Burnham cracks down on headphone dodgers with £100 fines Politics Brits playing music out loud on a bus could be slapped with a £100 fine as part of Andy Burnham’s new crackdown on antisocial behaviour. Bus and train passengers will be asked to “share the carriage, not the noise” as part of new powers being handed to local authorities to clamp down on “the actions [...]
A Requiem for the Boris Bus Opinion Sadiq Khan’s decision to scrap the iconic ‘New Bus for London’ is about politics not practicalities, writes James Ford London’s fleet of red buses are iconic. Like black taxis, Beefeaters and red post boxes they are a globally recognised visual shorthand for the capital. And, for better or worse, Mayors of London come to be [...]
Thameslink operator slumps into the red ahead of Elizabeth Line takeover Transport and infrastructure The operator of London’s Thameslink and Gatwick Express slumped into the red before taking over the Elizabeth Line, it has been revealed. Go-Ahead has reported a pre-tax loss of $36.9m for 2024, having posted a pre-tax profit of $9.7m for the prior 15 months. However, the group pointed to it making a profit after tax [...]