Shapps confirms plan to use agency workers to replace striking rail staff June 16, 2022 Transport secretary Grant Shapps has confirmed he will use agency workers to cover for striking rail staff if industrial action drags on throughout the summer. Shapps today said the government was looking at a “look at a full range of options” to minimise disruption from striking workers, adding that people with “transferable skills” could be asked [...]
DfT accuses TfL of failing to provide recommendation for pension reform June 15, 2022 The Department for Transport (DfT) has accused Transport for London (TfL) of failing to provide a recommendation for its pension reform just as the latest round of government funding is set to expire next Friday. DfT permanent secretary Bernadette Kelly told TfL commissioner Andy Byford last week the government had launched a formal dispute period [...]
TfL urges Londoners to stay home on Tuesday as thousands of workers set to walk out in Tube and rail strikes June 15, 2022 Transport for London (TfL) has urged Londoners to avoid travelling on 21 June as thousands of workers are set to walk out in a separate tube and rail strike. TfL said it was expecting severe disruption across the Tube network following the planned strike called last week by the unions RMT and Unite. The industrial [...]
BREAKING: Jubilee line suspended following security alert at Waterloo June 15, 2022 The Jubilee line was suspended following a security alert at Waterloo station, Transport for London (TfL) said. “There is no service on the Jubilee Line between London Bridge and Green Park while we respond to a security alert at Waterloo,” the public body announced. “There are severe delays affecting service on the rest of the [...]
Rail operators urge commuters not to travel unless necessary next week as strikes loom ahead June 15, 2022 Rail operators are urging commuters not to travel unless necessary as thousands of workers are set to walk out next week. More than 40,000 members of the RMT union will strike on 21, 23 and 25 June over job cuts and salaries. South Western Railway (SWR) told customers to expect “severe disruption,” encouraging them to [...]
Starmer says Johnson wants rail strikes so he can ‘feed off the division’ June 15, 2022 Boris Johnson wants this month’s widespread rail strikes to go ahead so he can “feed off the division” they will cause, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said. Starmer said during Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) that “I don’t want the strikes to go ahead”, after a series of Tory attacks pinning the blame for the [...]
Go-Ahead shares fly after transport giant agrees £650m takeover by little-known Australian bus firm June 14, 2022 Shares of transport giant Go-Ahead are skyrocketing this morning after the company agreed to a £650m takeover by a consortium including an Australian bus operator. The UK-listed company, which runs London’s red buses on behalf of Transport for London, saw shares rise by almost 14 per cent to 1,540p this morning. It came after Go-Ahead [...]
First Group optimistic of returning bus passenger volumes amid takeover offer rejection June 14, 2022 Transport operator First Group has posted a £122.8m statutory operating profit from continuing operations while announcing a renewed national rail contract with the transport department for Great Western Railway. The new contract will commence when GWR’s current contractual agreement ends later this month, with a core three-year term to 2025. There will be an option [...]
Inflation and recession concoction sends global markets into the mire June 13, 2022 Mounting fears over the worst inflation crunch in recent history plunging the global economy into reverse sent the world’s biggest stock markets spiralling today. London’s FTSE 100 index slid 1.53 per cent, while the mid-cap FTSE 250 index, which is more aligned with the health of the UK economy, shed 2.61 per cent. Investors have [...]
ATOME appoints engineer to oversee Paraguayan green project June 13, 2022 London-listed Atome Energy (ATOME) has named AECOM as the owner's engineer for its 60 MW renewable project in Paraguay.