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1st May (1972)

Bristol Parkway station opens

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Major air delays hit UK airspace - Friday 12/12/2014	BerkshireBugsy	12	8713	December 19, 2014, 08:44:48 by TaplowGreen
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Major changes to bus stops in Swindon town centre - Sep 22	bobm	2	434	August 16, 2022, 16:22:46 by bobm
Major changes to First services across the West from 23rd August	chuffed	2	2274	July 16, 2015, 10:38:23 by chuffed
Male pedestrian hit by 'runaway' bus in Glasgow city centre	Chris from Nailsea	0	1346	July 18, 2016, 17:45:01 by Chris from Nailsea
Man dies after narrowboat sinks at Droitwich canal lock	Chris from Nailsea	1	3383	July 28, 2016, 00:06:58 by Richard Fairhurst
Man Left Waiting At Bus Stop After Giving Wrong Kind Of Wave	Lee	1	2999	February 15, 2008, 15:34:37 by Jim
Man named after service station to make electric charging improvements there	grahame	5	1455	July 11, 2021, 18:18:55 by grahame
Manchester airport, serious delays.	broadgage	8	737	April 05, 2022, 19:43:32 by broadgage
Manchester city centre tram death causes delays - 11 January 2014	Chris from Nailsea	0	1050	January 12, 2014, 13:58:00 by Chris from Nailsea
Many Southeastern HS services to be AXED during Olympics	Btline	4	3561	November 19, 2011, 16:46:52 by EBrown
Marlborough Bus Meeting - 9 March 2016	bobm	1	1643	March 03, 2016, 20:58:55 by Chris from Nailsea
Marlborough Downs gets new horse-drawn driving route	Chris from Nailsea	0	1549	September 04, 2014, 00:12:21 by Chris from Nailsea
Mask policy - Stagecoach buses from next Monday « 1 2 »	grahame	19	3697	July 18, 2021, 08:24:03 by grahame
Maximum two pound bus fare across most operators in England « 1 2 3 »	infoman	43	9458	October 05, 2023, 21:47:41 by JayMac
Mayor unveils first fully electric bus routes for central London	stuving	1	1582	September 12, 2016, 16:17:03 by Bmblbzzz
McCarthy And Greedy Call For First To Cut Bristol Bus Fares	Lee	2	2596	October 25, 2008, 14:51:39 by Lee
McLoughlin/Kramer Speeches To Transport Times Bus Summit	Lee	0	1030	February 12, 2015, 18:05:02 by Lee
meeting of WECA and Stagecoach bus's	infoman	0	345	March 24, 2022, 07:24:30 by infoman
meeting on bus subsidies in Bath	infoman	0	343	June 14, 2022, 07:36:28 by infoman