New bus and ferry timetable changes approved
Council efforts to deal with concerns raised by Sullom Voe workers about a new bus timetable structure have paid off, members of Shetland’s transport body
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Health board in talks for better airport waiting area in Aberdeen
NHS Shetland has been in talks to look at an alternative waiting area for patients flying back from Aberdeen Airport – rather than what has…
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Bus timetable changes approved
Changes to public bus service timetables have been approved.
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Loganair chief prepares for flying solo
Loganair’s plans for life after Flybe are to be discussed at a meeting of ZetTrans on Thursday, attended by the airline’s managing director.
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Call for CalMac to run north boat
• Highlands MSP pledges support for Teckal exemption • It allows contracts to be awarded without costly tendering • But Tavish Scott says argument is
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Have your say on island air services
Islanders are being encouraged to take an online questionnaire aimed at indentifying what’s important for an air service.
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Figures disprove ferry capacity claims
The managing director of ferry operators Serco NorthLink has claimed that travel statistics disprove the claim of lack of capacity on the two passenger ferries…
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Pensioners’ fears over shopping service allayed
Transport partnership ZetTrans has allayed fears from pensioners using shopping bus services in the isles.
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Improvements promised as bus contracts approved
Shetland’s bus network will be retained, and in some cases increased, after five-year contracts for the local network of public and school bus services were…
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New hope for community transport
Communities could pull in funding and take responsibility for their own transport – according to a new plan up for discussion this week.
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New bus network goes out to tender
ZetTrans and Shetland Islands Council will next week put their proposed public and school bus network out to tender as part of a “radical change”
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Control of inter-island ferries to come under scrutiny
Proposals aimed at heralding an end to council control over inter-island ferry services are due for debate by councillors.
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Airlines Flybe and Loganair have been criticised for “ripping off” islanders by charging a flat £5 transaction fee for using a credit card to book
READ FULL STORYDaytime ferry sailings to Orkney meet with short shrift
The council will strongly oppose an attempt by NorthLink to introduce extra daytime sailings between Shetland and Orkney during the summer, as it would have
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