London commuters face huge rise in tube fares, warns RMT July 5, 2010 TRANSPORT FOR LONDON (TfL) could hike passenger tube fares to “eye-watering” levels making the “travelling public pay through the nose”, RMT has warned. The trade union has said that TfL has not given it enough information over Olympic transport plans. London commuters will have to shoulder fare increases as TfL tries to “plug a £5bn [...]
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 [...]
TUBE LINES STRIKE TO GO AHEAD June 22, 2010 MAINTENANCE workers on the underground will strike this evening after talks between rail union RMT and Tube Lines fell apart. The strike, which will be staged in two parts, is set to commence at 7pm and will last until Friday evening, with another strike planned between 14 and 16 July. Transport for London (TfL), which [...]
Boris sets out plan to increase river travel June 17, 2010 CITY Hall yesterday ramped up its efforts to encourage more commuters to travel to and from work on Thames riverboat services, announcing a string of measures designed to make river travel as convenient as Tube and bus services. Mayor of London Boris Johnson has spearheaded a technological push to make the Thames more accessible, in [...]
TfL bought out of Shard to make way for richer tenants June 14, 2010 TRANSPORT for London (TfL) has accepted a multi-million pound payment in exchange for abandoning plans to move into the Shard of Glass development near London Bridge in 2012. The building’s owners, Sellar Property and the Qatar Central Bank, bought back TfL’s lease to allow them to cash in on rising rent prices in the capital. [...]
Victoria tube station to benefit from £700m facelift by 2016 June 10, 2010 VICTORIA tube station is set to receive a £700m facelift, giving the congested station a new ticket hall, escalators and entrances. Transport for London (TfL) expects to start the five-year transformation next year and said that it doesn’t expect any disruptions to the hundreds of thousands of passengers travelling through the station every day. Mayor [...]
Two 48-hour Tube strikes to hit London June 9, 2010 LONDONERS are facing severe travel disruptions after rail union RMT announced two 48-hour strikes by Tube Lines maintenance staff starting later this month. Tube Lines workers, which cover maintenance of the Jubilee, Piccadilly and Northern lines, will walk off the job from 23 to 25 June and 14 to 16 July. The strike is likely [...]
Tube Lines boss to quit as strike looms June 7, 2010 TRANSPORT for London (TfL) has begun preparations to take over Tube Lines after overhauling the group’s management structure. Tube Lines chief executive Andrew Cleaves will leave the company following the 30 June acquisition and will be replaced by former Metronet boss Andie Harper. Harper will join Tube Lines this month from the stricken maintenance company, [...]
RMT UNION VOTES FOR TUBE STRIKE June 6, 2010 LONDON’S transport network could be thrown into chaos this summer after tube drivers voted in favour of strike action. A walk-out could spark the worst underground disruption since the two-day strike last June that left thousands of workers stranded. Rail union RMT’s members voted by more than 90 per cent to strike over a “continued [...]
TfL acquires Tube Lines in £310m deal May 9, 2010 TRANSPORT for London (TfL) has purchased Tube Lines for £310m, bringing all of the maintenance on three of London Underground’s lines in-house. The deal now means that the public private partnership (PPP) contract to maintain the Jubilee, Piccadilly and Northern lines will now fall under TfL’s remit. Tube Lines, a subsidiary comprising Amey and Bechtel [...]