January 16, 2025
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Train firms urged to give ‘yellow cards’ to passengers without tickets
Train companies in England are being urged to adopt a “yellow card” system for passengers travelling without the correct ticket, rather than handing out penalty fares or prosecutions. Rail watchdog Transport Focus wants passengers to be issued a warning and have their names taken and recorded on a digital system, with fines only issued for…
Holyhead ferries set to resume after six-week port closure
Getty Images Holyhead port partially reopened on Thursday, with the typical number of services set to run The UK’s second busiest passenger port is returning to its full number of services more than a month after being completely shut by damage from Storm Darragh. Two berths at Holyhead, which links north Wales and Dublin, were…
BT scraps EV charging point scheme having only installed one
BT Group The pilot scheme’s only charger will close in February BT has abandoned its scheme to turn green street cabinets into electric vehicle (EV) charging points having completed only one of the 60,000 conversions it initially said it was aiming for. The metal cases, seen on streets around the UK, are usually used for…
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