Half of all Tube trains are running as normal despite the strike April 29, 2014 Half of all scheduled Tube services are running this lunchtime despite the strike action by the RMT union, Transport for London has said. Two-third of Underground stations are open, and there were 7,961 buses operating on the city streets this morning – the highest number ever, says TfL. Boris Bike hires are up [...]
Ministers defend Royal Mail sale but refuse to name priority investors April 29, 2014 Ministers and advisers leading the Royal Mail float have insisted the sale was a success, arguing that a higher price might have imperilled the deal and that the priority investors chosen were suitable. In his latest appearance in front of the business select committee to defend the £1.7bn Royal Mail stake sale, business secretary [...]
Four things we could be sending through the Channel Tunnel April 24, 2014 The Channel Tunnel carried an average of 25,617 passengers, 3,855 trucks and 7.84 freight trains every day during the first three months of the year. But the tunnel, completed in 1994, is equipped to shuttle much more than this. Here are a few of the things that we could be sending to the Continent [...]
Flybe is hoping to tempt in business travellers with new London City Airport routes April 23, 2014 FLYBE is returning to London with domestic routes aimed at business travellers, which it hopes will tempt time-poor passengers away from road and rail. The regional airline is launching five UK services from London City Airport in October, just over a year after it left Gatwick during its restructuring. Flights from the east London airport [...]
London City Airport slams report calling for its closure April 10, 2014 LONDON City Airport yesterday hit out at a report that said it should be shut down and turned into houses, deriding the publishers as “turning the clock back 30 years”. The New Economics Foundation (NEF), a think tank that is partly funded by taxpayers, claims that the 3.3m passengers a year using City Airport could [...]