Monday remains quietest Tube weekday as Londoners continue work from home February 16, 2022 Despite the end of the ‘work from home order’, Londoners continue to avoid going to the office on Mondays, according to Department for Transport (DfT) figures. Tube passenger numbers have registered a significant difference between Monday and the rest of the working week. On Monday 7, ridership was at 55 per cent of pre-pandemic levels, [...]
London Assembly pleads with DfT to secure TfL long-term funding as money runs out on Friday February 16, 2022 The London Assembly has made a last-ditch effort and pleaded with the Department for Transport (DfT) to agree to a long-term funding deal for Transport for London (TfL). Caroline Pidgeon, chair of the assembly’s transport committee, said that without a long-term financial deal the public body would be paralysed, as funding is set to expire [...]
Hundreds of bus routes face axe within weeks without emergency funding February 14, 2022 Dozens of bus routes may have to be axed from the end of next month if emergency government funding support is not extended, councils and bus operators are warning. Experts are warning of a 30 per cent reduction in current bus services when current funding support ends. The Local Government Association, ADEPT, Urban Transport Group [...]
End of work from home gives TfL a well-deserved boost to ridership February 10, 2022 Transport for London (TfL) received a well-deserved boost following the end of the ‘work from home’ order. According to data released today, since restrictions were lifted on 19 January, Tube ridership numbers have increased 25 per cent, reaching 60 per cent of pre-pandemic levels. As workers flock back to the Square Mile, stations closest to [...]
Major disruption on DLR following customer incident February 9, 2022 Hundreds of commuters were affected this morning by a major disruption on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR). According to Transport for London (TfL) services are not running between West India Quays and Mudchute following a customer incident at Heron Quays, while minor delays are affecting the rest of the DLR network. Despite TfL’s reassurances that [...]
Exclusive: TfL chief on Crossrail, progress on a funding deal, and why levelling up needs London February 8, 2022 SOME fifteen years after the project was given government approval, TfL staff beam with pride as they escort journalists onto the gleaming Elizabeth Line platform at Paddington’s new Crossrail hub. “The Shard will fit in here quite comfortably. It’s the size of three Wembley stadiums,” explains Crossrail’s chief executive Mark Wild.Built jointly by construction giants [...]
The Elizabeth Line in pictures: Our first look at Crossrail February 8, 2022 It’s almost here. Almost fifteen years after being granted approval by government, the Elizabeth Line is set to open in just months. City A.M. Editor Andy Silvester went underground to see the line’s progress – trusty iPhone camera in tow. I THINK people are going to be impressed” are TfL Commissioner Andy Byford’s last words [...]
RMT deals TfL umpteenth blow announcing two-day strike in March February 4, 2022 The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) has dealt Transport for London (TfL) the umpteenth blow as it announced this morning a two-day strike. The day-long industrial actions will take place on 1 and 3 March and risk causing the closure of the entire London Underground network. The move was voted by [...]
TfL faces D-Day, as government funding expires on Friday February 2, 2022 Transport for London (TfL) is about to face its D-Day as the latest round of government funding is set to expire on Friday. “I see it as existential for TfL, as it will determine the TfL of the future,” said TfL’s commissioner Andy Byford this morning during a board meeting. “What we do and what [...]
Elizabeth line is tangibly close to completion, TfL says February 2, 2022 The completion of Crossrail’s Elizabeth line is ‘tangibly close’, according to Transport for London’s commissioner Andy Byford. “It really is that close,” Byford said this morning during a TfL board meeting. “We have really put huge effort into getting the trials off [to a start]. The commissioner added that the quick turnaround of stations was [...]