Passengers will benefit from new Government efforts launched today (Monday 19 October) to tackle antisocial behaviour on transport, including £100 fines on buses and a new campaign to discourage ‘loudcasting’ on trains. Today, guidance was issued for local authorities to support their new powers to crackdown on loud music, littering, vaping, and threatening behaviour on […]
Government launches measures to prevent noise and antisocial behaviour on transport
Passengers will benefit from new Government efforts launched today (Monday 19 October) to tackle antisocial behaviour on transport, including £100 fines on buses and a new campaign to discourage ‘loudcasting’ on trains. Today, guidance was issued for local authorities to support their new powers to crackdown on loud music, littering, vaping, and threatening behaviour on […]
Plaque unveiled in memory Metro ‘pioneer’ Tony Ridley
A plaque has been unveiled to commemorate Professor Tony Ridley, the man who helped to make the Tyne and Wear Metro system a reality. Prof Ridley, who was originally from Sunderland, was the main driver of the Metro project in its early years, and without his leadership it may never have come to fruition. He […]