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Metrolink fares could rise by 6% annually until 2020
The planned increase would cover operation costs and growth, the area's transport body says.
Transport chaos looms as rail unions widen strikes over driver-only trains
Carefully planned walkouts will cause commuter misery next month, as the government and train operators try to save moneyPity British commuters this autumn. In southern England, Merseyside, East Anglia and the east coast main line they will face a wave of disruption after strikes were announced for Tuesday 3 October and Thursday 5 October. London Underground will also face disruption on the later date.Privately, the rail workers’ union, the RMT, and drivers’ union Aslef believe they can win improved pay and conditions for their members and ensure the safety of the travelling public as rail fir...
M3 shutdown causes chaos [Subscription]
A bomb disposal unit shut part of the M3 for almost 12 hours yesterday, trapping thousands of travellers in tailbacks up to 15 miles long.
Sadiq Khan tells Londoners 'direct your anger at Uber' as 500k back calls for ban to be reversed
Sadiq Khan has urged 500k people who signed a petition calling on Transport for London to reverse a ban on Uber in the capital to direct their anger at the firm.
Sunday, 24 September 2017
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- Revealed: Amazon Workers Tell Of 'Unaffordable' Travel Costs Staff at a “flagship” Amazon site have explained the financial and emotional toll of taking home less than the minimum wage, after it was revealed they are effectively forced to pay a third-party for an “unaffordable” special bus service. People working for the online retailer in Rugeley, Staffs, have said the situation sees them forking out well over a hundred pounds a month to private bus firms - and that they pay even more for taxis when the buses fail to turn up. “All the sacrifices and hard work and nobody cares,” one worker said. Some staff at the war...
Daily Post (North Wales)
- Free weekend bus travel scheme sees numbers double on some routesNumbers on routes such as Wrexham to Barmouth up by 100% since Ł1m project introduced
Other Regional Press
- 'Make the right call', bus company urges government over Queen Street sagaOXFORD Bus Company boss Phil Southall has urged Transport Secretary Chris Grayling to 'make the right decision' for the good of the city in the row over plans to pedestrianise Queen Street.
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