Arriva holds onto the Cross Country rail franchise in “milestone” award by Department for Transport September 29, 2016 Arriva has won a three year contract extension to run the Cross Country rail franchise in a deal with the Department for Transport worth £163m. The Deutsche Bahn-owned company has run the franchise since 2007 and revealed a raft of new initiatives it intends to implement as part of the deal that starts in October. These included promising to waive [...]
#Tube_Chat: Someone’s trying to get Tube commuters to converse and Londoners hate the idea September 29, 2016 It's every Londoner's nightmare. An underground campaign may be trying to get Tube commuters to actually converse with one another. Well-meaning though it may be, London Underground users hate the idea. The mysterious campaign emerged on social media this morning – although the majority of images seemed to be from the campaign's Facebook page, suggesting few badges [...]
Shares in outsourcer Capita have plunged after it issued a profit warning September 29, 2016 Ooof. Shares in FTSE 100-listed outsourcer Capita have fallen almost 30 per cent this morning after it issued a punchy profit warning. Shares were down 28.7 per cent at 679.3p in early trading, after the company said it expected full-year underlying profits to fall between £535m and £555m, as opposed to the £614m it had previously forecast. [...]
Rush hour travel disrupted by delays on the Central Line September 29, 2016 Commuters are facing delays during rush hour this morning due to delays on the Central Line. Transport for London said there are severe delays between Leytonstone and White City westbound, and minor disruption on the rest of the line. According to TfL, the delays were caused by a signal failure at Stratford. https://twitter.com/centralline/status/781386786853515264 Central Line staff on Twitter advised commuters [...]
Sadiq Khan is pushing for an Autumn Statement announcement on London devolution September 28, 2016 London mayor Sadiq Khan is pushing the Treasury to announce fresh devolution of powers to London within weeks. Speaking exclusively to City A.M., Khan said he had recently met with Philip Hammond, and was optimistic the chancellor would make an announcement in the Autumn Statement. Khan also expressed fears that any reform to migration might [...]
London’s the best place in the world for fostering fintech as industry eyes new success measures September 27, 2016 London is the best city in the world for fostering fintech, ahead of New York, Silicon Valley and Hong Kong – but it faces a run for its money from Singapore – as the industry pushes for better measures for assessing its contribution to the economy and the government's new industrial strategy. The two cities were ranked highest based [...]
Greater devolution could boost English tourism and encourage more staycations, the Local Government Association has argued September 27, 2016 Greater devolution could help English tourism thrive as it would give local bodies the means to turn their areas into travel hotspots, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said today. Striking more devolution deals to improve regional transport, infrastructure and business support — all key to boosting tourism — could give local groups such as combined [...]
London transport disruption: Commuters facing delays on Bakerloo Line after person killed by train September 26, 2016 The Bakerloo Line has been suspended in central London after a person was struck by a train at Oxford Circus station earlier this afternoon. There is no service on the line between Elephant & Castle and Paddington "due to a person on the track", Transport for London said. https://twitter.com/bakerlooline/status/780401450795036672 British Transport Police said they were called to Oxford [...]
Northern Line Night Tube to launch on Friday 18 November – reports September 26, 2016 The Northern Line Night Tube is reportedly set to launch on Friday 18 November. A BBC journalist tweeted that Tube staff have been informed of the start date. NEW: Tube staff have been told Northern line night tube will start Friday 18th November. Nothing official yet. — Tom Edwards (@BBCTomEdwards) September 26, 2016 However, a [...]
Focus On Regent’s Park: Celebrity-packed Nash terraces and luscious parklands make NW1 “super-prime” London September 23, 2016 If you want to go celebrity spotting in London, you could do a lot worse than Regent’s Park. High profile residents of this historic area surrounding the royal park of the same name include Damien Hirst, Christian Candy, Gwen Stefani, Jamie Oliver and Kate Moss, not to mention all the Middle Eastern royalty and Russian [...]