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Riders: Last Hub bus to Manchester will be hard to catch - The Union LeaderSubmitted by ATU 1700 on Mon, 08/25/2008 - 11:20pm.
MANCHESTER – The number of bus trips between downtown Manchester and Boston would be cut nearly in half under a proposed schedule released yesterday. Some service is available on another carrier. Vermont Transit, now operating as Greyhound Lines, has a bus run that leaves the Manchester Transportation Center at 9:55 p.m. Its return trips leave Boston at 8 a.m. and 11:45 p.m.
93087-SF Greyhound HQ Sells One More Time - GlobeSt. comSubmitted by ATU 1700 on Fri, 08/22/2008 - 9:52am.
DALLAS-The 93,087-sf former Greyhound Lines Inc. headquarters has sold for the second time in four years, with the deed this time passing to a local partnership for more than $10 million. The bus lines' exit jump-started marketing late last year of the class B office building, with a class A location at a major North Dallas intersection.
Greyhound Seeks Exemption to Place Video Recorders Lower - Occupational Health SafetySubmitted by ATU 1700 on Tue, 08/12/2008 - 2:59am.
An exemption request from Greyhound Lines Inc. seeks permission to place video event recorders on the inside of the windshields of its 1,650 buses at a lower position than federal rules now permit. The regulations say antennas and devices may not be mounted more than 6 inches below the top of the windshield and cannot block the part of the windshield that is swept clear by windshield wipers, but Greyhound says today's commercial bus windows and wipers are larger than they used to be, and the recorders must be in part of the swept area to maximize safety.
Transit service to WRJ on hold - Rutland HeraldSubmitted by ATU 1700 on Tue, 08/12/2008 - 2:06am.
Rising fuel costs and limited ridership are forcing Greyhound Lines Inc. to halt bus service between Rutland and White River Junction, a route that allows patrons to connect to points across the state and New England.
Beheading Raises Bus Security ConcernsSubmitted by ATU 1700 on Fri, 08/08/2008 - 3:32am.
"We ought to be able to figure out a way of telling if anybody is carrying a deadly weapon and just not allow them to get on buses," said Bruce Hamilton, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1700 and a Greyhound bus driver for 36 years.
'Bus rage' ad pulled after beheading on serene route - The South African StarSubmitted by ATU 1700 on Thu, 08/07/2008 - 11:18pm.
North American bus company Greyhound Lines has pulled billboard advertisements lauding bus travel as serene and carefree after a passenger was beheaded last week on a Western Canada route during a gruesome attack.
Greyhound yanks ads praising peaceful bus travel after attack - AFPSubmitted by ATU 1700 on Thu, 08/07/2008 - 1:45pm.
OTTAWA (AFP) — North American bus company Greyhound Lines said Thursday it had pulled billboard advertisements lauding bus travel as serene and carefree after a passenger was beheaded last week on its route in Western Canada during a gruesome attack.
Bus security under microscope after grisly slaying - Vancouver SunSubmitted by ATU 1700 on Fri, 08/01/2008 - 7:54pm.
OTTAWA - Transport Canada says changes aimed at improving security on intercity buses might be coming in the wake of Wednesday's grisly slaying aboard a Greyhound coach near Portage la Prairie, Man.
Airport-style security on rural buses 'impractical,' Greyhound says - The ProvinceSubmitted by ATU 1700 on Fri, 08/01/2008 - 3:12am.
OTTAWA -- It would be nearly impossible to have airport-style safety checks on rural bus routes, the Greyhound bus company says.
Board approves plan for bus-ticket agency at store - New Bern Sun JournalSubmitted by ATU 1700 on Mon, 07/28/2008 - 7:55pm.
A Greyhound Lines Inc. bus ticket agency and waiting area will be added to a convenience store on U.S. 17 south in New Bern.
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