Ealing Gazette - Columnists - Transport Watch

Transport Watch: Light at the end of the tunnel for train commuters?

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:43:00 GMT

Serious overcrowding and passengers being left behind at stations in the Borough cannot be allowed to continue.

Transport watch: Fares up but is there more to come?

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

* BUS and train fares in London have risen, much to the consternation of all passengers, but Londoners have been warned there may yet be more fare rises to follow.

Transport Watch: Footsore residents get bus service

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:00:00 GMT

AT LAST the footsore residents of Wood End are to get a bus service. It may not exactly follow the route that they hoped it would but at least it is a step forward and it comes into being on September 5.

Transport Watch: 'Tube crime down for third consecutive year'

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT

LESS than one in three passengers on the Greenford Branch surveyed by the Ealing Passenger Transport Users' Group favoured a high frequency shuttle service to West Ealing rather than a less frequent service continuing along the line to Ealing Broadway and Acton.

Transport watch: commuters could soon be travelling to work by Aston Martin

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:00:00 GMT

The dust has yet to settle on the National Concessionary Fares Scheme, but it is now clear that the concession does not extend to services where more than half of the seats can be pre-booked, nor to special events, seasonal or short season services.

Transport watch: Changes could benefit bus passengers

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

After a long period of silence London Buses has unveiled changes which could benefit bus passengers in the borough.

Transport watch: Introducing winter timetables

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

If you are planning a train journey later this month do check the departure times, because next weekend is the day all the national rail operators introduce their winter timetables.

Transport Watch: Overground revenues rise

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The London Overground, which operates services through Acton Central and South Acton has seen its revenues rise by 17 per cent and ticketless travel fall from around 15 per cent to three per cent since it took over from Silverlink a year ago.

Transport Watch: Designing the bus of the future

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT

Could you design London's bus of the future, and go down in history as the designer of the new Routemaster?

Transport watch: Green lights will be history before Crossrail arrives

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT

There can be few, if any, people in Ealing who now do not know that Crossrail has been given the 'green