TRAVEL NEWS
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Mumbai trains may be world's deadliest commute
They are the arteries that keep Mumbai's economy ticking, rattling 6 million people a day to offices, shops and factories. But arriving safe and sound for work after a trip on Mumbai's clogged railways is no mean feat. On average 4,000 people die a year on Mumbai's railways, crushed under trains, electrocuted by overhead power lines or killed as they lean from jam-packed carriages to gasp for air. It is perhaps the world's deadliest commute.
edition.cnn.com
edition.cnn.com
Labels: commuters, India, mumbai, train
Monday, January 22, 2007
Peak hour commuters boycott tickets in protest
Commuters from Bath risked heavy fines this morning for refusing to buy rail tickets in protest against reduced train services.
guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.uk
Labels: boycott, commuters, ticket
Thursday, January 18, 2007
'Commuters can't all sit down'
Commuters have been told that peaktime overcrowding on trains is here to stay, with the rail minister saying that it was 'not realistic' for everyone to expect a seat during peaktime.
guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.uk
Labels: commuters, overcrowding, tube
