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 [...]
Tube strike August 2015: Night Tube odds-on for delayed launch August 6, 2015 Odds are the Night Tube's intended launch date of 12 September – the day pencilled in by TfL and more than a few partygoers – will be missed, according to bookies. The fate of the long-awaited service hangs in the balance as unions representing London Underground drivers remain at loggerheads with Transport for London and [...]
August 2015 TfL Tube strike update: Action could cost London retailers and restaurants millions as footfall tipped to fall 10 per cent August 5, 2015 Shops, restaurants and bars in London are bracing themselves for a sharp drop in footfall and bookings as a result of the Tube strike, which starts at 6:30pm tonight and will run throughout Thursday. The British Council of Shopping Centres (BCSC) said that on the day of the last strike on 9 July, London shopping [...]
August 2015 TfL Tube strike: Boris Johnson still won’t commit to Night Tube launch date August 5, 2015 London mayor Boris Johnson still won't commit to the Night Tube's September 12 start date. When pressed about whether it would be delivered in time for the widely anticipated start date during an interview on London radio station LBC, Boris said: "I'm not too fussed about the start date. I've said we'll get it in [...]
August 2015 TfL Tube strike chaos: These companies are helping you get through the Tube strike August 5, 2015 The Tube strike starts tonight (5 August) at 6:30pm and will last until Friday morning. While Transport for London is doing its best to issue travel advice and digital companies are offering help to avoid the queues, we are going to need a little bit extra to get through the next couple of days. These companies [...]
Tube strike August 2015: London needs to call in retired drivers as a contingency plan to keep the capital running August 5, 2015 When the RMT leadership branded the mayor’s Night Tube plan as a “vanity project” that should be shelved, we reached a crunch point. The militant rail unions have inflicted misery on London commuters and have caused untold damage to the capital’s economy through disruptive strikes in recent years, the latest due this evening over the [...]
August 2015 TfL Tube strike: Union RMT wants pay rises in line with house price growth August 5, 2015 Transport union RMT has given a rare level of detail into one of its demands over the Night Tube – namely that it is seeking pay rises of up to 25 per cent for the five years. The union has put together a detailed flyer “for the public” to explain why Tube workers are [...]
August 2015 TfL Tube strike: Union RMT calls for Night Tube to be suspended, blasting it as “vanity project” and “fundamentally flawed” August 5, 2015 RMT has called for Boris Johnson and Transport for London to suspend the Night Tube “vanity project” ahead of this week's strike action. The transport union claimed the Night Tube – which is at the centre of the ongoing dispute – was “fundamentally flawed from top to bottom”, saying it could cause “breakdowns and [...]
The 10 Tube stops where house demand is rising most (and least) August 5, 2015 Who doesn’t want to live near a Tube station? Except perhaps, when there’s a strike on, but demand for properties close to the London Underground is up 13 per cent, and it’s in east London where it's rising more than anywhere else across the network. Homes near East Ham, Woodford and Upminster Bridge have experienced [...]
August 2015 TfL Tube strike: Union RMT says another strike is “likely” before Night Tube launches in September August 5, 2015 The threat of further strike action over the Night Tube is “likely” if Transport for London bosses do not significantly improve their pay offer, a union spokesman has said. RMT said it was balloting further members – staff working for for Tube Lines, who maintain the Piccadilly, Northern and Jubilee lines – over a [...]