TfL staff who kept services open during strike handed £25 bonus February 24, 2014 TRANSPORT for London staff who volunteered to help at stations during last month’s Tube strike have been given a £25 bonus, in a move derided as “gesture politics” by one of the trade unions. Hundreds of workers will be handed high street vouchers to recognise their efforts “over and above their day jobs”, said London [...]
Volunteers who kept the underground running during strike awarded £25 voucher February 24, 2014 London Underground Tube staff who volunteered to keep services running during this month's strike have been awarded £25 "by way of thank you." The strikes were called in response to the closure of London ticket offices and plans to cut 750 jobs. The Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) said the volunteers were awarded £25 for [...]
Why transport is the key to unlocking London’s garden suburb renaissance February 13, 2014 THIRTEEN miles east of the Palace of Westminster, a development is taking place that is vital to the future of London’s housing debate. On the site of a former Victorian power station, a town the size of Windsor is being built. Barking Riverside is London’s newest suburb. It is the cousin of Battersea and, while [...]
TfL to talk more with unions now Tube strike is off February 11, 2014 TRANSPORT unions called off a 48-hour Tube strike hours before it was due to start last night, after last-ditch talks with London Underground officials produced the seeds of a compromise. The two sides agreed to sit down for further “intensive talks” over the next two months, taking the RMT and TSSA representatives station by station [...]
Second Tube walkout set to start tonight February 10, 2014 TRANSPORT unions and London Underground negotiators will today make a last-ditch attempt to avoid a second wave of staff walkouts on the Tube, due to start at 9pm. Talks at resolution service Acas broke up last night without a compromise, but both sides have agreed to meet again at 9am. If they fail to find [...]
How to get around during the Tube strike February 10, 2014 BAKERLOO TfL hopes to run trains between Queen’s Park and Elephant & Castle around every six minutes in both directions. Not stopping at Edgware Road, Embankment, Kilburn Park, Lambeth North, Maida Vale, Piccadilly Circus or Regent’s Park. CENTRAL No service would operate through the central area. TfL plans to run trains between Epping and Leytonstone [...]
Tube talks go up to the wire as strike looms February 10, 2014 UNIONS and transport officials will meet today as they try to ward off a second week of strike action on the London Underground. Both sides left the resolution service Acas on Friday night without a deal but pledged to “consider their positions” over the weekend. The RMT and TSSA unions are due to walk out [...]
London needs Crossrail Two but the Treasury doesn’t have to fund it February 9, 2014 IT MIGHT seem absurd to be talking about Crossrail 2 when Crossrail 1 has only just hit the halfway mark. But the uncomfortable truth – and I mean this literally for London’s rail users – is that, as soon as it opens, Crossrail 1 will be full to bursting. We are playing a desperate game [...]
Why a Yes vote in Scotland would mean chaos in Westminster February 6, 2014 THE penny is beginning to drop in boardrooms across the City. It is all too possible, though still not the most likely outcome, that the Scottish electorate will decide to vote to leave the UK. The polls still show a large lead for the No side, albeit one that is shrinking. Large numbers of voters [...]
London faces second day of strike misery February 5, 2014 A SECOND day of strike action on the Tube is set to bring further travel woe to commuters today, as part of a union dispute with Transport for London that business groups have slammed. Around a third of all Tube services ran yesterday, with eight of the 11 lines operating for most of the day. [...]