Tyne & Wear Public
Transport Users Group
Welcome to our website... by using the links below you can find out who we are, what we're about, and what we campaign for.
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Current News / Campaigns...
Police chief reveals Metro fears as youths armed with booze 'cause chaos' at the coast - Chronicle Live article.
Several French cities have made public transport free, working on the same principle as Ken Livingstone's 'Fare's Fair'. It saves money in the end to subsidise public transport. See map for the towns in France where you can travel around for free.
Guardian Opinion by John Vidal: Air pollution is a lethal blight that shames our politicians.
Labour launches rare bid to dock Transport Secretary Chris Grayling's wages by £2,400.
City AM article: MPs launch inquiry into East Coast rail franchise failure saying "serious questions" need to be asked. Transport Committee inquiry started 21 May 2018 (see Blog | Transport Select Committee menu.)
Grayling plans to put utilities under pavements to cut potholes.
Nexus timetable consultation 2018 - click here for results.
£4m 'rapid charging' vehicle points in place for Newcastle and Sunderland.
Government 'protects' free bus pass but LGA decries funding gap.
OECD calls for 20mph limits in built-up areas - A 20’s Plenty for Us press release April 2018 (opens as a PDF document).
The Great British Train Robbery - a video by Renegade Inc, featuring the director of We Own It, Cat Hobbs, and Nicole Badstuber, a transport policy researcher at University College London (running time 28 minutes).
A 'Thank you' to the British people for privatising our railways - a short TSSA video.
Nexus' £8.4m rail training centre in South Shields gets the green light.
Passenger Transport magazine: England’s metropolitan areas and Wales see 3.5%-plus declines in bus use in ‘summer of discontent’, as patronage hits lowest level since 2007. Click here to view PDF.
The Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Environmental Audit, Health and Social Care, and Transport Committees published their joint report, Improving Air Quality on Thursday 15 March. The report focuses on measures to improve air quality in the UK. Click here for our Transport Committee reports page.
House of Commons considers the estimated spending of the Department for Transport - REPORT FROM ALAN CAMPBELL MP
Calling all residents in the Heaton/High Heaton area of Newcastle - come and join newly-formed SPACE for HEATON group to campaign for a better environment for all! Check out their short video introduction here.
German court rules cities can ban diesel cars to tackle pollution
German cities to trial free public transport to cut pollution
The agenda for the 23 February 2018 meeting of the NECA Transport North East (Tyne and Wear) Sub-Committee has been published and is available at www.northeastca.gov.uk.
Rail infrastructure investment to be investigated by Transport Select Committee.
Protests planned at UK rail stations to mark steep hike in fares: Guardian article.
Rail fares: Commuters 'priced out' by increases, campaigners say: BBC News article.
Check out We Own It's email to TWPTUG about it's campaign to bring the East Coast railway line into public ownership on our RAIL PAGE. Don't miss We Own It's founder, Cat Hobbs, on You Tube addressing a Labour Party rally. Please also sign the petition on that page to support the campaign.
See Transport Committee's Chair, Lilian Greenwood MP, comments on 2018 rail fare increase.
Press Release: Passengers condemn another East Coast bail out
Budget November 2017: £337m grant (not PFI scheme) approved to improve Tyne & Wear Metro system:
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/budget-2017-live-stream-updates-13936784
Photos from the Transport Workshop at Newcastle Assembly Rooms on 16th October 2017
Statement from Nexus on the major disruption on the Tyne and Wear Metro on Sunday 29 October
Have your say on the Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill!
Mobike Newcastle city bikes: How to use them and where are they? Check out the Newcastle Chronicle article and video: www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/mobike-newcastle-city-bikes-how-13768475
Newcastle PTUG has set up a petition to the Government requesting funding for the new Metro trains. Please sign it to put pressure on the Government: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/government-funding-for-tyne-and-wear-metro
RMT Arriva Northern Strike - planned picket lines and leafleting ....THURSDAY 5th OCTOBER 2017
Meet outside the arches, Newcastle Central Station - entrance to the staff car park.
RMT confirms a further two days of strike action on Arriva Rail North in guards' safety dispute:
More than half UK investment in transport is in London, says study. Thinktank IPPR North warns gulf in investment between regions is at cost of greater northern productivity.
PLEASE ASK YOUR M.P. to support Early Day Motion 109: 'REDUCED ACCESS FOR DISABLED PASSENGERS ON NORTHERN RAIL' tabled by Ian Mearns MP for Gateshead. This is to protect the interests of disabled passengers in unstaffed stations should Driver-Only Operation be introduced. Click on above link to view full EDM text.