 09:57

I guess this means the 187 ?  And I was told by one of their drivers they run two school buses as well.  I don't know what the implications are of needing a PSV licence (maybe they have such a thing already ?).

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