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Eurostar travellers face more disruption from power supply problems after fire
Reports of passengers being stuck on trains for hours, one day after lorry fire in Channel tunnel left 12,000 customers stranded
East Coast travellers in line for airmiles under new franchise
LONG distance rail travellers will be able to collect points towards transatlantic flights when the East Coast franchise returns to the private sector in six weeks time.
Manchester Airport soars over Gatwick and Heathrow to be named best in UK
Manchester Airport has soared over Heathrow and Gatwick to be named Best UK Airport. The honour, bestowed at last night’s Globe Travel Awards, follows a phenomenal year of passenger and route growth - as well as huge infrastructure investment.
Monday, 19 January 2015
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- Bus passenger rise in GuernseyGuernsey buses have seen an increase in passengers. Latest figures from the Government show 8% more islanders are using the service compared with last year.
The Guardian
- Anarchy in the bus lane: how protesters quietly took over London’s streetsYour job is a stupid waste of time – and the police caused the 2011 riots. That’s what a spate of posters recently told London commuters. Who masterminded it? We pick up the trail at an anarchist magazine
Other Regional Press
- Transport firms should pass on oil savings – Gosport MPCALLS have been made for transport firms to look at lowering their prices following the fall in oil costs.
- Call to review transport rules for rural pupilsA group of parents have launched a campaign to get county councillors to reconsider the free school transport policy.
- Green Party unveil their 'essential policy offer' to transform transport in Cambridge Congestion charging, public sector control over buses and a push to make Cambridge Europe’s best city for cycling have been unveiled among the measures for the Green Party’s city transport vision.
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- Blackburn with Darwen bus users in final plea to save service from cuts DISABLED and elderly users of Blackburn with Darwen’s fleet of community transport buses have made a final plea to save the service from council cuts.
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