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Gatwick rail link under threat 
Posted on  28-08-2008 12:14:45 PM (GMT +01:00)
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London's second busiest airport could see its train station wreaked in a spending squeeze.

Ministers were warned that Gatwick would be "unfit for purpose" if the government persisted in slashing investment.


£30m to £9m

£30 million had been expected to get the link up to speed, however ...


  
Court K.O's bus strike 
Posted on  22-10-2008 10:29:57 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  [email protected]


The High Court has kyboshed today’s planed bus strike in a last minute injunction.

Metrobus forced the Unite union to suspend its action after the ruling - something the union called "an attack on democracy."

14,000 members were set to walk out at 3am for 24 hours ...


  
More mayhem on the tram - ticket inspectors battered 
Posted on  21-10-2008 11:02:35 AM (GMT +01:00)
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There was more mayhem on the Croydon Tram when ticket inspectors were dragged off a packed carriage and beaten in the street.

A 19 and 20-year-old woman have been arrested over the October 4 assault in the town centre. British Transport Police have confirmed the incident was over ...


  
'Drunken' pilot about to fly arrested at Heathrow 
Posted on  20-10-2008 01:28:05 PM (GMT +01:00)

A pilot about to fly to San Francisco has been arrested at Heathrow on suspicion of being drunk.

Cops nabbed the 'snozzeled' 44-year-old on the American carrier United Airlines plane after he failed a breath test at Terminal 1.

Police said he was held on suspicion of ...


  
Tram passengers gassed in 'CS spray attack' 
Posted on  20-10-2008 11:58:33 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  [email protected]

By News Editor Declan Wilkes

Passengers on a packed Croydon tram were gassed when what's thought to be a CS can was sprayed in a carriage.

Ambulances rushed to Phipps Bridge in Morden and treated commuters overcome by the dangerous tear gas. The substance, used by riot ...


  
Live CCTV on buses 
Posted on  20-10-2008 11:18:18 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  [email protected]

Mayor Boris Johnson is stepping up the fight on crime by trialling live CCTV on 21 buses.

For six months real time images will be beamed to the Transport for London control room - operators, working directly alongside police will be able to view any of the ...


  
Train splits in two at Sydenham Hill – Second in a week 
Posted on  16-10-2008 11:59:43 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  [email protected]

By News Editor Declan Wilkes

Nearly 500 rail passengers were trapped in a tunnel at Sydenham Hill for over an hour when their train split in two last night.

The first five carriages of the 1745 Victoria to Rochester train went into the Penge tunnel but left the ...


  
Rail fares up - Overcrowding up - Overcrowding out? 
Posted on  15-10-2008 03:55:49 PM (GMT +01:00)
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Rail passengers are in store for more fares hikes and increasingly packed trains - just as Whitehall pen pushers seek to 'redefine' overcrowding.

According to a National Audit Office report it suggests operating companies will struggle to meet demand in the next few years. The depressing ...


  
BA staff in £1 million ticket scam - Fuel surcharge fallout 
Posted on  13-10-2008 04:05:28 PM (GMT +01:00)
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Two British Airways workers are being quizzed by police investigating a £1 million ticket scam.

The men from BA and a woman from a ticket agency may have been involved in illegally selling short haul and business class flights to "bucket shop" dealers.

It’s thought the agency then ...


  
160 routes hit in citywide bus strike 
Posted on  10-10-2008 10:10:33 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  [email protected]

5,000 bus drivers have carried out their threat and gone on strike across the city this morning.

Workers walked out of bus garages at 3am this morning in the row over pay hitting 160 routes mainly across north-east and west London.


Angry scenes - Metroline win court ...


  
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