Tube strike still on as last-ditch talks continue April 28, 2014 LONDON Underground staff will start a 48-hour strike tonight unless last-ditch talks between Transport for London and the RMT union produce a truce. TfL, which will meet with RMT officials for conciliation talks today, last night urged the union to call off the “pointless strike”. This week’s walkout, which comes after two months of negotiations [...]
How to get around if the tube strike goes ahead April 28, 2014 • BAKERLOO TfL hopes to run trains between Queen’s Park and Elephant & Castle around every six minutes in both directions. Not stopping at Edgware Road, Embankment, Kilburn Park, Lambeth North, Maida Vale, Piccadilly Circus or Regent’s Park. • CENTRAL No service would operate through the central area. TfL plans to run trains between Epping [...]
RMT calls off planned pensions strike April 24, 2014 Transport union the RMT has called off planned strike action over pensionable pay. The General Grades Committee has decided not to go ahead with action planned to begin from next Monday, so Transport for London members should work normally. The general tube strike – scheduled for 28 April to 30 April and 5 May to [...]
Call for walking commuter rebate April 10, 2014 London workers who skip their commute once a week could be handed a refund of up to £310.50 on their season ticket, under a proposal set out yesterday. Roger Evans, a Conservative member of the Greater London Assembly, has sent plans to TfL that call for cash rebates for commuters who underuse their season ticket [...]
Londoners who skip the commute once a week could be refunded £310 a year April 10, 2014 London workers who skip their commute once a week could be handed a refund of up to £310.50 on their season ticket from next year, under a proposal set out today. Roger Evans, a Conservative member of the London Assembly, believes commuters who underuse their travelcard by walking, cycling or working from home should be [...]
Fast-drying concrete cost Victoria Line passengers 100,000 hours, says TfL April 7, 2014 The spillage of some fast-setting concrete saw London's Victoria Line halted in January this year, as a signal room was flooded with the stuff. “We understand that a foot of concrete burst into the control room having been poured into an escalator void,” a spokesman for the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, [...]
Crossrail nears its final stretch March 31, 2014 The head of London’s newest railway hopes he sets a precedent for other big projects AS CONSTRUCTION on London’s newest railway reached the halfway point earlier this year, a steady stream of hard hat-wearing politicians ventured into the tunnels to be seen backing Europe’s biggest infrastructure project. Crossrail boss Andrew Wolstenholme, meanwhile, has a map [...]
Businesses call for another Thames bridge in the east March 25, 2014 LONDON firms and politicians yesterday renewed calls for a new Thames bridge to be built in the east of the city, after decades of delays and cancellations. Businesses including Leyton Orient football club signed a letter to the Mayor of London yesterday asking him to commit to a road crossing at Gallions Reach. Boris Johnson [...]
Introducing: the designs of the year March 18, 2014 The ingenious creations that are set to define tomorrow’s world MOST museum shows look back to the past. With flying cars, floating schools and wheelchairs that grow with the owner, this one is all about the future. Next week the seventh Designs of the Year exhibition opens at the Design Museum, and the broad selection [...]
Contactless payments rising as TfL and retailers drive adoption March 12, 2014 CONTACTLESS payments on the high street jumped nearly 300 per cent last year, according to figures from Visa yesterday. Visa Europe’s director of contactless Mark Austin said that the 94.3m payments had been spurred by Transport for London’s use of contactless on buses last year and the increasing numbers of retailers installing terminals. Adoption from [...]