London transport chaos: Cannon Street rail service disruption due to flooding on platforms 1 and 2 continues for a second day March 15, 2017 City commuters are facing a second day of delays caused by flooding at Cannon Street rail station. National Rail said train services running to and from this station may be cancelled or diverted to and from London Blackfriars with disruption set to continue until noon. This follows a day of delays yesterday, with several services [...]
Apple’s move to Battersea Power Station sparks hopes of paying off infrastructure debt early March 15, 2017 The council leader heading up the development around the Battersea Power Station is hoping a possible boost to business rates income from Apple’s move to the site could help pay for the Northern Line extension early. The funding for the Northern line extension, which will create two new tube stations at Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station, [...]
London transport chaos: City commuters facing rush hour delays due to flooding at Cannon Street station with services redirected to Blackfriars and Victoria March 14, 2017 City commuters are facing delays during this evening's rush hour, with disruption due to flooding at Cannon Street station set to continue until 7pm. Southeastern rail had earlier stated that service disruptions would end by 2pm, but the rail operator has since said trains may be cancelled or revised this evening. A water leak in a [...]
Night Tube drivers vote for strike action over a “block on career progression” March 14, 2017 Night Tube drivers have voted to strike over a "block on career progression", the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union announced today. The union announced it was holding a ballot over the issue last month, as did train drivers' union Aslef. The result of Aslef's ballot will be announced on Thursday. Read more: A new Night [...]
Ditching First Class and extending high-speed services: Transport secretary Chris Grayling unveils plans to improve Southeastern March 14, 2017 First Class could be ditched and high-speed services extended in new plans unveiled by the government to improve London's commuter trains. The Department for Transport has proposed substantial changes in its proposals for the next Southeastern franchise, currently one of the nation's worst performing rail services. Read more: Auto delay repay? No way, says the company [...]
Loganair’s Dundee-London Stansted air link has been secured until 2019 after £3.7m deal March 14, 2017 The future of a "vital" air link between London Stansted and Dundee City Airport has been secured for another two years after the government announced it had plugged £1.8m into it. The public service obligation (PSO) agreed between the UK government, Transport Scotland and Dundee City Council, will guarantee nearly £3.7m to keep the route open [...]
London ranks 40th in the world for quality of living, but Brexit could threaten that in the future March 14, 2017 London ranked 40th in Mercer's latest quality of living survey while nabbing sixth place in a new measure for city infrastructure, but the global consulting firm warned Brexit could impact the capital's future ranking. Mercer surveyed 450 cities around the world based on 38 different factors, including the political and economic environment, public services and healthcare. As the top-ranked UK city in both measures, [...]
Bad news, London jobseekers: Employers to scale back hiring to three-year lows, as Brexit uncertainty surfaces among the capital’s firm March 14, 2017 Hiring in London is forecast to slump to a three-year low, as employers in the capital scale back their staffing intentions for the next three months. The ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey, which quizzed more than 2,100 UK employers and was released today, found employment optimism in the capital had slipped to three per cent, down [...]
Hailo merges with Daimler-owned MyTaxi to take on Uber in London March 13, 2017 There's no shortage of taxis and minicabs in the capital, with an array of companies competing for passengers, from Uber to Gett to Addison Lee, and of course London’s stalwarts: the black cabs. So, it may seem rather late in the game for a cab company to try and make inroads in the market, but Mytaxi [...]
Exclusive: TfL staff suffer stress, anxiety and depression while number of suicide attempts on the Tube hits 600 March 13, 2017 Nearly 6,000 Transport for London (TfL) staff have received counselling for issues including stress, anxiety, depression, train suicide and harassment, City A.M. can exclusively reveal. Figures obtained through a freedom of information request show that 5,810 Transport for London (TfL) staff received counselling between 2010 and 2016. TfL has spent over £4.4m since 2010 counselling [...]