Delta Air Lines brings real-time luggage tracking to its London Heathrow transatlantic flights February 1, 2018 Worried about the prospect of never seeing your luggage again once it’s been loaded onto a flight? Well, fear not, for Delta is now rolling out real-time bag tracking for its London transatlantic flights. Customers will be able to keep track of their checked bags on its flights between London Heathrow and the US via [...]
Ford’s Chariot commuter shuttle bus service has just started on four London routes January 30, 2018 Ford's Chariot commuter shuttle bus service has got underway this week, after getting the green light from Transport for London (TfL) on four of the six routes it proposed. In a statement, the car giant said: Chariot’s commuter ride-share service will complement the existing public transport system by offering in-app ride booking for first- and [...]
Elizabeth Line opening to top expectations on new homes and jobs created as end of Crossrail project draws closer January 30, 2018 The number of homes and jobs created due to the development of the £14.8bn Elizabeth Line is set to greatly surpass expectations, according to a new report by commercial property agency GVA. The research, commissioned by Crossrail, found that the impact of the new railway on the creation of new homes and impact on property [...]
Industry leaders warn the City of London is poised to miss out on the UK’s biotech boom January 29, 2018 The UK's biotech industry was thrown into the spotlight last week with a series of reports boasting of the sector’s successes. The BioIndustry Association (BIA) on Thursday declared Britain’s 2017 pipeline of biotech treatments the strongest in Europe. Meanwhile the London Stock Exchange cheered the 20 per cent rise in funds raised for the wider [...]
Northern Line passengers to get quicker and more frequent journeys as TfL boosts services on busiest London line | City A.M. January 29, 2018 Transport for London (TfL) said today over 200,000 Northern Line passengers will benefit from quicker and more frequent trips as it boosts its high frequency services. From today, 225,000 commuters will benefit from a new timetable which will see TfL doubling the length of its highest frequency “evening peak” services in the central London section [...]
TfL sounds alarm over Heathrow Airport expansion causing significant public transport crowding in London January 29, 2018 Transport for London (TfL) has raised concerns over the impact Heathrow expansion will have on the capital’s transport network, warning over significant crowding. In surface access analysis compiled this month, London’s transport body said Heathrow expansion is expected to result in an extra 170,000 daily passenger and staff trips compared to today. The airport has [...]
The Night Tube is coming to the Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan Lines – but only after 2023 January 26, 2018 Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed plans to roll out Night Tube services to the Metropolitan, Circle, District and Hammersmith & City Lines once a major upgrade programme is complete in 2023. It also revealed it has spent over £2m in an effort to crack down on additional noise and disturbance from the Night Tube [...]
Focus On Deptford: We delve into the housing market in the Help to Buy capital of London January 26, 2018 Since Help to Buy, the government’s equity scheme to help first time buyers on to the property ladder, was announced in 2013, it’s created thousands of new home owners. And nowhere has benefited more from this than Deptford. This once run down part of south east London is now the Help to Buy capital of [...]
The £14.8bn Crossrail project faces “increasing cost and schedule pressures” ahead of planned Elizabeth Line launch January 24, 2018 London’s transport commissioner has said the £14.8bn Crossrail project is facing “increasing cost and schedule pressures” with deadlines looming for the new railway, which is planned to open in stages from December. Among board papers published today, a report from Transport for London's commissioner Mike Brown said: Overall the Crossrail project, which is now 90 [...]
Mapped: Here’s how the Elizabeth Line will open in stages as the Crossrail project wraps up January 24, 2018 In December, Transport for London (TfL) revealed its updated Tube map for the Elizabeth Line once the Crossrail project wraps up. But with phasing of the project occurring until the full line is open, certain parts will be in operation at various times before the full railway is in action in December 2019. So, TfL [...]