Kingston Area Travellers' Association

Tolworth bus driver Nelio Rebelo-Goncalves has been judged the best bus driver in London. The driver, who normally drives the K5 route from Ham to New Malden, had double cause to celebrate on Tuesday, November 18, because his first child was born on the same day.

A £30m funding hole has jeopardised the planned East London Line extension project which, if completed, would link Clapham Junction to Docklands by 2012. Finance for the on-off project has reached stalemate, with the Mayor of London and Government each demanding the other stump up £15m to cover the shortfall.

The Secretary of State for Transport (Mr Geoff Hoon): I am announcing today the publication of Delivering a Sustainable Transport System. This document marks the latest milestone in our longer term planning process, setting out our goals and identifying the various challenges that future transport schemes will need to address.

A petition with 396 names on was handed to the London Assembly on Wednesday calling for either the K2 or K3 bus to pass by the Cambridge Road estate, Cambridge Gardens and Norbiton.

But the petitioners were told by the Mayor that a diversion would mean increased costs and longer journeys for existing passengers.

A train company is considering lodging an appeal after a High Court judge ruled that a drunken student who fell in front of a train at Gunnersbury station had the right to claim a six-figure sum in compensation.

Police have released CCTV images of two men they want to trace in connection with an assault where two Polish men were bottled on a night bus in Kingston.

Kingston Police were called at 2.18am on Saturday, August 2 after the two men, aged 21 and 24, were attacked on the N213 bus, which runs from Kingston to Croydon near the Cromwell Road bus station.

The proposed Tramlink extension to Crystal Palace has been dropped from Transport for London's (TfL) spending plans and it could be at least 10 years before the project surfaces again.

The Mayor of London Boris Johnson today outlined his plan for the future of London’s transport system as he launched Transport for London’s multi-billion pound ten year Business Plan. The Mayor and Transport Commissioner Peter Hendy set out the detail of a huge Investment Programme that will help deliver an almost 30% increase in the capital’s transport network by 2018. 

The Programme will focus on the upgrade of the Tube, building Crossrail, extensions to the DLR and London Overground networks, supporting the 2012 Games and securing a legacy from them, smoothing traffic flows, leading a revolution in cycling and walking and providing greater flexibility for London’s boroughs to deliver local transport solutions.

Wrong platforms, false train arrival details and half complete security notices have plagued people using Kew Gardens and Richmond stations for years but Transport for London says upgrades are on the way.

A TfL spokesperson confirmed boards at Kew Gardens have been experiencing technical problems recently which meant they were not showing accurate District Line information. He said: “London Underground is working to resolve this and in the long term a new system will be installed towards the end of 2009."