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Rail companies are facing calls for an extra two days to be added back on to their travelcards to compensate them for the lack of services on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

Croydon Central MP Andrew Pelling has already written as a private citizen seeking compensation on his 7 day travelcard that expired on Christmas Day. Mr Pelling said he would rather pay that money to charity at Christmas or into the collection at church than pay the money into railway company profits.

A 48-year-old woman died after being struck by a train at New Malden station. Witnesses said the woman jumped from the London bound platform in front of the 12.03pm Woking to Waterloo train as it passed through New Malden station at 12.30pm. The train was not scheduled to stop at New Malden and was travelling through the station at 60mph.

Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, unveiled the winning designs in the New Bus for London competition, and outlined the next steps in delivering a new bus fit for 21st century London based on the iconic Routemaster. 

The Mayor was joined by Transport Commissioner Peter Hendy as he met the winners.  The judges were so impressed with the ideas submitted in the ‘whole bus’ design category that a joint first prize was awarded to Capoco Design Ltd and a collaborative entry from Aston Martin and Foster + Partners.  The two runners up prizes in the ‘whole bus’ design category were awarded to Jamie Martin, a 29 year old transport design graduate, and another collaborative entry from Héctor Serrano Studio, Miñarro García and Javier Esteban.

The proposed cuts at New Malden, Raynes Park and Motspur Park stations have been criticised by the Rail Maritime and Transport Union (RMT). The changes, which are among 114 planned across the country by station owners South West Trains, are set to be decided on by the Government within the next few weeks.

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has confirmed that Londoners aged 60 and over will be able to use their Freedom Pass on Transport for London services free of charge for 24 hours a day, every day of the week, from 2 January.

South West Trains (SWT) has revealed the details of its winter timetable - which will come into effect on Sunday, December 14, and be in place until May 16 - and there will be extra services from many local stations.

The rail operator will now run a 07:54 service from Richmond to Ascot calling at Twickenham, Feltham, Ashford, Staines and Egham before forming a service to Guilford at Ascot.

It also confirmed a new 17:52 Teddington to London Waterloo, via Kingston and Wimbledon, service on weekday evenings and the extension of the 06:29 service from Kingston to Waterloo via Teddington and Richmond so it starts at Wimbledon.

Transport for London (TfL) announced that, in line with Mayor Boris Johnson’s key manifesto pledge to phase out bendy buses, three bus routes – 38, 507 and 521 – will no longer use bendy buses when their contracts expire next year.

A deal worth up to £350m that will help deliver Crossrail on time and on budget has been finalised with the City of London Corporation. The agreement was announced by Andrew Adonis, Transport Minister, Boris Johnson, Mayor of London and Sir Michael Snyder of the City of London Corporation.

The Mayor must urgently review the poor standard of service given to elderly and disabled Londoners who use Dial-A-Ride.

The London Assembly agreed a motion calling for both a review of the Dial-A-Ride service and the way the Taxicard scheme is funded.  The motion is a response to a continuing volume of complaints about door-to-door transport schemes from vulnerable people in the capital who have suffered lengthy waits or been left stranded in unsafe locations.

Croydon Council's political parties have joined in a rare demonstration of political unity to demand the reinstatement of the Tramlink extension. Mayor of London Boris Johnson put the £170m extension on ice for at least ten years when he dropped it from the latest Transport for London (TfL) forward plan. Croydon Council agreed unanimously at its full meeting to fight the decision.

A  range of new single and double deck eco-friendly hybrid buses were unveiled for London today (2 December), the first stage in a major expansion of the Capital’s hybrid bus fleet. 

By the end of January next year, the number of hybrid buses in the Capital will more than quadruple to 56 buses and confirm the Capital’s position as the home of the largest fleet of hybrid buses in the UK.  A further 300 hybrid buses will be in operation by 2011.

Londoners could be set for smoother journeys as Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, today outlined a new approach towards the installation of road humps, with councils across the capital being sent letters in which they are encouraged to consider alternatives to them or to use fewer where possible.

Commuters could get some relief from overcrowded trains with the Government promising 400 extra Thameslink carriages across the south east.

The new fleet of trains will provide an extra 14,500 seats on spacious, longer and more comfortable trains including those on routes through Clapham Junction and Surrey.