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Pensioners can't have free ride on buses, warns Go Ahead

27 April 2009
 

Pensioners cannot be given a "blank cheque" to travel on buses for free, a transport industry leader has warned.

Keith Ludeman, chief executive of the Go Ahead Group that runs more than 3,400 buses across the country, says councils are struggling to fully reimburse bus companies for the free travel scheme that was introduced a year ago.

Some companies have complained they receive less than half the fare charged to paying passengers from local authorities and are now considering...

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