Metrolink splashes out to give swimmers free ride

Metrolink splashes out to give swimmers free ride

SWIMMERS wearing swimsuits, goggles and swimming caps joined passengers on a Metrolink tram in Manchester just before the city staged the FINA World Swimming Championships. full story

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  • London Underground strike called off

    London Underground strike called off

    A threatened 48-hour strike by London Underground staff in the run up to the London Assembly and Mayoral elections on 1 May has been called off by the RMT union.

  • New Heathrow station designed for speed of access

    New Heathrow station designed for speed of access

    PASSENGERS arriving and departing at the new T5 terminal at Heathrow will be able to use the new underground station immediately under the station for their journeys.

  • ‘Travel free’ offer as £3.2m station opens

    ‘Travel free’ offer as £3.2m station opens

    THE opening of the 60th Tyne and Wear Metro station at Simonside on South Tyneside was marked by giving a week’s free travel to 2,000 people living in the local area.

  • Passengers were evacuated from the trains via the tunnels

    5000 passengers stranded in tube blackout

    London tube chiefs have launched an investigation into a rush hour power blackout which left more than 5000 people stranded on trains. Commuters on nine trains on the Jubilee line feared a possible terrorist attack as the trains were left with only back-up battery powered lighting and temperatures in packed coaches soared.

  • Tube strike cancelled

    Tube strike cancelled

    The planned strike by the RMT and TSSA for April 6-9 has been called off following talks between the unions and Transport for London.

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