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'Inadequate' toilet provision on new TfW trains
Trains being built for use in Wales will only have one toilet for more than 120 passengers on some routes, a rail passenger group has warned.
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The dominance of the car is being seriously challenged for the first time in decades, say experts. Coronavirus offers chance to create fairer UK food supply chainIs this crisis the catalyst for greening the world's airlines? Amid the confusion that followed Boris Johnson's televised announcement easing the lockdown, Will Norman was clear about one thing "the way people move around cities would never be the same again." We are going to have a new normal coming out of this, said London's walking and cycling commissioner
Tuesday, 19 May 2020
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- 'Inadequate' toilet provision on new TfW trainsTrains being built for use in Wales will only have one toilet for more than 120 passengers on some routes, a rail passenger group has warned.
- Coronavirus: Train stations put crowd-control measures in placeMore trains begin running but rail bosses worry that social distancing will not be possible on board.
- Coronavirus: TfL reveals 20 busiest Tube and train stations 'to avoid'Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says using public transport should remain
The Guardian
- Commuters in England report more traffic and busier trainsPassenger numbers high enough to cause anxiety about distancing and face masks
The Independent
- Coronavirus: Tube drivers sent home after raising safety concerns over lockdown easing‘[Train drivers] are being told they can no longer continue to work in the safer way that they have been working over the last six weeks,’ says union
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- Coronavirus: Part of rail network could be closed to prevent congestion [subscription]Rail chiefs have said parts of the network could be shut to prevent overcrowding as services increased for the first time since the lockdown began.
Mail Online
- Commuters are enraged by short trains and as police patrol stations as trains return to 70% capacitySadiq Khan said today that the government forced him to bring back and raise the congestion charge in London today, as 30 Tube drivers refuse to work over health and safety fears.
Network Rail
- Longest tunnel closure since Victorian-era improves West Coast main line journey timesA fortnight’s work on a Victorian-built railway tunnel is now complete to improve future journey times for passengers and freight on the West Coast main line.
Birmingham Post
- Hull Trains MD on frustrating fearful 'sit and wait'Louise Cheeseman on open access operator's immediate future - as MPs seek government support
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- £150m pot for local transport schemes is ‘unlocked’AN extra 300 parking spaces could be created at a Bradford rail station after the next stage of a huge transport budget was “unlocked.”
London Evening Standard
- Commuters still waiting for refunds as they face cost of buying new season ticketsThousands of London commuters fear having to pay twice for season tickets costing thousands of pounds because they still have not received refunds from train companies.
- TfL issues list of London Tube stations to avoid as more people go back to workA daily list of the 20
- Tube journeys up more than 18 per cent as TfL ramps up servicesLondoners have started returning to the Tube, with Underground journeys increasing by more than 18 per cent since this time last week.
East Anglian Daily Times
- No trains to Clacton and Walton over the spring bank holiday weekendBuses will replace trains on the rail lines from Colchester to Clacton and Walton on the Naze over the bank holiday weekend as Network Rail engineers carry out work on the line.
Reading Evening Post
- Changes to Reading to Paddington and other Berks rail services Rail companies are increasing services as lockdown restrictions are eased
Other Regional Press
- Rail line between Eastleigh and Fareham to close for a week of improvement worksTHE RAIL line between Eastleigh and Fareham is scheduled for a week long closure later this month.
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
- Tube, rail and bus services stepped up for people who have to use public transportTransport for London (TfL) will from Monday 18th May, as previously agreed with the Government before the announcement of the lockdown restrictions being lifted, step up public transport service levels to make journeys as safe as possible for people who have no alternative other than to use public transport as national restrictions on movement are carefully and gradually lifted. The clear advice from the Government and the Mayor is that Londoners should continue to work from home if they can do so. People who cannot work from home are asked to walk or cycle using the existing and extensive n...
Rail Technology Magazine
- £35m to protect vital freight routes Crucial freight routes out of, into and around the UK will continue to operate thanks to multi-million-pound government scheme to help ensure critical goods, such as food and medical supplies, can move freely. The government has signed agreements with 6 operators to safeguard freight capacity to...
- TfL tube and rail services increased Transport for London (TfL) will from May 18th , following discussing with the Government before the announcement of the lockdown restrictions being lifted, increase public transport service levels to make journeys as safe as possible for people who have no alternative other than to use public...
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