Winter sun put on ice for holidaymakers as December is named as the month with the longest flight delays December 20, 2015 Those hoping for a little bit of winter sunshine might find themselves basking in the glow of the airport's Pret a Manger for longer than they'd bargained for, as research out today has found that December is the worst month for long flight delays. A study by Which? discovered that 3.5m passenger flights were delayed by [...]
Bank Tube station gets green light for major upgrade December 18, 2015 Transport for London has been given the green light to "dramatically transform" Bank Tube station, with work beginning in the new year. But before you groan and start planning your alternative route, there is good news: the station will remain open throughout the work, which is expected to be completed in 2021. That's not to [...]
Christmas travel: Engineering works to disrupt train services including Gatwick Express, Heathrow Express, Thameslink, Southern, Southeastern and many, many more December 18, 2015 Hoping to get away this Christmas? Well, start working on plan B because Network Rail has other ideas. This Christmas and New Year, one of the biggest-ever investment programmes is being carried out on the country's train infrastructure. New station facilities, longer platforms, extra tracks, new junctions and thousands of pieces of new equipment will be installed [...]
As survey expects 31 million car journeys to be made over Christmas, Transport for London unveils festive roadworks on Embankment, Blackfriars Road and Old Street December 18, 2015 Transport for London (TfL) has announced the details of its festive road work programme, which will hit parts of the Embankment, Blackfriars Road and Old Street – on the same day a survey suggested 31 million car journeys will be taken over the Christmas period. TfL said it was taking advantage of a time when roads in [...]
The Bakerloo line extension to Old Kent Road, New Cross Gate and Lewisham just came a step closer December 17, 2015 The Tube's about to go (further) south of the river, after Transport for London (TfL) came a step closer to getting the go-ahead for an extension of the Bakerloo line, which will extend to Old Kent Road and Lewisham. In a statement today, TfL said it will begin "detailed technical work" next year, to "build a case" for the [...]
London cab drivers will protest against Uber and its regulation by Transport for London today December 17, 2015 Cabbies are staging a fresh protest against Uber and Transport for London (TfL) in the capital today over the way the taxi industry is regulated. This time, it's minicab drivers, who want TfL to suspend the recently launched UberPool ride-sharing service, claiming that by giving it the go ahead, TfL is "riding rough shod over the regulatory review process by pre-empting [...]
Liverpool Street signal failure causing severe delays on London Overground, Stansted Express, Greater Anglia December 17, 2015 If you've managed to dodge an alcohol-induced headache this morning, a transport-inspired one might be about to kick in instead. A signal failure at Liverpool Street was this morning causing severe delays on the London Overground, Stansted Express and other mainline services. On the London Overground, commuters travelling in from Hackney Downs faced major disruption while [...]
A third of London trains fail to run on time December 16, 2015 More than a third of trains into London during the morning rush hour fail to run on time, while nearly half of those arriving between 8.30am and 9am are delayed. However, trains running in nine other cities across the country suffer more delays than those in the capital, new data reveals, with Birmingham, Manchester and [...]
The UK’s busiest stations: Waterloo welcomes largest number of passengers while Stratford rockets and London Bridge declines December 16, 2015 If you feel like Waterloo station is a little busy these days, you'd be right. Once again, it has been crowned the country's busiest station, with an astonishing 99m passengers passing though its doors over the past year, new figures reveal. Stations across the countries are becoming busier than ever, and overall passenger numbers grew by 4.5 per [...]
Bad news, commuters: Southern Rail conductors have just voted for a strike December 15, 2015 Bad news, Southern Rail commuters: conductors working for the train operator have voted in favour of a strike over staff shortages. The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said 70 per cent of staff balloted on the issue voted for the action to take place. The ballot result will now be considered by RMT’s executive, [...]