Kingston Area Travellers' Association

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.