Full steam ahead: Old train chugs to Moorgate January 13, 2013 ANYONE unlucky enough to be travelling into the City yesterday morning may have noticed two loveable old relics at Moorgate tube station, an old steam train and London Mayor Boris Johnson. The 9.54am from Kensington Olympia to Moorgate huffed and puffed through the City as part of the celebrations to mark 150 years since the [...]
Delays hit key rail routes as fares balloon January 2, 2013 DELAYS and cancellations as well as above-inflation fare hikes greeted commuters returning to work after the festive break yesterday. As the price of a season ticket rose 4.2 per cent and the average fare increased by 3.9 per cent, some rail firms struggled to stay on track. First Great Western passengers endured the ongoing effects [...]
London buses go contactless cards December 12, 2012 BUS passengers will from today be able to use contactless debit or credit cards to pay for journeys, as Transport for London begins its long-awaited rollout of the new payment method. Anyone with a contactless Visa, American Express or MasterCard should be able to tap the yellow Oyster pay point on the capital’s 8,500 buses, [...]
TfL to spend £3.8bn on road upgrade work December 4, 2012 TRANSPORT for London hopes to double spending on the capital’s roads over the next decade, it said yesterday in a 10-year business plan. A “roads task force” will set out priorities for the £3.8bn funding pot in the spring, Mayor of London Boris Johnson said yesterday. Safety for cyclists will feature prominently in the plans, [...]
TfL hopes to push Overground onto key suburban rail routes November 28, 2012 TRANSPORT for London (TfL) remains optimistic that it will get the go-ahead to take control of key suburban rail routes early next year. Howard Smith, chief operating officer for TfL’s rail operations, told City A.M. that he is “hopeful of coming to some conclusions in the next few months” following discussions with the Department for [...]
Capital & Counties moves one step closer to Earls Court plan November 21, 2012 CAPITAL & Counties (Capco) yesterday cleared another hurdle after its £8bn regeneration plans at Earls Court were approved by Kensington and Chelsea council. The Sir Terry Farrell-designed scheme will see the Earls Court Exhibition Centre and several housing estates demolished and replaced with 7,500 new homes creating a “new London district”, according to the developers. [...]
TfL to open the Waterloo & City line on Sundays November 13, 2012 THE WATERLOO & CITY line is set to run a regular Sunday service for the first time in 65 years, City A.M. has learned. The news will be a welcome boost to shops and restaurants in the City of London – as well as good news for commuters who are forced to work on the [...]
Johnson orders above inflation fare increases November 7, 2012 MAYOR of London Boris Johnson yesterday unveiled increases to the cost of public transport in the capital for 2013 – amid accusations that the timing of the news was planned to coincide with the US election result. Fares on the Underground, DLR, buses and suburban rail services will rise by an average of 4.2 per [...]
Knight and Barber join TfL November 6, 2012 FORMER banking advocate Angela Knight and outgoing TUC head Brendan Barber have been confirmed as new members of the Transport for London board. The pair will be joined by Brian Cooke, the former chairman of London TravelWatch and supporter of Boris Johnson. The Mayor said yesterday the trio will bring “considerable expertise” to the board when [...]
Drivers face Blackwall Tunnel toll to fund new river crossing October 30, 2012 MOTORISTS will bear the cost of a new Thames crossing in east London, Transport for London said yesterday. TfL has not set aside any money in its budget for the planned tunnel at Silvertown or a new vehicle ferry service, and said the “most appropriate way to fund the projects would be to charge a [...]