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FirstGroup announces £160m bus order

FirstGroup, the UK’s largest bus and rail operator, has revealed that its bus division is to order £160m of new vehicles over the next two years from UK bus manufacturers. The order for 955 vehicles is one of the largest the British bus industry has ever seen...

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Conferences, events & exhibitions:

59th UITP World Congress and Mobility & City Transport Exhibition
10 - 14 April 2011, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

8th International Rail Forum 2011
10 - 12 May 2011, Madrid, Spain

IFSEC 2011
16 - 19 May 2011, NEC Birmingham, UK

TETRA World Congress 2011
24 - 27 May 2011, Budapest, Hungary

6th Annual Light Rail Conference
25 - 26 May 2011, Manchester, UK

Public Transport Safety and Security 2011
12 - 13 October 2011, London, United Kingdom

Scandinavian Urban Transport 2011
30 Nov - 1 Dec 2011, Stockholm, Sweden

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