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.
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