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Transport News: September 21 2004

Budget airline is first with film offer - From Glasgow Evening Times - No-frills airline Ryanair is to launch on-board entertainment costing passengers £5 per flight. 21-09-2004

London bus and Tube fares to rise - From BBC - Bus and Tube fares will rise above inflation in January to help pay for a £3bn investment in London's public transport, the mayor has announced. 21-09-2004

Airport fuel strike to go ahead - From BBC - Talks aimed at averting a strike by workers who refuel aircraft at Heathrow have broken down without agreement. 21-09-2004

Bus driver cleared in boy death case - From BBC - A jury has cleared a driver of causing the death of a boy who had been hanging off the outside of his bus. 21-09-2004

Mayor’s fares policy disappointing for passengers, says watchdog - From InfoTransport - The London Transport Users’ Committee (LTUC), the passenger watchdog representing the interests of transport users in and around London, has said that passengers would feel let down by the Mayor’s announcement of significantly above-inflation rises in the 21-09-2004

Mercy for youth who robbed bus - From Glasgow Evening Times - A youth who robbed a bus driver has been released from custody despite his "appalling" record. 21-09-2004

New title for expanding airport - From BBC - Teesside Airport is changing its name in a bid to boost business. 21-09-2004

New Year walkout threat to the Tube - From This is London - Tube unions are threatening to strike in a move which would wreck New Year celebrations for thousands of Londoners. 21-09-2004

Porn fire passenger spared jail - From BBC - A passenger who admitted endangering the safety of an aircraft after he set fire to a pornographic magazine has walked free from Hove Crown Court. 21-09-2004

Rail level crossings discouraged - From BBC - Level crossings on Britain's railways are to be discouraged in safety measures aimed at reducing fatalities. 21-09-2004

Thousands in travel chaos - From This is London - Thousands of commuters faced rail chaos today. 21-09-2004

Three years for fatal A77 crash - From BBC - A woman who caused a fatal accident on the A77 while her baby was strapped into her car has been given three years detention. 21-09-2004

Travelling at full tilt - From BBC - It was an oddly old-fashioned ceremony for a 21st century railway. 21-09-2004

Tube dust health risk - From This is London - Fresh fears emerged today over the health effects Tube pollution is having on children. 21-09-2004

Shelters do the talking for charity - From Glasgow Evening Times - A talking bus shelter was launched today in an attempt to tell the public how people have benefited from a charity's services. 21-09-2004


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Date: Friday 22nd of August 2008 Jump to Top Jump to Top