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New Style Ticket Machines On Bakerbus Are Amongst The First In The Country

BakerBus from Congleton is one of the first bus companies in England to install ticket machines which electronically read all the new English Concessionary Bus Passes.

This has been made possible by partnership working between BakerBus and Cheshire County Council.

All BakerBus vehicles have been equipped with ticket machines which check that the passes are valid and record details of the journeys being made.

Further Consultations Over Chester Zebra Crossing

A special radio advertisement will be aired on Monday involving children from Chester’s Overleigh St Mary’s Church of England Primary School urging pupils across Cheshire to walk to school.

The rap, to promote national Power Up Walk to School month, will be played during the school run on three commercial radio stations – Dee 106.3, Silk FM and Cheshire FM.

Key Services Under The Spotlight In County Council Report

Access to key services such as schools, shops, GP surgeries and hospitals are under the spotlight in a new County Council report.

A summary report has been published on a major consultation which took place this summer with Cheshire residents and it was included on the Environment Executive agenda today (Thursday).

It centres on three priority areas:

The report is split into the two boundaries of the two shadow councils Chester West and Chester and Cheshire East.