Tag: public transport
-
Press Release: Newcastle ticket office changes
RAIL PASSENGERS RAISE SERIOUS CONCERNS OVER LOSS OF NEWCASTLE STATION TICKET OFFICE. Rail passengers in the North East have raised serious concerns after the ticket office at the region’s busiest railway station, Newcastle Central, was recently closed to be replaced by a platform kiosk. Passengers across the country celebrated in 2023 after a successful campaign…
-
Ticket Office changes at Newcastle Central Station
Passengers have raised concerns with us regarding the new ticket office arrangement at Newcastle’s Central Station. The ticket office room has now closed and been replaced with a new combined information and ticket kiosk in front of the departure screens on the station concourse. Not only is the new kiosk partially obstructing the view to…
-
We’ll be at the ‘No Time For Waste’ Environmental Gathering, 16th March.
The North Tyneside branch of NEPTUG will be at the ‘No Time For Waste’ Environmental Gathering on Sunday 16th March, at the Linskill Centre, North Shields, 10am-4pm. Why not drop by and say hello!Entry is free, and the event includes environmental films & talks, information stalls, crafts, workshops, and small local businesses.For more information, visit…
-
Our response to the North East’s Local Transport Plan
Our response to the Local Transport Plan (LTP) consultation can be found below: For information on the North East’s LTP, please visit: https://www.northeast-ca.gov.uk/localtransportplan
-
Let there be light, in Teams, Gateshead!
In a previous newsletter we covered a North East bus user who had been reporting broken bus shelter lights in Teams, Gateshead, for several years but to no avail. During the hours of darkness the bus shelters were uninviting and it was difficult to read the timetables.Overgrown and low hanging tree branches were also obstructing…
-
NEST’s response to Local Transport Plan consultation.
The North East’s ‘Local Transport Plan’ consultation closes at midnight on Sunday 26 January 2025: https://www.northeast-ca.gov.uk/localtransportplan Following NEPTUG’s Transport Bootcamp event in November, various sustainable transport groups & campaigners from across the region agreed to come together and set common priorities to feed into the Mayor’s consultation. Together, informally known as the ‘North East Sustainable…
-
Response to ‘Newcastle Movement Strategy’.
Newcastle City Council is consulting on their ‘Movement Strategy’ until this Friday, the 29th of November. It is very important that the voice of public transport users is heard loud and clear. You can respond via their consultation page here: https://newcastle.gov.uk/movement-strategy We at NEPTUG have developed a detailed response to the consultation which might give you…
-
Air Pollution & Carbon Emissions from Transport – reflections on a lifetime of research.
NEPTUG invites you to a FREE public lecture by Professor Margaret Bell of Newcastle University on Air Pollution and Carbon Emissions from Transport. Drawing on a lifetime of research this presentation will explain that, despite significant action since the mid-1990s by government to address environmental impacts, transport remains the main source of air pollution and…