Govia and Abellio go head-to-head to deliver “better journeys” between London and Birmingham August 30, 2016 The owner of Southern Rail has made it onto the list of the final two bidders vying to run the London Midland franchise. Govia currently runs the network and will go head-to-head with Abellio, who recently won a nine-year contract to run the East Anglia franchise, one of the busiest commuter networks into London. Central [...]
Southern Rail restores 119 of the 341 services cancelled in July August 30, 2016 After promising that customers will be automatically refunded for delays on the network, Southern Rail announced that it would also be reinstating 119 services. Read more: Southern rail to fork out hefty passenger payouts amid major disruption Southern cancelled 341 services on 11 July in an attempt to provide a more realistic service following unprecedented [...]
Liberalising air travel delivered huge gains to consumers: Don’t let Brexit jeopardise this August 30, 2016 UK aviation is a growing success story. More than 251m passengers passed through a UK airport in 2015 – a record number – and our airlines, which operate from more than 40 airports across the country, carried 144m people and 1m tonnes of cargo last year. The industry is worth almost £50bn to our national income [...]
Southern rail forced to fork out more hefty payouts as passengers suffer disruption, automatic refunds set to begin from next year August 30, 2016 Southern Rail has been forced to overhaul the way it compensates passengers affected by poor services, following meagre payouts in the past and as claims for delayed journeys soar on the back of this summer’s industrial action. The busy commuter service has been beset by delays, cancellations and strikes in a long-running dispute over the role of guards. [...]
There’s a new London Tube map showing your steps between stations August 29, 2016 A new map of the London Underground has been created to show travellers exactly how close stations are in the centre of the capital and get them walking across the city instead. The map shows the number of steps between the stations across zones one and two, demonstrating how locations such as Charing Cross Station and [...]
Jubilee line Night Tube services to start on 7 October August 26, 2016 The first Night Tube service on the Jubilee line will start from 7 October, the mayor of London has said. The news comes after Londoners hailed the success of the service beginning on the Central and Victoria Lines last weekend. Over 100,000 people used, and are benefitting from, the launch of London’s first all-night Tube [...]
Bus strike starts today on 20 routes in dispute leaving workers “out of pocket” August 26, 2016 As of this morning Transport for London began advising that strike action on buses will start to cause disruption. The strike is by members of the Unite union, who work for Tower Transit. The union said 1,000 drivers, engineers and other workers are involved in a dispute affecting some 28 bus routes across London. Overall, almost [...]
GMB union goes to war with Addison Lee over driver dismissals August 25, 2016 The GMB union has launched legal action against London private car hire company Addison Lee over the dismissal of three drivers. The challenge – which relates to contracts that were terminated earlier this year – is understood to be a test case for the union which could lead to action against hundreds of former drivers. The drivers were dismissed following protests [...]
Notting Hill Carnival 2016 guide: Where to watch the parade and how to get there August 25, 2016 Planning on negotiating bus strikes and the inevitable downpours to go to the Notting Hill Carnival this year? Here's our guide to how to make the best of Europe’s biggest and most colourful street festival 1. The weather The good news is while the bank holiday won't quite hit the Caribbean temperatures experienced in the capital this week, [...]
RMT announces another strike on the Govia network that will coincide with the Southern industrial action August 25, 2016 Commuters are facing a double-whammy of industrial action just as the summer holidays come to end. The RMT has announced another strike on 7 September on the Govia Thameslink network in a dispute over the future role of station staff. The 24 hour walk-out follows confirmation of a 70 per cent vote for strike action of ballot of members in [...]