Advertising company Exterion Media wins £1.1bn Transport for London contract March 17, 2016 Advertising company Exterion Media has won a Transport for London (TfL) contract worth more than £1bn. The partnership will begin on 1 October 2016 and was described by TfL as the largest outdoor advertising contract in the world. As part of the agreement, Exterion will oversee advertising on trains and at more than 400 stations across [...]
Night Tube: Mayor of London Boris Johnson confirms service will commence in July March 17, 2016 Mayor of London Boris Johnson has confirmed that the Night Tube service will begin in July. Speaking to the Press Association, Johnson said he had been given the approximate launch date by Transport for London. The service was previously though to be starting in August. Services will run through the night on Fridays and Saturdays [...]
Marylebone residents in fight with Transport for London over Tube noise March 17, 2016 Residents in Marylebone are battling Transport for London over the noise Tubes make, according to reports. The residents said the noise was "as loud as a jet engine" for almost two years, and have made repeated complaints to TfL. Read more: This alternative Tube map shows you the travel time from every station Homeowners in the area [...]
Rush hour chaos on Piccadilly, Central, Waterloo & City lines March 17, 2016 Commuters trying to get to work from West London faced a chaotic start to the day because of severe delays on the Piccadilly Line. The line was suffering from issues as far as Acton Town to Uxbridge this morning, because of a signalling failure at South Harrow, Transport for London said. Although it said there was a good service [...]
Here’s what the new Nine Elms Tube station will look like March 16, 2016 Transport for London (TfL) has unveiled its design for Nine Elms Tube station, which will open when the Northern Line extension is completed in 2020. In a statement today it said it had been given planning permission for 332 homes over the station, as well as 5,332 sq m of office space, 902 sq m of [...]
Night Tube under threat from another strike as RMT fights to improve offer for engineering staff on Jubilee, Piccadilly and Northern Lines March 16, 2016 Just when you thought it was safe to plan for the start of the 24-hour Tube, another strike looms large. London's largest transport union RMT is balloting its 1,500 engineering staff who maintain the Jubilee, Piccadilly and Northern Lines, and it is thought that members will vote for industrial action. It has written to Transport [...]
Plans for “Dutch-style” Superhub at Waterloo station announced by Transport for London in move to improve high quality cycle parking in London March 15, 2016 A new "Dutch-style" Superhub at Waterloo station has been planned by Transport for London as part of a wider programme to introduce high quality cycle parking across London. The new Superhub is planned for 2018, and will cater for all types of bikes, suitable for handcycles and cargo bikes. It will also have bike maintenance tools as well [...]
Business groups welcome Transport for London’s budget and business plan while Zac Goldsmith says it shows Sadiq Khan’s policy would leave London transport with £1.9bn black hole March 15, 2016 Business groups have welcomed the new budget and business plan from Transport for London, which set out improvements including the continuing construction of Crossrail. The budget plan also outlined developments including extensions and modernisations to a number of Tube lines and reasserted the importance of the Night Tube, as well as drawing attention to a range of road improvements that [...]
Budget 2016: Crossrail 2 could level the playing field when it comes to London’s house prices and office rents March 15, 2016 London is growing at an astronomical rate. Every week, more than two Tube-loads of people move into the capital and while the city’s transport infrastructure is a well-oiled machine, if we fail to invest in major projects, we run the risk of the network grinding to a halt. Set to be announced as part of tomorrow's Budget, Crossrail [...]
Police should be located in London Underground ticket offices, says think tank March 14, 2016 Police should be located in London Underground ticket offices to boost visibility and make it easier for the public to report crimes, a think tank has said. A report, titled Boosting London’s Frontline Policing, by the Capital City Foundation, the London focused unit of leading think tank Policy Exchange, has argued "underground police points" would also [...]