Heathrow’s new train station for Terminal 5 opened to the public today with two unused platforms, showing that public transport needs higher priority at this major international gateway, says the South East England Regional Transport Board.
The platforms are reserved for Heathrow AirTrack, a new service providing direct connections from Reading, Woking, Guildford and London Waterloo [...]
Archive for March, 2008
HEATHROW T5 OPENS WITH EMPTY TRAIN PLATFORMS
Posted in Eurostar, Foreign Travel, Headington, London, News, Oxford on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
DON’T LET FRAUDSTERS SPOIL GOOD MEMORIES
Posted in Abingdon, Oxford, consumer, shopping on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Equifax warns bereaved families to be vigilant to protect the identity of their loved ones
Since the details of ‘missing canoeist’ John Darwin have been revealed, it has been discovered that the identity of a child who was born the same year as him, but died 34 days later, were used to create his new identity. [...]
First St Pancras International customer survey reveals 93% visitor satisfaction
Posted in CHILTERN RAILWAYS, Eurostar, european transport policy, tagged St Pancras International on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
St Pancras International today [Monday 31 March] made public the findings of its first Ipsos MORI independent customer survey.
The key findings of the survey are far better than even staff at St Pancras International had been expecting:
93% of those interviewed said they were at least “satisfied” with the station while over half (54%) were “very [...]
Anniversary Ghost Festival to take place at Bisham Abbey
Posted in Art, Education, Events, Headington, Oxford, Oxford Advertisements, Oxford News, Oxford Theatre, Oxford Things To Do, countryside, holidays on March 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Anniversary Ghost Festival to take place at Bisham Abbey Fright Nights, the UK’s leading ghost hunt specialist, is organising a Ghost Festival at Bisham Abbey on Saturday 10 May. The Festival, which will take place from 7pm – 12pm, will celebrate six years of holding ghost themed events at the 800 year old Abbey. Mentioned [...]
More safety on our roads
Posted in European Union, Motoring, Oxford, european transport policy on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
- equal treatment of resident and non-resident drivers
The Commission today adopted a proposal for a Directive aimed at facilitating the cross-border prosecution of traffic offences which imperil road safety. Technical measures and legal instruments are to be put in place which will enable EU drivers to be identified and thus prosecuted for offences committed in [...]
