Kingston Area Travellers' Association

We’re all aware that public transport is not the most appealing of concepts at the best of times, let alone when you’ve got an armpit in your face, a dog doing its business on your leg or someone sat next to you eating a tub of cottage cheese with their bare hands. Yep, you read that right.

This is Our Town headed out onto the streets of Kingston to find out your Kingston-specific travel horror stories and whittled them down to our top ten favourites. Here goes:

Surrey County Council officers agreed to continue the 465 route at a full council meeting. There was public outcry when it was suggested the service could terminate in Leatherhead instead of Dorking.

First MTR South Western Trains Limited will oversee a £1.2 billion investment that will improve journeys for millions of train passengers, and provide a boost for the communities served. The next franchise will see:

• 22,000 extra seats into London Waterloo each morning peak and 30,000 extra seats out of Waterloo each evening peak
• a fleet of 90 new trains, providing more space for passengers on Reading, Windsor and London routes
• refurbished existing trains with charging sockets, new seat covers and refurbished toilets
• more frequent and additional services across the franchise
• earlier first and later last trains, including between London and Twickenham
• more Sunday services across the network, with many routes having the equivalent of a Saturday service after 1.00pm.

Two people have been hit by trains in different incidents in New Malden and Woking.

A statement on the British Transport Police (BTP) website said: "Just before 12.30pm today, we were called to New Malden station following reports that a person had been struck by a train. Officers are on scene alongside paramedics from the London Ambulance Service however a man has sadly been pronounced dead."