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Heathrow airport breaks Christmas passenger record
Larger and fuller aircraft pushed the passenger growth as Heathrow airport witnessed its busiest December ever, when 6.7m passengers travelled through the airport over Christmas and New Year, up 3.1 per cent compared to last year.
Taxpayers to pay £2m for better seats on Wales' new trains
KeolisAmey - which runs Transport for Wales rail - had proposed to buy the same seats described as being like "ironing boards" by Thameslink passengers
Monday, 13 January 2020
The Mirror
- Lisa Nandy: 'Councils must have the power to run bus services for people, not profits'Leadership hopeful Lisa Nandy says decade of austerity has forced cuts in bus services - but Labour councils like Nottingham have produced very successful long-term plans for public transport networks
Birmingham Mail
- How to get a half-price bus pass for up to three monthsA National Express scheme, called Workwise travel support, is available to jobseekers and apprentices for up to three months when they start a new job
Daily Post (North Wales)
- Wales bus pass replacement: when is the new deadline and how to apply for a Concessionary Travel CardTransport for Wales' agreed grace period comes to an end on February 29
Manchester Evening News
- Child tickets for bus and Metrolink in Greater Manchester can now only be bought with a £10 igo cardPaper tickets for these journeys are being scrapped
Other Regional Press
- Major element of North's London-style 'pay-as-you-go' smart ticketing scheme ditched as bus firms refuse to take partTransport bosses have been forced to ditch a major element of their troubled scheme to offer contactless London-style 'pay-as-you-go' travel across the North after the region's big bus companies refused to support it.
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