Kingston Area Travellers' Association

During 2006, in response to the continuing terrorist threat to the rail network, the Department for Transport carried out passenger screening trials to test the ability of available equipment and dogs to detect explosives, or traces of explosives, in an operational environment. ...

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Trains on the District line will be air conditioned by 2010, London Underground has revealed. As well as the District line, which travels through Putney, Wimbledon and Richmond, other partly above-ground lines such as the Circle and Metropolitan lines will also be fitted with air conditioning.

A train operator is refusing to confirm that three major Richmond borough stations will have fewer staff if proposals to reduce the opening hours of ticket offices are given the go ahead.

South West Trains (SWT) confirmed this week it had begun a consultation with unions and passenger groups into a reduction of opening hours at some "lesser used booking offices" which could see 118 positions lost.

Two members of a gang who beat, robbed and threatened to shoot passengers on borough trains have been jailed for a total of seven years. Yusuf Nur, of Chaucer Avenue, Richmond, admitted assault with intent to rob and common assault, and James Laywood of Bedfont Avenue, Feltham, pleaded guilty to two charges of robbery.

A Teddington Road was closed after a man was injured while riding on a 281 bus. It is thought the man either jumped or fell out of the top deck of the bus or fell down the stairs of the double-decker. The man was injured as the bus passed over a railway bridge in Teddington, close to Waldegrave Road and Park Road.

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has announced the appointment of three new members to the Transport for London board.
 
Tim Parker, the First Deputy Mayor, has been appointed to the board and has been nominated by the Mayor to be the Chair of the board from 1 September 2008, subject to the confirmation hearing process of the London Assembly.
 
Stephen Norris and Kulveer Ranger have also been appointed to the Transport for London board to provide advice and experience on a range of issues that affect the work of Transport for London.

The new station at Mitcham Eastfields is now open for passenger service. The first train to call at the brand new £6m station was the 16:09 service to Epsom on Monday 2nd June, which was greeted enthusiastically by local residents and Merton Councillors.

Fast, frequent services are now available from the station, with trains into central London calling on average every 30 minutes in the morning and evening peaks, with an hourly service during the middle of the day.

This is good news for Southern passengers living in the Mitcham area who now benefit from using a station much nearer to home, and, being in the heart of the community, there's more incentive to take trains into central London and to destinations such as Epsom, Dorking and Horsham which are now within easy reach of the local community.

A bus driver who killed a grandmother when his bus ploughed into three generations of the same family was jailed for four years today. Ismail Ahmed, 43, of Emerald Square, Southall, had denied causing death by dangerous driving, but was found guilty at Kingston Crown Court last month.

Swimmers in Richmond have been left "shell-shocked" after trees in Old Deer Park were felled to make way for a new bus interchange. Ten mature trees neighbouring Pools on the Park were removed between May 28 and 29 as part of a Transport for London (TfL) scheme.