Tube strikes 2016: TfL blasts “absurd” Tube strikes by Aslef January 10, 2016 Update: Aslef has now confirmed three days of strikes will go ahead, as has RMT. Transport for London has branded three days of fresh walkouts by London Underground drivers over the Night Tube "absurd". Aslef is tomorrow expected to decide that strike action will go ahead, disrupting Tube travel for 24-hours on three separate days over the next [...]
Waterloo & City line Tube delays: Normal service resumes on the line January 7, 2016 The Waterloo and City line has resumed service after commuters faced travel misery on their way from the office when a signal failure cause a suspension. Following the incident, which occurred at Bank just after 5.30pm, Transport for London is urging travellers to use the Northern, Bakerloo or Jubilee lines instead: https://twitter.com/wlooandcityline/status/685155890752794625 TfL has since announced: [...]
London facing more Night Tube strikes as unions threaten action – while insiders believe project will “wither on the vine” January 6, 2016 Commuters are facing the prospect of more Tube strikes this year, after the dispute over the Night Tube flared up once again – with one union source telling City A.M. that the project may never get off the ground. Transport unions RMT and Aslef have both flexed their muscles with threats of further industrial action [...]
London mayoral election 2016: How Sadiq Khan, Caroline Pidgeon and Sian Berry will cut transport costs January 6, 2016 Travel costs are likely to be an important topic in the run-up to this year's London mayoral election, as a substantial chunk of the capital's workers rely on the capital's underground, DLR, overground and TfL rail services to get around. The Lib Dems, Labour and Greens have all announced policies which will cut travel costs in their bid to [...]
Beware mayoral wannabes pledging a Tube fare freeze: The numbers don’t stack up January 5, 2016 While most resolutions – especially those involving regular gym attendance – do not last beyond January, there is one New Year tradition that is guaranteed to be with us for the whole year: Transport for London’s annual fare increase. Londoners will be familiar with the routine. Sometime between singing Auld Lang Syne on New Year’s [...]
Transport for London rezoning the Tube map: Eight underground, rail and DLR stations including Stratford and West Ham changed from Zone 3 to Zone 2/3 January 4, 2016 Much like the rest of us, Transport for London is making some changes in the new year, with a new look for parts of the Tube map and a cheaper commute for as many as 100,000 east London passengers. Eight stations in east London have just been rezoned from Zone 3 to Zone 2/3 – [...]
London buses go greener in 2016, as successful bids for Department for Transport fund revealed January 3, 2016 Fifty buses in London will be kitted out with technology designed to cut harmful emissions by up to 90 per cent, after successful bids for a Department for Transport fund were revealed today. The Clean Bus Technology Fund 2015, which local councils were invited to bid for grants from in September of last year, will dish [...]
Night Tube 2016? Transport for London confident an agreement will be reached with driver unions January 3, 2016 A Transport for London boss has expressed confidence that an ongoing disagreement with drivers could finally be resolved, leading to the long-delayed Night Tube finally launching in London in 2016. Some headway is expected to be made, according to director of customer experience Shashi Verma, speaking to ITV News. Talks between TfL and driver unions have so far failed. The [...]
Christmas comes early for Uber as burdensome regulations look set to be disregarded December 23, 2015 Uber is expected to receive an early Christmas present today as a raft of burdensome regulations that would have effectively shut the firm down in the capital look set to be disregarded after fierce opposition from business groups and consumers. The final responses to a Transport for London (TfL) consultation on how to better regulate [...]
Silvertown Tunnel consultation opened by TfL as it seeks public feedback December 22, 2015 Plans for the Silvertown Tunnel, a new river crossing in the east of the London, are being opened up to the public. Transport for London is seeking feedback from locals and other interested parties with a new consultation on the connection between east London's Royal Docks and Greenwich Peninsula. The £750m tunnel, which is expected [...]