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Easter Bank Holiday rail service information
Over the Easter Bank Holiday Chiltern Railways are planning to operate a Saturday service on three of the four days of the holiday with a Sunday service on Easter Sunday on both the Aylesbury via Amersham line to London Marylebone and the Birmingham to London Marylebone line: Good Friday 18th April 2014 : Saturday service. […]
Chiltern Railways mobile ‘app’ celebrates 200,000 downloads
Chiltern Railways has announced that its mobile ticketing ‘app’, developed with partners Atos Origin and Masabi, for smart phones has been download more than 200,000 times. The mobile ticketing app enables customers to buy tickets and scan the barcode at station barriers thus eliminating the need to queue at a ticket office or print a ticket. […]
Bucks County Council wins at LGC awards
At this year’s national Local Government Chronicle (LGC) Awards, held in London on Wednesday 12th March 2014, Buckinghamshire County Council was announced as the outright winner of the Corporate Governance category. The LGC awards are one of the biggest celebrations of innovation and talent across British councils. The award recognised the way in which all the […]
Late night engineering work to disrupt rail service
Every night, after 23.50pm between Monday 17th March 2014 and Thursday 20th March 2014 buses replace trains between Banbury and Princes Risborough. This is due to late night engineering work. The 23.07pm from Marylebone to Birmingham will not run. The last direct train from London Marylebone to Birmingham will be the 23.00pm. This train calls at […]
Woman released from lift
On the evening of Friday 7th March 2014 at around 7.50pm firefighters were called to Gerrards Cross Railway Station, Station Approach, Gerrards Cross after a woman became shut in a lift. One fire appliance and crew from Gerrards Cross fire station and another from Beaconsfield attended the incident.
Accident on M40
On Tuesday 4 March at around 10.52am there was a road traffic collision involving one car on the M40 Junction 1a (M25 interchange) exit sliproad. One fire appliance and crew from Beaconsfield and one from High Wycombe attended, Firefighters gave oxygen to a man who had been released from a vehicle and had sustained injuries. The […]
No Chiltern Railways trains North of Princes Risborough on Sat 8th and Sun 9th March 2014
Chiltern Railways have announced that on Saturday 8th March 2014 and Sunday 9th March 2014 the line between Bicester North and Princes Risborough will be closed. Customers who wish to travel during the closure are advised to check their journey times carefully. Whilst the line is closed Chiltern Railways have arranged for buses to run […]
4,431 potholes repaired in January
In January 2014 Transport for Buckinghamshire repaired 4,431 potholes on the roads of Bucks (of which 2,318 were in urgent end of repair) before focusing solely on flooding related issues in February. Currently Transport for Buckinghamshire has ten crews out on the roads attending potholes that have been reported by residents as well as those […]
Bucks County Council shortlisted for two national efficiency awards
Buckinghamshire County Council is in the running for two national efficiency awards, including the prestigious ‘Council of the Year’ category alongside Oxford City Council and Norwich City Council for outstanding performance in the public sector. Hosted by The Improvement and Efficiency Social Enterprise (iESE), the awards honour the dedication and innovation of public service teams […]
Bucks Healthcare appoints new Chief Nurse
On the 25th February 2014 Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust announced the appointment of Carolyn Morrice as Chief Nurse and Director of Patient Care Standards. She will take up her new post on 1st April 2014 and will replacing Lynne Swiatczak who leaves the Trust at the end of March. Carolyn joined Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust […]
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