London bus passengers face £100 fines for loud phone music in antisocial behaviour crackdown

London bus passengers could face £100 fines for playing music or videos aloud on their phones, as part of a new crackdown on antisocial behaviour on public transport. The nationwide campaign, launching Monday, urges train passengers to use headphones under the slogan "share the journey, not the noise," with repeat offenders potentially facing fines up to £1,000. Local authorities gained power to set their own bus rules earlier this year, with enforcement by specialist transport safety officers rather than drivers. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said the measures target inconsiderate behaviour like vaping and littering, but Unite general secretary Sharon Graham called them "wholly inadequate" to address escalating abuse faced by workers. Lib Dem transport spokesman Olly Glover demanded government funding for enforcement officers, saying the rules "won't be worth the paper they're printed on" without them.