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Friday, November 26, 2010

Fourth Tube Strike

The fourth tube strike is scheduled on 28th - 29th November. In the span of 8 months since I started commuting in London, there has been three series of 24-hour strikes: 6 September, 3 October, 2 November; all mostly because of job cuts. Travel chaos is still expected although TfL are putting on extra buses and boats, deploying extra staff and volunteers to give alternative travel options and assist passengers information, and curtailing some roadworks....

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Train overcrowding - trending again

With the release of the "Increasing Passenger Rail Capacity" report by the Committee of Public Accounts appointed by the House of Commons, the issue is trending again for the past few days. This report should be read together with the earlier report by the Department for Transport, UK. More on this report:BBC News: Commuters 'priced off' overcrowded rail routesBBC News: Unacceptable train overcrowding to get worse, MPs sayThe Telegraph: Rail chaos:...