Tag Archives: Traffic and Travel

A new section of a ‘no stopping’ red route in Reading town centre will go live this month. The double red lines, which aim to help speed up journey times for buses, mean drivers cannot stop along the route and will be fined if they do. The red route, which …

Reading is a vastly changing town. Huge housing developments are popping up all around the town centre, many unused offices are being converted into homes and more projects to build new, better offices are also being carried out. What this means is that the town will look very different over …

Finding a pricey yellow ticket sitting on your windscreen will inevitably place traffic wardens on your list of most disliked people. Everyone knows that sinking feeling it brings to the pit of the stomach, made all the worse when we feel it’s unjustified. However, we should all remember when we’ve …

Plans for a spectacular housing development on a Reading shopping park have been delayed. Aviva Investors, which is proposing an enormous development on Reading Station Shopping Park, had hoped to submit its plans for the scheme by Christmas. However, planning consultant Barton Willmore has now confirmed the plans are due …

Bus bosses have been forced to divert a bus route in Nuneaton town centre due to inconsiderate motorists picking up missed parcels. Due to the sheer number of cars parked around the Royal Mail delivery office off Church Street, Stagecoach has been unable to get buses down there. Traditionally there …

A major bus route serving a well-populated area of Preston has been cut short. Preston Bus service 23 will only operate from the city centre and terminate at the new Aldi across from Sherwood Way during the week at evening peak periods. The disruption has fallen into place with immediate …

Proposals for a new bridge south of Crewe station aimed at easing congestion in Nantwich Road have been adopted by Cheshire East Council. Cabinet members approved a preferred route for the new Southern Link Road Bridge at Tuesday’s meeting, following consultation held over the summer. The new bridge would be …

Shoppers fear the loss of a popular supermarket if a huge development in Reading is given permission. People responding to a consultation on a plan which could see the Reading Station Shopping Park knocked down and replaced with as many as 950 new homes have stated losing the shop would …

Did you know that London once had an underground, driverless railway for its post? Known as Mail Rail, or formerly the Post Office Railway, it operated from 1927 until 2003 to move mail around between postal sorting offices. Like the London Underground but for envelopes rather than people. And now …

A red double-decker bus is one of the ultimate symbols of London. Although they’re not just any shade of red. London’s buses are Pantone 485 C red, the same colour used by the Royal Mail, London Underground, KitKat, McDonald’s and, of course, MyLondon. You might think it’s all part of …