Kingston Area Travellers' Association

A petition against controversial plans to remove bus stops in Twickenham town centre has been submitted to the council. Councillor Jeremy Elloy handed in the petition, bearing more than 1,000 signatures, to Richmond Council at a meeting in York House, Twickenham on Tuesday, November 27.

The petition calls on the authority to reconsider the plans, which petitioners said would inconvenience the disabled, elderly and infirm, who would be forced to walk between stops at the fringes of the town centre.

A woman who stopped a train in its tracks has been fined for walking on the rail line. British Transport Police were called after the woman was spotted walking on to the tracks from the platform at Teddington station at about 9.30am on Wednesday 14 November.

A man has been jailed after spitting at a bus driver.

Azad Majid, 20, of Wydehurst Road, Croydon, pleaded guilty to common assault at Croydon Magistrates Court and was sent to prison for four months.

A disobedient dog caused minor delays when it boarded a train, travelled one stop, disembarked, wandered on to the track and got run over at Richmond.

The mischievous mutt took it upon itself to board the train at Mortlake, without buying a ticket, and got off at North Sheen before wandering on to the track. The train guard then lost sight of the dog, an Alsatian cross, before driving over it, but not harming it, as the service approached Richmond on Friday, November 2.

Richmond Council is disappointed in the decision by the High Court of Justice to grant a Judicial Review hearing on the Council’s Planning Committee approval for the redevelopment of Twickenham Train Station.

An airgun was used in an attack on a bus shattering the windows and leaving passengers stranded in the middle of the night. The double decker 213 bus was attacked in Clarence Avenue, near Darley Drive in New Malden.

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A passenger crushed by a train at New Malden station was trying to hold the train door open to pick up his mobile phone, police have said. British Transport Police attended the station last week on Wednesday, August 8, following reports of a man on the tracks during rush hour.

A spokeswoman said: "It appears that the man had attempted to hold open the train doors after apparently trying to reach for an item on the tracks. He then stepped away but slipped between the platform and the train. The train began to move but stopped almost immediately."

A judicial review on approved plans for Twickenham station will achieve nothing and jeopardise the completion of the station development in time for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, the leader of Richmond Council said.

An angry driver whose car was as hit by a bus on three separate occasions while parked outside her home has reached breaking point.

She was given compensation for the damage caused during the first two incidents when the K1 bus scraped past her car parked in Sheephouse Way, New Malden.

Families enjoyed a great day out when London’s historic trolleybuses rolled into town to mark 50 years since they retired from service.

A special exhibition at the Fulwell garage, in Wellington Road, attracted more than 12,000 visitors, including Twickenham MP Vince Cable and BBC news presenter Nicholas Owen, on Saturday, May 12.

Two people were hit by trains and killed during rush hour yesterday, in a double tragedy that caused chaos for commuters. Police said they did not believe the two deaths - less than four hours apart at Richmond and Mortlake stations - were linked.

A woman, believed to be in her 50s and from Westminster, was killed at Richmond station at just after 4pm yesterday. A man, thought to be 21-years-old and from Feltham, thought to have walked on to the tracks at Mortlake, just two stops from Richmond, at about 7.30pm.

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A man hit by a train has died at the scene.

Distressd eye-witnesses said children were among those who saw the incident at Surbiton station at 3.37pm.

Paramedics from London Ambulance Service attended but the man, who was believed to be in his 20s, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Blundering station staff left a distressed disabled pensioner stranded after failing to help her off a train.
 
The wheelchair user, who was travelling on the last night-service from Waterloo to Shepperton, asked for help to alight at Kingston station but no assistance came.

The Mayor of London has accepted Solum Regeneration’s proposals to redevelop Twickenham station, to the outrage of campaigners opposed to the plans.

Five children aged between nine and 13 were reprimanded by police after they were caught running on to railway tracks.

Officers escorted the two boys and three girls home and spoke to their parents after CCTV operators spotted them playing the dangerous game at Hampton Wick station at about 4.20pm on Saturday, January 28.

A “sprightly” grandfather hit by a double-decker bus in front of afternoon shoppers is recovering in hospital from extensive head injuries. Cycling paramedics started treating 70-year-old Jack Maunders within two minutes of the accident in Eden Street, Kingston.

A spokesman for Go-Ahead London, which operates the bus, said: “We can confirm the incident did occur whereby an elderly gentleman was hit by one of our route 213 buses. We are currently helping the investigating authorities with their enquiries.”

A loving mother was hit by a train in front of her boyfriend in an apparent accident at Wimbledon station on Sunday, January 8. She was fatally struck by the Waterloo to Exeter service, which passed through Wimbledon at about 7.30pm, and died at the scene.

The first prototype new bus for London, unveiled by Boris Johnston in Trafalgar Square before Christmas, was outside the Guildhall in High Street, Kingston, on Saturday.

The Evening Standard is running a news story on London being top of the league table of 20 world cities for fares.  For those who like to see the raw figures, follow the link to the article above to see a full table and explanatory notes.