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Electric cars no "great difference" from diesel models 
Posted on  24-02-2011 10:20:11 AM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  News Desk

News Desk

The slogan used by many car manufacturers that electrical cars do not emit emissions has been disputed by consumer watchdog Which?, in a recent study comparing carbon dioxide by charging electric cars, and that emitted by the most efficient diesel models, and found that ...


  
RMT chief Bob Crow a possible phone hack victim 
Posted on  22-02-2011 10:58:44 AM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  News Desk

News Desk

The RMT boss Bob Crow may have been a phone hack victim according to letter sent by RMT lawyers to Sue Akers, Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, who refused to rule out suspicions that the telephone of RMT General Secretary Bob Crow ...


 
China offer to put telecoms on Tube, a potential security threat 
Posted on  21-02-2011 11:09:39 AM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  News Desk

News Desk

The Joint Intelligence Committee has added its voice amid growing concerns that China's offer to "help build" a £50 million mobile phone network on London’s underground, may in fact undermine London’s security apparatus.

With continual cyber attacks from China, who has been seeking military ...


  
London tube travellers prepare for "nightmare" build up to 2012 
Posted on  08-02-2011 02:34:57 AM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  Travel Desk

Travel Desk

London travellers will have a "nightmare" when main line tube stations Bond Street are upgraded; Oxford Street will be closed eastbound between Duke Street and Vere Street for utility works from 14 February for nine months.

Over 5 million Londoners use the London Underground ...


  
RMT "worst week of chaos" on London tubes in 2011 
Posted on  04-02-2011 12:42:52 PM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  Travel Desk

Travel Desk

The RMT have today described conditions on the London underground this past week as the "worst week of chaos" in 2011, with repeated failures on the Jubilee, Metropolitan, Central and Victoria Line’s, all down to according to the RMT a "combination of cuts, infrastructure ...


  
London tube meltdown, DLR, Jubilee line, Overground all running with "severe delays" 
Posted on  04-02-2011 11:38:26 AM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  Travel Desk

Travel Desk

Commuters using the Docklands Light Railway, Jubilee and Overground services are severely delayed causing thousands to find alternative forms of transport, and the Thames clipper services running at "full capacity" today.

Twitter has put "DLR" as a trend reflecting the number of angry commuters ...


  
Londoners pay for crossrail to benefit Essex and Berkshire 
Posted on  03-02-2011 12:17:28 PM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  Leanne Bennett at City Hall

Leanne Bennett at City Hall

Those on the Cross Rail routes outside of London have not been asked to contribute to the funding of the railway expansion, which is costing around £15.6 billion.  More than half of this figure is funded from Transport for London and ...


  
Power cable "problems" disrupt trains from London to Luton 
Posted on  02-02-2011 11:28:52 AM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  Travel Desk

Travel Desk

Commuters using the Thameslink trains run by First Capital Connnect will experience major delays today caused by overhead wire problems causing disruption in the West Hampstead Thameslink area.

The amount of damage caused means that only three out of the usual four lines are ...


 
Trains no replacement for third Heathrow runway 
Posted on  26-01-2011 09:32:14 AM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  News Desk

News Desk

Sir David Rowlands the former chairman of High Speed Two project, and current chairman of Gatwick airport. is expected to attack the coalition Governments policy on opting for high speed rail links, over increased capacity at ...


  
Boris Island airport "not do-able" Virgin chief opposed to idea 
Posted on  24-01-2011 10:25:44 AM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  Travel Desk

Travel Desk

Virgin Atlantic is questioning the viability of the "Boris-island" airport with Steve Ridgway the airlines chief executive claiming in the Financial Times that "its just not do-able or deliverable it’s the wrong side of where the locus of the economy is".

City Hall last ...


  
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