Transport
Ship's passengers stranded in bomb alert
Published: 16 May 2006
Nearly 150 ferry passengers and 101 crew were stranded on ships in the River Mersey today after a large bomb was seen floating in the water.
Cleared to land: world's biggest airliner arrives in UK
Published: 14 May 2006
The future of air travel will touch down at Heathrow airport on Thursday - and it will be big. Nearly 240ft long, eight storeys high and carrying up to 900 passengers at one time, the Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger aircraft ever, has been hailed as a milestone in aviation history.
The Big Question: Can road pricing solve Britain's traffic congestion problem?
Published: 12 May 2006
What is the London experience?
'Smart card' will pay for trains, trams and buses
Published: 11 May 2006
A "smart card" to pay for trains, buses and trams all over Britain has been given the go ahead by the new Transport Secretary.
New deal takes Oyster overground
Published: 10 May 2006
A deal that could lay the foundation for a nationally-accepted smartcard rail ticketing scheme was struck today.
Cruise ship towed ashore as 700 escape fire
Published: 07 May 2006
Fed-up 747 passengers storm first-class cabin
Published: 07 May 2006
Angry economy-class passengers stormed first class on an international flight in a mid-air upgrading mutiny, it was disclosed last night.
EasyJet's no-frills policy extends to flight's baggage
Published: 03 May 2006
Nearly 200 angry easyJet passengers on a cut-price trip to Italy did not expect "no frills" to mean "no baggage". Travellers were left without their luggage after the company insisted that the flight should take off with an empty hold.
US embassy owes the Mayor £271,000
Published: 02 May 2006
The US embassy has racked up £271,000 in London congestion charge fines in the past six months, more than any of the other embassies which refuse to pay the charge.
The school run
Published: 30 April 2006
Rising oil prices drive cost of petrol towards £1 a litre
Published: 28 April 2006
Petrol prices have reached record levels and are soaring fast towards the £1 per litre milestone.
Tube to run later at weekends
Published: 28 April 2006
Some staff with Saturday jobs could struggle to get to work following changes to Tube opening times, a passenger group said today.
Warwickshire has highest level of new car pollution
Published: 26 April 2006
Warwickshire has the highest carbon emissions from new cars in Britain, suggesting that residents are opting for large engines over environmentally-friendly vehicles.
Fuel prices soar to record high
Published: 23 April 2006
Fuel prices reached a record high this weekend, and motorists were told to brace themselves for further increases. Diesel users were warned they would be hardest hit.
Wardens told: go soft on drivers
Published: 16 April 2006
The Government is calling on traffic wardens to soften their hard line on motorists' parking infringements.
Parking fines: Highway robbery
Published: 16 April 2006
Motorists put traffic jams at top of hate-list
Published: 14 April 2006
The familiar sinking feeling when heavy traffic grinds to a halt is one of the most pressing problems facing millions of motorists in Britain, according to a new report published today.
The great Easter getaway
Published: 13 April 2006
Anger at AA's 'exclusive deal' with garage chain
Published: 03 April 2006
The AA has a direct financial incentive to take members' cars to a chain of garages, rather than repair them at the side of the road, internal documents show.
Scanners to be used at all rail stations
Published: 03 April 2006
Security scanners are to be used at railway stations across the country in an attempt to improve safety.
'This is your pilot. speaking. We have landed at the wrong airport'
Published: 30 March 2006
Passengers on a Ryanair flight to Northern Ireland suffered an unexpected delay yesterday when their pilot mistakenly landed at a military airfield.
New jet 'will allow half-hour flights to US'
Published: 26 March 2006
Successful tests have taken place of a revolutionary new jet engine that would allow commuters of the future to fly to New York just half an hour - the time it takes to make the average journey to work each day.
Network Rail unveils £1.3bn refurbishment for Waterloo
Published: 22 March 2006
Rail chiefs unveiled a £1.3bn plan yesterday to redevelop London Waterloo station, increase capacity on services running into the terminus and introduce technology allowing peak fares to vary.
Car-share lanes to be introduced on motorways
Published: 21 March 2006
The first car-share lane on a British motorway is likely to increase traffic rather than reduce it, green groups say.
One return to the golden age of rail travel? That'll be £15bn
Published: 19 March 2006
Alistair Darling's announcement on Wednesday of £15bn over the next three years to speed up the nation's train services recalls the golden age of rail in the Thirties, when the LMS and LNER vied with each other to provide glamorous, streamlined services to Scotland and the North.
