News summary

Published: 21 May 2013
By Chris Haycock

General

Congestion Charge changes begin to take effect Changes make scheme greener and more efficient. (TFL)

Record-breaking week for bus journeys as passenger numbers continue to rise Estimated 49.5 million journeys made on London's bus network in one week - around half the number of all bus journeys in England. London's population increasing by the equivalent of two buses full of people every day. (TFL)

Borrowing Initiative delivers results in Wrexham A scheme which provides £170m additional investment to local authorities across Wales has delivered results in Wrexham, Finance Minister Jane Hutt said today. (Transport Wales)

New 3.5m rail station near Newport gets go-ahead Minister for Transport Edwina Hart has announced £1m funding for a new train station at Pye Corner, Newport. (Transport Wales)

Protect your belongings at station tagging eventLiverpool Street British Transport Police (BTP) and Greater Anglia have joined forces to crackdown on theft across the rail network at a free property marking event tomorrow [Tuesday, 21 May]. (British Transport Police)

First major changes for passengers as London Bridge redevelopment gathers pace The first major phase of the redevelopment of London Bridge station will begin later this month when three platforms are taken out of use until spring 2014. (Network Rail)

Leeds station to become art gallery as it hosts national photography exhibition Leeds is one of five of the country’s biggest and busiest railway stations whcih will become art galleries this summer, hosting a special exhibition showcasing stunning images from the Take-a-view Landscape Photographer of the Year competition. Visitors will also have the opportunity to get expert advice from celebrated landscape photographer and founder of the competition, Charlie Waite. Leeds' exhibition will launch on Sunday 16 June (Network Rail)

Gatwick is ready for the Easter break Gatwick sees over 1.5 million passengers taking advantage of the Easter Bank Holiday break (30 March - 15 April)   Dublin , Malaga and Milan ranked top destination hot spots for this period From this weekend passengers are already getting ready for the first Bank Holidays of the year, as over 1.5 million business and leisure passengers jet abroad over the Easter break (30 March - 15 April). ... (Gatwick Airport)

CAA secures nearly ?100,000 compensation for delayed passengers News release (CAA)

Jet2.com announces two new routes for 2014 Jet2.com has further grown its network from Glasgow Airport with the launch of two new routes for summer 2014. (Glasgow International Airport)

Glasgow Airport reports passenger growth for April 2013 Passenger growth at Glasgow Airport has continued with almost 550,000 people travelling through the airport in April 2013, representing an increase of 0.4% compared to the same period last year. (Glasgow International Airport)

Caribbean Airlines to launch flights from Gatwick to Trinidad New non-stop services between Gatwick and Trinidad will commence 14 June 2012 Gatwick continues to win new airlines and routes as a result of its ongoing multimillion pound investment programme Gatwick Airport announced today that Caribbean Airlines will launch non-stop flights between Gatwick and Piarco International Airport, Port of Spain, Trinidad, four times a week. The airline will operate... (Gatwick Airport)