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Public Transport Federation holds a four-day wildcat strike
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Public transport: Expectations and disappointment
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Transport Malta announces finalised plans for the bus route restructuring
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Arriva is named the preferred bidder for the 10-year contract to operate bus services in Malta.
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Arriva defends its announced plans for a ‘two-tier’ ticketing system which would charge non-residents higher rates than residents.
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First day of Arriva service. Over 50 bus drivers fail to show up for work. Austin Gatt: “I hope the striking drivers are sacked”.
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All striking drivers are sacked by Arriva.
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Gatt admits that he “never expected transport reform to be that difficult.”
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Emanuel Cini goes on hunger strike and calls for Gatt’s resignation.
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Austin Gatt on Joseph Muscat: he has started “recognising the inevitable: the incontestable success of the public transport reform”.
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Tourism stakeholders vent frustration and anger that the service was negatively affecting Malta’s tourism product.
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Labour presents a motion in parliament calling for Austin Gatt’s resignation.
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A 20-year-old university student angrily confronts Gatt and calls him a “fucking wanker” to his face.
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Transport Ministry announces a 22% increase in public transport usage in Malta and especially Gozo.
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Nationalist MP Franco Debono says he might abstain on the Opposition motion to censure Gatt.
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Gatt announces changes to the bus routes to bring them in line with “what the people want.”
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Nationalist MP Michael Gonzi complains that new service did not improve over previous one.