TfL Tube strike: Talks begin between unions and transport bosses to avert more action over Night Tube August 11, 2015 A fresh attempt to break the deadlock between transport unions and TfL over the Night Tube dispute will begin today in an effort to avoid yet another Tube strike. UPDATE: These are the new Tube strike dates The two sides will meet at conciliatory service Acas today, with the unions threatening yet more industrial [...]
Why Network Rail’s £2m fine won’t improve London Bridge commuters’ train travel or reduce delays and disruption August 11, 2015 Yesterday the Office of Rail and Road published the results of its investigation to the major disruption at London Bridge in January of this year. In a damning report, it found Network Rail breached the terms of its licence and issued it with a fine of £2m. A positive move by a tough [...]
Network Rail fined £2m for London Bridge overcrowding chaos and other delays August 10, 2015 Network Rail has been fined £2m by the rail watchdog over chaos at London Bridge station which caused misery for thousands of commuters earlier this year. An investigation into Network Rail's performance by the Office of Rail and Road found that while there was no systematic weakness at the firm causing the failings, it did [...]
From TfL Tube strike and Tom Hayes’ Libor conviction to Quindell and Fantasy Football: Here’s what got us talking this week August 7, 2015 There were singing farmers. There was a decapitated bus. And suddenly, in North Korea, there was a new time zone. Here's what got us talking this week 1) London was (over) grounded The second strike in two months brought London's Tube network to a halt, and while that meant we all had to [...]
August 2015 TfL Tube strike: Penny farthings, canoes and cycling elephants take to the streets as sarcastic commuters beat the Tube strikes August 7, 2015 Everyone's a comedian; at least judging by the transportation Londoners chose yesterday. But with horrendous queues clogging the City, was there method in the madness? Commuters in Battersea were delighted when Londoner Alan Price headed for work on a penny farthing early in the morning (there’s always one). Londoner beats the Tube strike with 19th [...]
TfL Tube strike 2015: Bus, Boris bike, Overground, roads and London travel without the Underground in astonishing numbers August 6, 2015 Millions of commuters have struggled to make their way around the capital during today's strike, which has forced many passengers to discover various other forms of transport other than the Tube. Now attempting to make their journeys home by bus, bike, rail, road, Overground and on foot, here's how the transport network has fared today. [...]
Tube strike August 2015: Roads snarled by 428 traffic jams and 197 miles of tailbacks August 6, 2015 At the height of the Tube strike, at what would usually be peak morning rush hour, the roads of London were snarled with 428 separate traffic jams causing 197 miles of tailbacks. While that's twice as much as the average Thursday when the Tube is running as usual, it's not quite as bad as it [...]
TfL Tube strike August 2015: Londoners spend over a year of their lives commuting August 6, 2015 Londoners spend over a year of their lives on the Tube, suggests a new survey from OnePoll, which also reveals who has the longest commutes – and what we do with our time on the train. Commuting has ground to a screeching halt in the capital today with the second Tube strike in a month [...]
August 2015 TfL Tube strike: No employer can afford to meet the demands of unions RMT, TSSA, Aslef and Unite over the Night Tube August 6, 2015 London is growing and increasingly becoming a 24 hour city. The Night Tube will transform night time journeys, cutting journey times by an average of 20 minutes, with some by more than an hour. London's night-time economy will be opened up to a host of new opportunities, with the new 24 hour services supporting around [...]
Tube strike August 2015: Night Tube odds-on for delayed launch August 6, 2015 Odds are the Night Tube's intended launch date of 12 September – the day pencilled in by TfL and more than a few partygoers – will be missed, according to bookies. The fate of the long-awaited service hangs in the balance as unions representing London Underground drivers remain at loggerheads with Transport for London and [...]