Transport 
Train cuts see 100 carriages axed(0)
This seems on the surface to be an extremely worrying proposal. It might well be that the recession is biting into train company revenues but one thought there was a franchise contract which would have ensured there was a level of service provided. I have recently been on the train to Yeovil from London and [...]
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Victory on train ticket office closures
It has been announced that the decision to try and close South West Train ticket offices has been defeated. The Department for Transport were taking the final decision and had received objections from passenger groups and statutory bodies such as London Travelwatch (on which I sit) and Passenger Focus. The bad news is that it [...]
Increasing rail fares
Image via Wikipedia Once again the commuter faces rising rail fares. It is all too easy to blame the rail companies for these increases for they merely work to a formula set by Government when it gives the franchises out. So, in many instances the Government will allow rail fares to increase only by 1% [...]
More died on roads 500 years ago
This seems almost impossible to believe but it seems to be a reliable source! I should point out that it does not mean we should not do something about reducing road deaths further. Related articles by Zemanta Road travel in Britain ‘as dangerous as it was 500 years ago’