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In mid-May 2024, The Fastrack Team held a media event at the Eastgate Community Centre in Northfleet. The purpose of this event was to enable to Fastrack team to present some of the key changes coming to the network to our most important stakeholders, partners, and council representatives. This event included presentations which included information…...
In March 2023, the UK government awarded Kent County Council £18 million to improve the reliability, punctuality, and the affordability of bus services across the county. This move follows an initial funding package of £19 million, bringing the total package up to 35 million since 2022. Since its initial award in 2022, the BSIP funding…...
Since the late 2010s, KCC has recognised that the is a demand for a transport platform which would enable service users to purchase multi-modal tickets and plan journeys without the need for multiple apps and multipole tickets for each form of public transport. It was out of this demand which led KCC to develop the…...
Due to the operational challenges faced by our Fastrack services regarding the collapse on Galley Hill, KCC in conjunction with our partners at Arriva have developed a new set of timetables for the B and AZ services. These timetables will be used to address some of the concerns that residents have raised regarding the services…...
In 2021, KCC was awarded a sum of £9.5 million in Government funding towards the cost of electrifying the Fastrack network. This sum is towards both the provision of new buses and the on-street infrastructure which will support its operation. A competitive tender process began in 2022 and was designed to select a new operator…...
Kent County council as part of its wider strategy to cut carbon emissions, has committed to upgrade the Fastrack fleet with a new line of electric vehicles and infrastructure. This replacement will be accompanied by an upgrade to the infrastructure of our depots to include operational chargers and substations to allow for the buses to…...
