Fines up to £100 in new crackdown on playing music on buses and trains

Brits playing music out loud on a bus could be slapped with a £100 fine as part of Andy Burnham’s new crackdown on antisocial behaviour. Bus and train passengers will be asked to “share the carriage, not the noise” as part of new powers being handed to local authorities to clamp down on “the actions of an inconsiderate few”. The Prime Minister has encouraged councils to use new powers to crack down on loud music, littering, vaping and threatening behaviour on public transport. Local authorities have been handed new powers to levy fixed penalty notices of £100 on bus passengers playing loud music, though these new rules will need to be signed off by the transport secretary.  Transport secretary Heidi Alexander said: “It is so frustrating when the actions of an inconsiderate few spoil journeys for the rest of us, whether that is vaping, littering or blasting music out loud. “Even small changes in behaviour can make a massive difference to people’s experience on public t