Signal work goes to Metronet partner April 12, 2011 TRANSPORT for London has chosen its preferred bidder to overhaul the Tube signalling system, handing work worth an estimated £25m a year to one of the firms involved in the collapsed Metronet operator. The award came on a day of severe delays on the Underground following a signal failure on the District Line. Bombardier Transportation [...]
TfL: We’ll move Londoners September 30, 2010 TRANSPORT for London (TfL) has vowed to keep as many services operating on Sunday and Monday as possible as London Underground (LU) workers stage their latest strike. If the 24-hour stoppage by LU workers goes ahead on Sunday evening at 7.00pm, the TfL said it will provide one hundred extra buses, marshalled taxis and increased [...]
TfL beats chaos as Tube keeps running October 4, 2010 TRANSPORT for London (TfL) operated 40 per cent of its Tube services yesterday as the second 24-hour strike launched by trade unions RMT and Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA), hit the capital. The transport group said that 10 of the 11 lines that make up the Underground network ran services yesterday as the strike, which [...]
TFL HANDS OUT £320M IN TUBE REPAIR JOBS September 27, 2010 TFL named the 17 companies it had chosen to make £320m worth of repairs to the Tube network yesterday. The work includes new plumbing, fire prevention and an upgrade to the communications system. Companies that have won three-year contracts include Siemens, Atkins and MJ Quinn, which will focus on the stations previously maintained by Metronet.
Mind the gap (between arrival times) and cash in January 19, 2011 HAS your journey to work been thwarted by delays in the past six months? Well, Tube passengers have failed to claim rebates worth a total of almost £20m, according to a website that is amassing a cult following among disgruntled commuters. Since the start of July, there have been 1,514 severe delays on the Underground [...]
THE SOUND OF MUSIC COMES TO THE WHARF February 20, 2011 THE success of hit US TV show Glee has inspired many high schools and universities to launch show choirs – and now it seems not even London’s financial sector is immune to the lure of a good sing-along. Hence the launch of the Canary Wharf Choir, an open singing group for those that live and [...]
THE SOUND OF MUSIC COMES TO THE WHARF February 20, 2011 THE success of hit US TV show Glee has inspired many high schools and universities to launch show choirs – and now it seems not even London’s financial sector is immune to the lure of a good sing-along. Hence the launch of the Canary Wharf Choir, an open singing group for those that live and [...]
TfL signs up 44,000 to use Barclays Cycle Hire August 12, 2010 LONDON’S cycle hire scheme has been used for more than 100,000 journeys since its launch on 30 July, Transport for London (TfL) said yesterday. Around 44,000 people have signed up to the hire programme, and are between them making up to 14,000 journeys per day. Around 70 extra docking stations are under construction, bringing the [...]
TfL closes door on Tube Lines takeover June 27, 2010 BORIS JOHNSON, London’s Mayor, and Transport for London (TfL) have completed the takeover of Tube Lines. Under the agreement, TfL has purchased all of Tube Lines’ shares from Bechtel and Ferrovial’s Amey, for £310m and will now manage the ongoing work to the Northern, Jubilee and Piccadilly lines. Johnson said the deal will open a [...]
TfL closes door on Tube Lines takeover June 27, 2010 BORIS JOHNSON, London’s Mayor, and Transport for London (TfL) have completed the takeover of Tube Lines. Under the agreement, TfL has purchased all of Tube Lines’ shares from Bechtel and Ferrovial’s Amey, for £310m and will now manage the ongoing work to the Northern, Jubilee and Piccadilly lines. Johnson said the deal will open a [...]