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National Express takes over Petermann Partners to expand in US

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:50:00 GMT

Transport giant National Express has taken over a US travel firm in a £126.4 million deal to help expansion plans on the other side of the Atlantic.

National Express boss Dave Kaye in shock resignation

Birmingham Mail — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:00:00 GMT

THE man in charge of 4,500 National Express bus drivers has left the Birmingham group “for personal reasons” after less than a year at the helm.

Police on Birmingham buses to look after new school starters

Birmingham Mail — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 08:00:00 GMT

POLICE are out in force on the buses around Birmingham to help ensure the city’s school starters are safe and well on their first few days of travelling alone on public transport.

Quinton mum tells of bus smash horror after child suffered crush injuries

Birmingham Mail — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 08:00:00 GMT

A HORRIFIED mum has told of the moment she found out her parked car which was carrying two of her children had careered into a bus.

Boy airlifted to hospital after car smashes into bus in Harborne

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:50:00 GMT

A toddler has been airlifted to hospital after a car smashed into a bus on Harborne High Street.

Aston Manor Transport Museum to shut down

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:00:00 GMT

BIRMINGHAM’S historic road transport museum looks set to close at the end of the year after failing in its bid to buy its Victorian Tram shed home from the city council.

Porsche Boxter left in crumpled heap after road smash with coach and Mini in Walsall

Birmingham Mail — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:01:00 GMT

A Porsche Boxter was left in a crumpled heap after it was involved in a three vehicle smash in Walsall.

One dead and one seriously injured in Castle Bromwich crash

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:38:00 GMT

One man has died and another has been seriously injured in a road traffic collision involving a car and a bus in Birmingham this evening.

Bus ran over toddler at Druids Heath bus stop

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:00:00 GMT

A DEVOTED mum has told how she repeatedly refused doctors’ advice to turn off her three-year-old son’s life support machine after he fell under a bus and his heart stopped for 30 minutes.

Travel West Midlands boss Dave Kaye comes face-to-face with Birmingham Mail readers

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:58:00 GMT

THE CITY’S bus boss promised he was sacking bad drivers and having major success in tackling crime, when he came face-to-face with Birmingham Mail readers.

National Express West Midlands boss Dave Kaye answers Birmingham Mail readers' questions

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT

THESE are some of the questions posed by the Birmingham Mail bus panel to National Express West Midlands chief Dave Kaye;

Row as child bus fares axed after 10pm in West Midlands

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 08:01:00 GMT

CHILDREN’S safety could be put at risk after bus giant National Express scrapped reduced fares on late-night journeys, an angry father has claimed.

National Express and Centro pledge £25 million to transform Birmingham's bus network

Birmingham Mail — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 09:45:00 GMT

BUS passengers can expect a cleaner, greener and faster service after £25 million was pledged to transform Birmingham’s network.

Birmingham Children to keep free bus passes after council U-turn

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 08:00:00 GMT

THOUSANDS of Birmingham school children can keep their free bus passes after council officials ditched plans to make them pay for travel to and from classes.

Bus users to grill Travel West Midlands boss in Birmingham Mail debate

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 02:00:00 GMT

BIRMINGHAM Mail readers have been jumping at the chance to quiz the man responsible for getting the city to work and school on time.

Kingstanding dad beaten up on bus as his children watched on in horror

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:20:00 GMT

FOUR young children watched in horror as their father was beaten by a gang of yobs on a Birmingham bus.

Teen robbed on bus in Harborne

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 06:00:00 GMT

A TEENAGER was forced to hand over his mobile phone and cash by a robber who confronted him on a bus in Birmingham.

Pensioner injured in fall on city bus

Birmingham Mail — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 23:00:00 GMT

AN eighty-five year-old grandmother has told how she was left housebound two months after she fell and injured herself on a Birmingham bus.

The Travel West Midlands bus garage where work is a family affair

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 10:20:00 GMT

PEOPLE often complain about having to go to work to earn a crust but for these 14 Birmingham bus garage employees it’s all relative.