Last-minute funding deal for TfL but still no sign of long-term agreement July 13, 2022 Transport for London (TfL) has received yet another short-term extension to its funding deal from central government just hours before an existing bailout was set to expire. “We have today agreed with the government that our existing funding agreement will be extended until 28 July 2022 so these discussions can be continued,” the public body said today. It [...]
TfL to open first new Overground stop since 2015 July 12, 2022 Transport for London (TfL) will open its first new Overground stop since 2015 on Monday. The 4.5km Barking Riverside extension will connect the area’s new developments to Barking city centre in seven minutes, drastically improving commuting times. A total of four trains per hour will operate along the line, connecting the riverside to the District [...]
Johnson’s successor has a chance to rekindle the relationship with City Hall July 12, 2022 Transport Secretary Grant Shapps – now a contender to be the next prime minister – wrote to the Mayor three weeks ago regarding the future funding of Transport for London (TfL). His letter included a call to reset strained relations between City Hall and the government. Last week’s events were probably not quite the reset [...]
Bus cuts will only save TfL £35m a year when £730m needed under govt plan June 30, 2022 Transport for London’s (TfL) decision to axe or amend 78 of the current 620 bus routes will only lead to a £35m cost savings per year – when £730m is required from a government plan. TfL’s operating officer Andy Lord said the savings weren’t “an insubstantial amount in the context of savings we’ve got to [...]
Guess who’s back: TfL restarts Night Tube services on Northern line from Saturday June 29, 2022 Transport for London (TfL) has announced it will restart Night Tube services on the Northern line from Saturday, two and a half years after they were initially suspended. The Northern line is the latest to see the return of the Night Tube, after services were reinstated on the Victoria and Central lines in November 2021 [...]
TfL extends consultation on bus cuts to 7 August June 28, 2022 Transport for London (TfL) has extended its deadline for the consultation on bus cuts from 12 July to 7 August. The public body said it wanted to give more time to people “to review, understand and provide feedback,” over its decision to cut or alter 78 of the current 620 bus routes. The public body [...]
Croydon Tramlink staff to strike tomorrow and Wednesday in TfL dispute over pay June 27, 2022 The ASLEF union said this morning that its members on the Croydon Tramlink will strike on tomorrow and Wednesday this week in a dispute over pay. “With the RPI rate of inflation running at over 11 per cent, FirstGroup, the company which operates Tramlink on behalf of Transport for London, has offered tram drivers just [...]
Editorial: Is anybody willing to take responsibility for Strike Island? June 23, 2022 Welcome to Strike Island, then. British Airways’ ground handlers – or at least, a chunk of them – are now joining an ever-growing list of unionised workers who have picked walkouts over work amid a heightening cost of everything crisis. Whether it’s wise for union leaders to take their staff out on strike at the [...]
Khan lashes Shapps for refusing to meet over TfL funding as latest deal runs out June 23, 2022 Sadiq Khan has hit out at transport secretary Grant Shapps for refusing to meet with him over Transport for London (TfL) funding, despite the body’s latest deal running out tomorrow. The mayor of London told a group of journalists today that Shapps had not answered formal requests for a meeting that was made two weeks [...]
Rail strikes spill into tube network, affecting journeys on Overground, Bakerloo and Elizabeth lines June 23, 2022 The chaos and disruption brought by the ongoing rail strike has once again spilled into London’s tube network, affecting journeys on the Overground as well as the Bakerloo and Elizabeth lines. Overground services are running on a reduced schedule as trains between Romford and Upminster, Sydenham and Crystal Palace as well as between Surrey Quays [...]