Commuters face delays as Metropolitan line undergoes safety checks April 11, 2022 Commuters on the Metropolitan line are facing severe disruption today due to safety checks being carried out aboard trains. Londoners are expected to experience massive delays between Baker Street and Aldgate, while minor hold-ups are reported on the rest of the line. Transport for London (TfL) introduced a new timeline after it has identified issues [...]
Londoners to face disruption as TfL carries out works over Easter weekend April 6, 2022 Londoners are set to face massive disruption next week as Transport for London (TfL) carries out maintenance works on the tube network over Easter weekend. TfL warned commuters that Piccadilly Line trains to and from Heathrow will be suspended throughout the weekend due to track works while both the District and Hammersmith & City lines [...]
Bus routes disrupted as drivers carry on with 48-hour strike against operator Arriva March 29, 2022 Around 30 London bus routes were disrupted in the last two days, as drivers continue to carry on with their 48-hour strike against bus operator Arriva London. The walkout was scheduled to last from yesterday until 3am tomorrow. Called on by the union Unite on Friday, the strike involves drivers based in depots around Croydon [...]
TfL: Northern Line’s Bank branch should be up and running ahead of May reopening of station March 24, 2022 Transport for London (TfL) announced today that works on the Northern line’s Bank branch were on time for the line’s reopening in mid-May. Part of the Bank Station Capacity Upgrade project, the works aim to increase capacity at Bank and Monument stations by 40 per cent. “We are on track, we had few good progress [...]
Rail regulator launches prosecution into TfL and TOL over 2016 Croydon crash March 24, 2022 The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) announced today it was prosecuting Transport for London (TfL) and Tram Operations Limited (TOL) over their involvement in the 2016 Croydon tram derailment. The railway regulator said its prosecution will allege both TfL and Tram Operations Limited (TOL) breached health and safety law, as they failed to ensure [...]
Future TfL and tube contracts for factory jobs are ‘at risk’, London Mayor Sadiq Khan warns March 21, 2022 London Mayor Sadiq Khan warned this morning that future contracts for London transport schemes which support jobs across the country are at risk without long-term funding from the Government. Khan is visiting the Siemens Mobility facility, where half the 94 new Piccadilly line Tube trains are due to be built, in Goole in East Yorkshire [...]
TfL to increase tube and bus fines by 25 per cent March 17, 2022 Transport for London’s (TfL) fines are expected to increase by at least 25 per cent, commissioner Andy Byford said in his latest updated. Byford reported that fines are expected to increase from £80 to £100 “to protect our revenue from fare evasion and fraud.” The hike will target chronic fare evaders across the whole TfL [...]
Rail franchise Govia slapped with £23.5m fine over HS1 scandal March 17, 2022 The government has slapped rail franchise Govia with a £23.5m fine over a breach of an agreement relating to High Speed One. The penalty notice for the company – run by the Go-Ahead Group (65 per cent) and Keolis (35 per cent) – was issued to the operating firm London & South Eastern Railway Limited [...]
Weekend tube numbers continue to grow, reaching 85 per cent of pre-pandemic levels March 16, 2022 Weekend tube ridership continues to grow, reaching more than 80 per cent of pre-pandemic levels, figures from Transport for London (TfL) showed today. According to the data, numbers on 12 March were at 85 per cent of 2019 levels, with more touristic stations such as Tower Hill, Westminster and Waterloo seeing similar levels of demand [...]
TfL commissioner Andy Byford supports formalisation of river crossing committee March 15, 2022 Transport for London’s (TfL) commissioner Andy Byford said yesterday he would be in favour of formalising the existence of a committee to oversee maintenance of London’s river crossings. Speaking at the London Assembly’s transport committee, Byford agreed that TfL alongside the central government and London boroughs should formalise the mandate of the Thames River Crossing [...]