Gatwick just had a record November bolstered by soaring long-haul growth December 14, 2016 Gatwick's chief executive has said he intends to keep pushing for his airport to expand alongside Heathrow's third runway since his rival was given the green light by government. And Stewart Wingate will be able to point to another record month to bolster his argument, after revealing the airport just had its busiest ever November. For [...]
Piccadilly line Night Tube launch to go ahead on Friday despite ongoing disruption as mayor says “lessons must be learned” December 14, 2016 Despite the mayor acknowledging that "Piccadilly line service has not been good enough" with ongoing disruption caused "for thousands of people," the launch of the Night Tube will go ahead as planned. It starts on the line – the fifth to get the all-night treatment – on Friday 16 December and will run all night [...]
Prime Minister brands Southern rail strikes “appalling” and says Corbyn could tell Aslef to call them off December 14, 2016 The Prime Minister has branded the Southern rail train strike "appalling", while suggesting Jeremy Corbyn could have a role to play in resolving the dispute. Southern passengers are facing a second day of strike chaos as talks are underway between the rail firm and drivers' union Aslef at the conciliation service Acas, to try and [...]
RMT says its boss has been banned from today’s Southern rail mediation talks (Southern says he wasn’t invited) December 14, 2016 You know those conciliation talks arranged for today to broker an end to some of the misery suffered by Southern rail passengers? Well, there's already a slight issue, at least according to the Rail, Maritime, Transport (RMT) union. The RMT boss has been barred from taking part in mediation talks that are going on in an effort to [...]
Sadiq Khan is selling Boris Johnson’s water cannon after more than £322,834 was spent on them by the Met Police December 14, 2016 Boris Johnson's water cannon never quite got the airing the former mayor wanted and now Sadiq Khan has put them up for sale via the Ministry of Defence. But not before costing more than £322,834 for the Met Police in purchasing, fitting out and repairing the three machines, "despite the fact they cannot legally be used in [...]
TfL starts its tougher crackdown on illegal cab activity in the capital with the roll-out of new officers December 14, 2016 The first wave of the mayor's new beefed up compliance team to tackle illegal cab activity in the capital has hit the streets. Sadiq Khan unveiled plans to crack down on illegal taxis and minicabs in August and 50 of the 250 new officers have now joined the existing team of 82, which Khan says is [...]
Here’s how one MP thinks strikes like the Southern rail ones can be avoided in the future December 14, 2016 Transport secretary Chris Grayling has been mulling over a range of measures to stop the Southern rail crisis being repeated in the future. And Chris Philp, MP for Croydon South, thinks he just might have the answer. Or at least part of it. The MP has laid out proposals for three major changes to legislation he [...]
The worst days and routes to travel over Christmas and how to avoid them December 14, 2016 Everyone knows journeys can take a bit longer over the festive period, but there are some times you really don’t want to hit the road. Transportation analytics firm INRIX has found that some trips on major routes will take around four times as long over Christmas compared to other times of the year and the busiest days [...]
Southern rail strike chaos: Acas talks get underway in bid to bring an end to industrial action December 14, 2016 Commuters are hoping talks today will lead to the cancellation of another train drivers' strike on Southern rail services scheduled for Friday. A 48-hour walkout over driver only operated trains continues to cause havoc as it entered the second day of no services. Talks are being held this morning between the rail company and train drivers' union [...]
