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Steve Harvey, driver for Ipswich Buses has received the Suffolk Award, recognising his outstanding service to the community driving the Covid-19 vaccine bus.

Ipswich's two bus stations could be combined in a single hub, while there looks set to be a crackdown on car drivers using bus lanes.

Ipswich's two bus stations could be combined in a single hub, while there looks set to be a crackdown on car drivers using bus lanes.

Ipswich bus staff doing fantastic job in the snow

Ipswich bus staff doing fantastic job in the snow

Ipswich Park and Ride has been suspended by operator First Eastern Counties. - Credit: Paul Geater Park and Ride services in Ipswich are being suspended from next Monday because buses are now running virtually empty during lockdown. Operator First Eastern Counties suspended the Park and Ride - which it runs as a commercial operation without financial support from Suffolk County Council - at the start of last Marchs lockdown. It was only resumed in September, as the economy appeared to be open...

Ipswich Park and Ride has been suspended by operator First Eastern Counties. - Credit: Paul Geater Park and Ride services in Ipswich are being suspended from next Monday because buses are now running virtually empty during lockdown. Operator First Eastern Counties suspended the Park and Ride - which it runs as a commercial operation without financial support from Suffolk County Council - at the start of last Marchs lockdown. It was only resumed in September, as the economy appeared to be open...

Fewer people have been travelling on buses since the first lockdown. - Credit: Sarah Lucy Brown Although the number of bus passengers has fallen again since the introduction of the third lockdown, local companies have so far maintained their existing timetables - and are continuing to get support from the government to keep essential travellers moving. The Department for Transport has been supporting bus companies to keep services running since the first lockdown last spring - the number of pas...