Mastercard Monday: Free travel on the Tube, bus, train, DLR and tram for Londoners with Apple Pay on Cyber Monday November 30, 2015 As if everyone wasn't picking up enough bargains, there's another nice freebie for commuters on Cyber Monday too. It's the second week of a month-long offer in which Mastercard holders using Apple Pay will be able to tap in and tap out absolutely free across the capital's Tube, trains, trams, DLR and buses. Read more: There's a new way [...]
Transport for London sets up new team to help to tackle growing traffic congestion November 30, 2015 Transport for London (TfL) has created new team to help tackle growing traffic congestion in the capital, it announced today. The new 40-strong team – that will rise to 80 by next spring – will help to deal with problems such as illegal stopping or unloading of deliveries, which can cause delays to drivers and [...]
UK weather: Storm Clodagh brings down tree on tracks at Bellingham causing travel disruption on Southeastern trains November 29, 2015 High winds from storm Clodagh have caused a tree to fall on to the tracks near Bellingham station in south east London, creating disruption to journeys to and from the capital. Southeastern trains from Orpington to Victoria, Ashford to Victoria and from Sevenoaks to Blackfriars are diverted or delayed as British Transport Police attend the incident. https://twitter.com/BTPbromley/status/671002468310982657 Train tickets for [...]
This is how long it takes people to commute and what they do during it November 27, 2015 No matter how long it takes, everybody feels their commute is too long. But a new poll has revealed that the figure for the how long it actually takes to get to work and back is one hour and 38 minutes. The public transport app Moovit has released results of a national commuting survey, conducted by OnePoll, which [...]
Network Rail misses punctuality targets (just) November 26, 2015 Network Rail has narrowly missed its punctuality target, the train group has admitted, while revealing a drop of nearly a quarter in profits. The group is charged with getting 90 per cent of trains to their destination on time: figures out this morning show that it has reached a moving annual average of 89.5 per cent. [...]
Faulty train at Kings Cross causing travel chaos on Piccadilly Line as TfL suspends service between Hyde Park Corner and Arnos Grove November 26, 2015 A faulty train at King's Cross was causing travel disruption throughout the Piccadilly Line this morning, as commuters struggled to get into work during rush hour. Transport for London said the service between Hyde Park Corner and Arnos Grove had been suspended in both directions. The disruption was also causing minor delays on the rest of the line. The [...]
London’s black taxis will accept credit or debit card and contactless payments by October 2016 – but minimum fares will rise by 20p to pay for it November 26, 2015 All black cabs will accept cards and contactless payments from October 2016, after plans for the industry to move with the times by accepting new ways to pay gained overwhelming support from the public. However, the minimum fare of £2.40 will rise across the board by 20p to accommodate the costs of using the new technology. Credit card [...]
Autumn Statement 2015: Transport for London loses billions in Spending Review as subsidies cut by Department of Transport November 25, 2015 Transport for London will lose out on billions of pounds of funding after the government announced it will cut its subsidy in the Spending Review. The Department for Transport will phase out TfL's resource grant which makes up around six per cent of its annual budget, amounting to £2.8bn by 2019. The move comes as part of efforts by [...]
Holborn Tube station trials standing-only (no walking) escalators as Transport for London tries to speed up exit with rule-breaking experiment November 25, 2015 Commuters heading through Holborn during morning rush hour will be stopped from walking up escalators at the Tube station in a new experiment that's actually designed to speed thing up. The new standing-only rule will be in effect during early peak travel for the next three weeks, breaking what might just be the cardinal rule of London – walk on the left and stand [...]
Night Tube launch back on track? TfL proposes hiring part-time drivers to break union deal deadlock and get start date agreed November 25, 2015 Plans for the Tube to run through the night are back on track after Transport for London suggested hiring part-time staff to drive the services in a bid to break a deadlock in negotiations with unions. Part-time drivers, estimated to number around 140 at this early stage, would be hired to work the night shifts which unions [...]