Travellers' Tales

Anglia News finds out what it’s really like travelling around the region by train, car and bike in a series of special reports. Plus a round-up of some of the problems that have faced travellers in just one typical week.

TRAINS:

¹ Sascha Williams reports on the train journey between Norwich and London after power line damage, injured workers and a derailed train disrupted travellers for five days last week. (Monday 16th June 2008)
¹ There were more delays on the trains in Essex after overhead power line problems between Hatfield Peverel and Chelmsford. (Thursday 19th June 2008)
¹ Kate Prout tries to report while travelling on the trains in the west of the region, but the rail companies aren't so keen. (Friday 20th June 2008)

Useful links:
ITV Local’s Travel service has details on how trains are running
National Express East Anglia
Stansted Express
c2c
National Express East Coast
First Capital Connect
East Midlands Trains
London Midland
Virgin West Coast
National Rail Enquiries
Passenger Focus rail users’ group
Network Rail

ROADS:

¹ Timothy Evans and Sally Rourke set out from Ipswich on the A12 and A14 to find out what it’s really like on some of the most complained about stretches of road in the country. (Tuesday 17th June 2008)
¹ Rhiannon Mills and Sally Rourke take the A1 and A14 to and from Huntingdon to find out what the region’s travellers think of the roads. (Tuesday 17th June 2008)
¹  Drivers in Suffolk faced delays when overnight repair work on the Bascule Bridge in Lowestoft overran. The repairs themselves have already overrun by around six months. (Wednesday 18th June 2008)
¹ Neil Bradford reports on the congested roads around Luton and Dunstable, and how his journey takes much longer than it should. (Wednesday 18th June 2008)
¹ There were more delays for Bascule Bridge motorists in Lowestoft after overnight maintenance work overran for the second day running. (Thursday 19th June 2008)
¹ Sally Rourke joins a commuter on the congested A140 at Long Stratton in Norfolk, where they've been campaigning for a bypass for 60 years. (Thursday 19th June 2008)
¹ An accident closed part of the A14 between Burton Latimer and Isham in Northamptonshire, causing delays for drivers. (Thursday 19th June 2008)
¹ Stuart Leithes meets some of the people who provide radio travel news in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex. (Friday 20th June 2008)

Useful links:
ITV Local’s Travel service has the latest on what’s happening on the region’s roads
ITV Local’s Feeling the Pinch factsheet has information on saving fuel and money
AA
RAC
Highways Agency, including more about the Bascule Bridge closures in Lowestoft

BIKES:

¹ Reporter Sascha Williams commutes on her bike in Norwich, so she went out with a camera to show what it's like on two wheels. (Wednesday 18th June 2008)
¹ Four local cities and towns are to get millions from the Government to improve facilities for cyclists. Click here for the Anglia East report from Sascha Williams on Colchester and Southend. Click here for the Anglia West report on Cambridge and Leighton Buzzard, where Kate Prout also joins the morning cycle commute in Bedford. (Thursday 19th June 2008)

Useful links:
Sustrans is a sustainable transport charity
CTC has cycling advice
Cycling England, including more on the towns getting Government money to improve cycling facilities
Your local council is also likely to have a cycling officer who can offer advice

Round-up of the week:
¹ Sascha Williams rounds up how the week has gone for travellers in the east of the region (Friday 20th June 2008)
¹ Kate Prout rounds up the week with your thoughts on travelling round the west of the region. (Friday 20th June 2008)

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