Campaign For Better Transport
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Despite public support for sustainable travel, flying still accounts for nearly three-quarters of all trips between the UK and the Continent. Whilst Eurostar’s launch sparked excitement and passenger numbers rose…
To mark 200 years of railway passenger services, a special train will make its way around the UK from 27 June. Inspiration is the Railway 200 exhibition train that celebrates…
“In the late 1980s, I was the ‘Information and Policy Officer – Transport and Consumer Affairs’ for what was then Age Concern England (now Age UK). It was my second…
I love my Family & Friends Railcard. From Ipswich, if my family wants a day out by the seaside, it brings the price of our tickets to Lowestoft down from…
A quick potted history. Believe it or not, electric public transport was widespread well over a century ago. Trams were a very standard part of life and an easy, affordable…
Important declaration of bias: I’m more Blur than Oasis. I know! Draw your own conclusions, and I promise it’s nothing to do with doing a gig with Damon Albarn when…
What exactly is an Integrated National Transport Strategy? It sounds like it’s all about how different transport modes integrate together. Things like, making sure bus times coordinate with train times,…
Back in 1825, the Stockton and Darlington Railway changed the world. From these early passenger steam trains – and the horse drawn ones which preceded them – the sector has…
Improving transport is about making people’s lives better. Wherever we live and whatever our circumstances, we should all be to get to where we need to go. No one should…
As we have seen from the outstanding success of the Dartmoor Line, rail reopenings have a transformational impact upon the lives of those who have been for far too long…
An incredible 3,650 of you signed our postcard, urging Royal Mail to work with the government and freight operator DB Cargo to find a way for mail to stay on…
There’s no getting around the stark facts. For bus users, the Budget increased the cap on fares for single journeys outside London by 50 per cent. For rail passengers, it…
Unit 407
164/180 Union Street,
Waterloo,
London,
SE1 0LH