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Strikes are on; Tube travel from Sunday will be hit 
Posted on  15-06-2011 03:31:05 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Travel Desk

Travel Desk

Strikes scheduled for Sunday on the Tube are on, with last minute talks collapsing in deadlock, which will affect travellers to Wimbledon on Monday the first day of the All-England tennis championship.


The strikes on the Tube called by the Rail, Maritime ...

  
Barnet MP claims Northern Line upgrade "less disruptive" 
Posted on  15-06-2011 01:08:57 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Local Politics Desk

Local Politics Desk

MP for Chipping Barnet, Theresa Villiers, has cautiously welcomed today’s announcement by Transport for London that upgrade work on the Northern Line will begin later this year.

Under the PPP set up by Labour, Barnet residents would have had to ...


  
75 flights put at risk by mobiles and laptops 
Posted on  15-06-2011 12:00:58 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  News Desk


News Desk

A confidential report leaked by a member of the International Air Transport Association has shown that the use of laptops and mobiles disrupted flight instruments of planes during the critical stages of flight, the takeoff and landing.


An IATA spokesman said:

"Our ...


  
Wasted days on the Tube 
Posted on  14-06-2011 05:00:49 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Travel Desk


Travel Desk

The Managing Director of the London Underground today publicly
acknowledged problems with the performance of the London Underground
over the past year that have resulted in an increase in lost customer
hours on almost every Tube line.


Speaking before the London Assembly's Transport ...

  
London transport to "grind to a halt" new strikes on tube 
Posted on  09-06-2011 09:38:59 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Travel Desk

Travel Desk

The RMT, the trade union representing tube workers has confirmed that it will be taking industrial action between 0901 BST on 19 June and 0300 BST on 20 June, between 0901 BST on 27 June and 1159 BST on 28 June, between noon on 29 June ...


  
More electric cars on London roads 
Posted on  26-05-2011 10:43:17 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Travel Desk


Travel Desk

City Hall has announced 150 new charge points enabling more electric cars to operate in London.  


Under new plans announced by Mayor Johnson  150 new charge points will operate under a single scheme making "Source London" the capital’s largest charging network. It ...

 
Chaos in north London with M1 closures 
Posted on  16-04-2011 12:47:12 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  News Desk


News Desk

Road users are today being warned of massive disruptions following the scrapyard fire in Mill Hill on Friday, which resulted in the M1 being closed approaching north London.  


Today congestion has been escalating around the A4O6 as travelling fans to the FA ...

 
River Thames is being "under-utlised" 
Posted on  07-04-2011 02:23:18 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Travel Desk


Travel Desk

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has already "enthusiastically" backed London’s first cruise liner terminal on the river Thames and has called for the new cruise terminal to be situated in Greenwich, and it should be open in time for the 2012 Olympic Games.


  
Charing Cross flood could have ended in "disaster" 
Posted on  07-04-2011 12:12:32 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Travel Desk


Travel Desk

The RMT the trade union representing tube workers has demanded an urgent review of safety procedures and an assurance that crucial lessons have been learnt after an internal report into the flooding of Charing Cross station by water from the Trafalgar Square fountains two ...

  
Thames estuary airport "only viable and environmentally acceptable option" 
Posted on  07-04-2011 08:44:07 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  News Desk


News Desk

Former minister for London Nick Raynsford (LAB) and former Transport Secretary Bernard Jenkin (CON) have added their names to the growing list of supporters for a new airport to be built on the Thames Estuary, with a letter in The Times today.
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