Public Transport news

• Train strike to cripple Gatwick shuttle service subscription

  11-12-2016 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Passengers flying abroad for Christmas from Gatwick face travel misery this week, with a three-day strike crippling train services to and from the airport.
  
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• Tories make U-turn over cutting tax on flights subscription

  11-12-2016 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - A tax on air travel should be scrapped for long-haul flights in an attempt to boost Scotlands economy, the Conservatives have said.
  
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• Ticket change for commuters using Bolton train station from Monday

  11-12-2016 01:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News -COMMUTERS at Bolton Railway Station will notice a major change from Monday morning.
  
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• The Conwy Valley railway station with barely TWO passengers a day

  11-12-2016 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) - Roman Bridge is the second least used in Wales and four others on the line are amongst the sleepiest in the country
  
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• Southern rail strikes: 'Fed-up' commuters call on Prime Minister to end travel misery

  11-12-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A group of "fed up" train passengers have called on the Prime Minister to meet with union leaders in a bid to end their travel misery.
  
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• Southern Rail 'cancelled trains and blamed striking staff when workers were available'

  11-12-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Southern Rail has been accused of cancelling trains and blaming industrial action even though drivers and other crew members were available.
  
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• Southern Rail 'cancelled trains and blamed striking staff when workers were available'

  11-12-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Southern Rail has been accused of cancelling trains and blaming industrial action even though drivers and other crew members were available.
  
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• ScotRail scandal grows as misery continues for thousands of fed-up commuters despite bosses' pledges

  11-12-2016 01:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record - Trains are still skipping stations leaving enraged passengers stranded, while thousands have signed a petition to heap pressure on Abellio.
  
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• ScotRail begin night tests of new trains

  11-12-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - ScotRail is to begin testing the first of a new fleet of trains due to be introduced in September 2017.
  
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• Sadiq Khan urged to follow Paris and offer free public transport to tackle London's air pollution

  11-12-2016 01:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - As French capital suffers 'worst air pollution for 10 years', activists urge Mayor of London to tackle the issue
  
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• Redhill rail users' bid to charter train on strike days fails

  11-12-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A group of rail users fail in an attempt to charter a train from Surrey to London on strike days next week.
  
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• Rare Swiss steam train set to come to Snowdonia

  11-12-2016 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) - The 19th century vintage locomotive is coming to Gwynedd for four weeks next year
  
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• Rail penalty fares: Passengers could get new appeals body

  11-12-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Rail passengers facing a penalty fare could soon be able to turn to a new appeals panel in England and Wales.
  
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• Positive feedback for armed Gatwick checkpoints

  11-12-2016 01:00 via westsussextoday.co.uk
  
  West Sussex Gazette - Officers running armed police checkpoints at entrances to Gatwick airport today say they have received positive feedback from drivers.
  
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• New Edinburgh Gateway interchange opens in capital

  11-12-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A new 41m railway station linking rail passengers north of Edinburgh with the tram network opens in the capital.
  
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• Metro impact 'could take decades'

  11-12-2016 01:00 via eupolitics.einnews.com
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• London Victoria, London Bridge and Charing Cross toilet charges scrapped by Network Rail

  11-12-2016 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -Network Rail believes that ditching the charges will improve customer service relations with passengers
  
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• Leaves pile on the pressure on Arriva Trains Wales

  11-12-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Leaves on the line have become a standing joke aimed at the rail industry but it is no laughing matter for tens of thousands of Welsh commuters.
  
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• Heathrow extends compensation offer to small businesses

  11-12-2016 01:00 via colnbrook.info
  Other Regional Press - Heathrow has said this month that it WILL, after all, extend its limited compensation offer to small businesses.
  
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• Free wine endangered on Asian airlines after OPEC accord

  11-12-2016 01:00 via eupolitics.einnews.com
  EIN News Subscription - mp;#8230;the International Air Transport Association. Budget airlines including AirAsia and Jetstar, which mp;#8230; Leary, chief executive officer of European low-cost airline Ryanair Holdings, in mp;#8230;
  
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• Doctors call for ban on diesel engines in London

  11-12-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A campaign led by medical professionals is calling for all diesel cars to be banned from London.
  
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• DfT reforms penalty fares to better protect rail passengers

  11-12-2016 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - Penalty fares appeals bodies must be completely independent of the train operating companies and their financial owners.
  
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• Crackdown on fare-dodgers on trains

  11-12-2016 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Post - Plans to change the way fare dodging rail passengers are punished have been outlined by the Department for Transport.
  
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• Britain leads Europe in the long commute subscription

  11-12-2016 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - More Britons endure marathon commutes than anyone else in Europe, with almost two-fifths of workers in the West Midlands travelling for two hours or more each day.
  
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