August 2015 TfL Tube strike: Tube union demands would “cost TfL £1.4bn” – and it’s commuters who’ll pay August 12, 2015 The demands being made by the four unions in the Night Tube dispute would cost £1.4bn over the next eight years, forcing Tube fares up, TfL has claimed. RMT, TSSA, Aslef and Unite have been leading industrial action for the last few weeks over the introduction of the 24-hour service, seeking a number of [...]
TfL Tube strike August 2015: Just one in five commuters back the strikers as two new strike dates announced August 11, 2015 As RMT announced another two Tube strike dates, it seems the majority of Londoners are getting fed up with the conflict over the Night Tube disrupting their commute – although most of us don't like the idea of night-working ourselves. Only one in five back the strikers, showed a Yougov poll conducted over the latest [...]
TfL Tube strike: Night Tube talks between TfL and unions RMT, TSSA, Aslef and Unite adjourned until Wednesday August 11, 2015 Crunch talks over the Night Tube will not resume until Wednesday at the earliest, as the threat of another Tube strike looms over Londoners. UPDATE: RMT confirms two new 24 hour strike dates Representatives of the four unions – RMT, TSSA, Aslef and Unite – met with Transport for London bosses at Acas yesterday [...]
TfL Tube strike: Talks begin between unions and transport bosses to avert more action over Night Tube August 11, 2015 A fresh attempt to break the deadlock between transport unions and TfL over the Night Tube dispute will begin today in an effort to avoid yet another Tube strike. UPDATE: These are the new Tube strike dates The two sides will meet at conciliatory service Acas today, with the unions threatening yet more industrial [...]
From TfL Tube strike and Tom Hayes’ Libor conviction to Quindell and Fantasy Football: Here’s what got us talking this week August 7, 2015 There were singing farmers. There was a decapitated bus. And suddenly, in North Korea, there was a new time zone. Here's what got us talking this week 1) London was (over) grounded The second strike in two months brought London's Tube network to a halt, and while that meant we all had to [...]
August 2015 TfL Tube strike: Penny farthings, canoes and cycling elephants take to the streets as sarcastic commuters beat the Tube strikes August 7, 2015 Everyone's a comedian; at least judging by the transportation Londoners chose yesterday. But with horrendous queues clogging the City, was there method in the madness? Commuters in Battersea were delighted when Londoner Alan Price headed for work on a penny farthing early in the morning (there’s always one). Londoner beats the Tube strike with 19th [...]
TfL Tube strike 2015: Bus, Boris bike, Overground, roads and London travel without the Underground in astonishing numbers August 6, 2015 Millions of commuters have struggled to make their way around the capital during today's strike, which has forced many passengers to discover various other forms of transport other than the Tube. Now attempting to make their journeys home by bus, bike, rail, road, Overground and on foot, here's how the transport network has fared today. [...]
Tube strike August 2015: Roads snarled by 428 traffic jams and 197 miles of tailbacks August 6, 2015 At the height of the Tube strike, at what would usually be peak morning rush hour, the roads of London were snarled with 428 separate traffic jams causing 197 miles of tailbacks. While that's twice as much as the average Thursday when the Tube is running as usual, it's not quite as bad as it [...]
TfL Tube strike August 2015: Londoners spend over a year of their lives commuting August 6, 2015 Londoners spend over a year of their lives on the Tube, suggests a new survey from OnePoll, which also reveals who has the longest commutes – and what we do with our time on the train. Commuting has ground to a screeching halt in the capital today with the second Tube strike in a month [...]
August 2015 TfL Tube strike: No employer can afford to meet the demands of unions RMT, TSSA, Aslef and Unite over the Night Tube August 6, 2015 London is growing and increasingly becoming a 24 hour city. The Night Tube will transform night time journeys, cutting journey times by an average of 20 minutes, with some by more than an hour. London's night-time economy will be opened up to a host of new opportunities, with the new 24 hour services supporting around [...]