The 10 Tube stations where you’ll find the fastest WiFi July 7, 2015 London's Tube stations may fall over sometimes, whether that's down to the weather (leaves, snow, rain, wind, sun, take your pick), industrial action or simply signal failures – but there are no hold ups when it comes to getting online. The public wifi network across the Tube, which is run by Virgin Media, is one [...]
7/7 London bombings 10th anniversary: Transport for London will hold one-minute silence today July 7, 2015 Transport for London will be holding a one-minute silence to mark the 10th anniversary of the 7/7 London bombings today. The explosions, which brought down the entire Tube network, went off within seconds of each other just before 8:50am. The first incident took place between Liverpool Street and Aldgate East, the second between King's [...]
Tube strike 2015: Drivers will strike over Night Tube after turning down this pay deal from TfL July 6, 2015 A 24-hour strike by Tube drivers planned for Wednesday is expected to go ahead, causing disruption to millions of Londoners, after a "final" pay offer was turned down. A new "final" offer of a two per cent pay rise this year, £2,000 for drivers and £500 for other staff working on the Night Tube services, was put forward [...]
Heathrow is just one decision where the government could be falling short of its infrastructure promises July 3, 2015 The recommendation that Heathrow should have a third runway sent ripples of disbelief among business communities in the UK regions. Not the least of those was the West Midlands. They had hoped that the Davies Commission on the future of aviation would advocate measures that would help rebalance the economy, a frequent promise from Prime [...]
Tfl signs contract to bring new, air-conditioned trains to London Overground July 1, 2015 In today's extreme heat, the prospect of feeling cool on London transport seems too good to be true. Read more: TfL wants businesses to pitch "something exceptional" to transform its disused Down Street Tube station But thanks to a new contract signed by TfL, from 2018 some London overground trains will be blasting out [...]
RMT and TSSA workers vote to strike over Night Tube June 30, 2015 Workers for transport unions RMT and TSSA have voted “overwhelmingly” in favour of strike action over the Night Tube. Nearly 92 per cent of members voted in favour of strike action over both London Underground pay and the transition to running the Tube night. Some 96.5 per cent voted for action short of a [...]
Taxi protest shuts down more London roads as black cab drivers block TfL office over Uber regulation June 30, 2015 It's becoming something of a familiar site: yet another taxi protest has brought London streets to a standstill. Yet again the black cab drivers are protesting outside TfL's offices, meaning that areas around from Blackfriars Bridge, stretching as far as Waterloo, are jammed. https://twitter.com/AndrewNickolls/status/615881341821931520 Cabbies are demonstrating against what they see as [...]
TfL shortlists four train operators to run London Overground June 29, 2015 Transport for London (TfL) has announced a shortlist of four train operators to run London Overground services from next year. Arriva Rail, LoKeGo (the snappily-titled joint venture between Keolis and Go-Ahead), Metroline and MTR are all in the running to take over the routes, which includes routes between Liverpool Street and Enfield Town, Cheshunt and [...]
Fire crews called in after burst water main creates “river” in Kennington, TfL warns of severe delays to buses across south London June 29, 2015 Update: Around 15 properties have been flooded by the burst water main in Kennington, south London, which has been finally been brought under control. But that hasn't stopped travel disruption, with TfL warning that bus routes and drivers were still being caught in severe delays throughout Vauxhall, Pimlico, Stockwell, Camberwell, Old Kent Road, Elephant [...]
Why we should mobilise public land to tackle London’s housing crisis June 28, 2015 A starter for ten. How much of the land in the London Borough of Southwark is owned by Southwark Council? 10 per cent? 20 per cent? More? Answer: 43 per cent, including, astonishingly, 10,000 garages, most of them part of council housing estates built in the 1960s and 1970s. Southwark Council is not exceptional. London’s [...]