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Rail season tickets cost 10% of net pay
Commuters spend more than a tenth of their disposable income on rail season tickets, a BBC investigation finds.
Sadiq Khan praises 'landmark' as London 'bus hopper' ticket launches
Sadiq Khan today launches the one-hour London "bus hopper" ticket, making millions of fares free every year.
Severn Tunnel electrification should be just the start of the story
Calls are made for other investment in further rail infrastructure projects
Monday, 12 September 2016
BBC News
- FlyBe Cardiff to London City link coincides with rail workA new flight service between Cardiff and London has started and has been timed to coincide with major rail engineering works.
The Guardian
- Travellers face �5 charge to get through passport control fasterCharges of up to �17.50 at UK airports to jump immigration queues could be rolled out nationwide, report suggestsTravellers are to be charged to get through passport checks quickly at British airports, with some paying as much as �17.50, the Home Office has confirmed.The charge is an attempt to cut queues, but unions called it a gimmick and accused the government of failing to properly fund border controls. Continue reading...
City AM
- Flybe boss: Forget Heathrow v Gatwick – government should look at issues outside of south eastFor the British aviation industry, the debate of the day (and decade) is south-east airport expansion: Heathrow versus Gatwick.
The Mirror
- Britain's Border Force “starved of funds” despite rising terror threat and rocketing passenger numbersA report by the think tank, the Adam Smith Institute, says a new computer system is needed as a priority
London Evening Standard
- Savvy Londoner spends two days flying via five airports for journey from capital to AberdeenA thrifty London geography teacher went to extraordinary lengths to collect air miles on what could have been a simple short-haul flight to Aberdeen.
- EasyJet pilots consider strike action over October half-term holidaysEasyJet pilots could stage a walk-out over October half term sparking travel chaos for families.
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- British steel workers plead with ministers to push for Heathrow expansionBritish steel workers will plead with ministers this week to push ahead with plans to expand Heathrow, claiming a new runway will keep steel jobs.
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