RMT union finally reveals Night Tube dispute was down to pay rises, telling TfL “where’s our pay increase?” September 23, 2015 The same union that insisted its Night Tube strikes were over staff's work-life balance is now making veiled threats over the one thing it insisted it was never about: a pay rise. In fact, the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) workers' union is calling for staff to receive a “decent offer” for pay even [...]
TfL rubbishes claims that Night Tube will help only rich Londoners September 22, 2015 Transport for London has rubbished claims that the Night Tube would benefit only the richest of Londoners, insisting it will support thousands of jobs across the capital. A study published today claims that the service, which was due to launch on 12 September, was tilted in favour of people with higher-than-average house prices. [...]
Waterloo and City line Tube strike 2015 dates: RMT staff will stage 48-hour walk out from 28-30 September September 22, 2015 Tube workers will stage a fresh 48-hour Tube strike in a row over pay targetting one of the capital's major commuter routes – the Waterloo and City line. The strike will go ahead following a vote in favour of action by RMT union members. However, London Underground claims just three people voted for it. Control [...]
London Bridge station works: These new pictures reveal more of its major makeover – this time Tooley Street September 21, 2015 If it feels like London Bridge looks a little different every time you go there (even when it's on your daily commute), then you're not half wrong. The billion-pound upgrade of the station which has been taking place for a while now will change the entire look of the area, and now, there are new [...]
This TfL collision map shows London’s most dangerous junctions and roads when you’re on your bike, walking, driving or in a taxi September 21, 2015 If you're a cyclist in London, then Transport for London have published an amazingly useful map which can warn you of the spots on your journey where you're most at risk of being involved in an accident. The new interactive map, found at collisionmap.london, lays out the exact location of every single collision in the [...]
First Great Western apologises to customers for underestimating need for services for World Cup game September 19, 2015 Train company First Great Western has issued an apology after acknowledging it did not prepare a sufficient amount of service to take customers to Cardiff for a world cup game. https://twitter.com/FGW/status/645178705980063744 Rugby fans at Paddington were attempting to travel to Cardiff to a rugby world cup match between Ireland and Canada, held at the Millennium [...]
First Great Western apologise to customers for underestimating need for services during World Cup game September 19, 2015 Train company First Great Western has issued an apology after acknowledging it did not prepare a sufficient amount of service to take customers to Cardiff for a world cup game. https://twitter.com/FGW/status/645178705980063744 Rugby fans at Paddington were attempting to travel to Cardiff to a rugby world cup match between Ireland and Canada, held at the Millennium [...]
Uber can help make London’s congestion a thing of the past – if sensible regulation allows innovation September 17, 2015 Every morning, 1m people brave London’s roads at rush hour and drive to work. And 94 per cent of them drive alone. This might be preferable to squeezing onto public transport, but the strain on London’s roads will only worsen as our economy grows. We need change. Yet there is an alternative to [...]
Transport for London secretly make a geographically accurate Tube map and it’s strangely hypnotising September 17, 2015 The London Tube map that's been in use since Harry Beck designed it in 1931 may (rightly) be lauded as a classic feat of design, but with all those 45-degree corners and straight lines, it doesn’t come particularly close to reality. Journeys that appear only a few hundred metres in length on the map sometimes [...]
Happy first birthday: Contactless cards have been on the Tube for a year September 17, 2015 They may account for 20 per cent of all pay-as-you-go journeys now, but contactless payments on the Tube were introduced just one year ago today. Over 180 million journeys have been made with contactless cards, more than 625,000 a day. A whopping one in seven of all contactless card payments in the UK are made [...]