Tube strike August 2015: London needs to call in retired drivers as a contingency plan to keep the capital running August 5, 2015 When the RMT leadership branded the mayor’s Night Tube plan as a “vanity project” that should be shelved, we reached a crunch point. The militant rail unions have inflicted misery on London commuters and have caused untold damage to the capital’s economy through disruptive strikes in recent years, the latest due this evening over the [...]
The 10 Tube stops where house demand is rising most (and least) August 5, 2015 Who doesn’t want to live near a Tube station? Except perhaps, when there’s a strike on, but demand for properties close to the London Underground is up 13 per cent, and it’s in east London where it's rising more than anywhere else across the network. Homes near East Ham, Woodford and Upminster Bridge have experienced [...]
Tube strike August 2015 TfL: Travel advice for Wednesday and Thursday – no Tube, but DLR, London Overground, trams, rail and 250 extra buses will run August 4, 2015 The Tube strike is on after unions rejected the latest pay offer from TfL, and that means you're likely to run into problems if you're travelling in London on Wednesday and Thursday this week. Here's everything you need to know to prepare and plan for your journey. When? The Tube will stop running from 6.30pm [...]
Tube strike August 2015: Free chocolate on-demand from Gett will sweeten Londoners’ commutes during Thursday’s travel hell August 4, 2015 London commuters can clock up at least one potential win, as the hell that is a Tube strike approaches. The taxi cab service Gett, which just last week launched a champagne on demand service, will now deliver chocolate to weary and frustrated commuters struggling to get around the city – and they're going to do [...]
August 2015 TfL Tube strike travel advice These are the bus routes and train stations you should avoid because of crowding August 4, 2015 Bad news, Londoners: this week's Tube strike is on after all four unions rejected the latest pay deal from Transport for London. Although it's being called a 24-hour strike it will actually last longer than that. The action will start at 6:30pm on Wednesday 5 August, and run throughout the whole of Thursday. A [...]
August 2015 TfL Tube strike is going ahead: RMT, TSSA Unite and Aslef unions rejects latest pay offer August 3, 2015 Update: All four unions have now confirmed the 24-hour Tube strike, over a dispute regarding the Night Tube, will go ahead this week. The strike will take place from 6:30pm on Wednesday 5 August. There will be no Tube at all on Thursday. A normal service is expected to return on Friday. This is on top [...]
It’s not just the TfL Tube strike: First Great Western rail workers to strike over August bank holiday August 3, 2015 Rail workers for First Great Western will hold two strikes over the August bank holiday weekend, as part of a growing row over new trains. All RMT members except fleet maintenance grades have been told not to work for 24 hours from one minute past midnight on Sunday 23rd August and again on from [...]
TfL Tube Strike: TSSA union accuses Boris Johnson of “engineering” Night Tube dispute and “playing politics” July 30, 2015 One of the unions representing Tube drivers who plan to strike next week has accused London mayor Boris Johnson of "engineering" the dispute and "playing politics" with the matter in the latest shot fired between the two warring sides. Tube workers will strike for 24 hours on 5 August over working hours on the soon-to-launch [...]
Three charts showig how working in London differs to other cities July 29, 2015 A London working week is typically associated with long hours, heavy workloads as well as demanding clients, but a report released this week by Centre for Cities has shown there are some perks to working in the big smoke. Londoners are more likely to be in employment than their counterparts in large, medium and small city centres. [...]
Night Tube dispute worsens: RMT ratchets up industrial action while accusing London Underground of “serious safety breaches” July 27, 2015 Unions have called on members to restrict their work even further, amid claims that London Underground is attempting to “undermine” its work-to-rule action. According to RMT there have been “serious safety breaches” as London Underground attempts to keep the Tube on track during a long-running overtime ban. The transport union said it had “been [...]