Tube strike 2015: Travel advice for Thursday – No Tube, but DLR, London Overground, trams, rail and 200 extra buses will run July 9, 2015 The Tube strike is on, and that means you're likely to run into problems if you're travelling in London on Thursday. Here's everything you need to know to prepare and plan for your journey. When? No services will run on Thursday at all after the 24-hour strike began on Wednesday evening. There may still be [...]
Londoners endure Tube strike misery July 8, 2015 COMMUTERS battled to get home last night amid scenes of overcrowding at Tube stations and gridlock on the roads as around 20,000 London Underground workers went on strike. The pain is set to continue today, with the Tube only reopening at 9.30pm. Londoners tweeted pictures of growing crowds, such as this crush at Oxford Circus, [...]
TfL Tube strike 2015: Fitness First offers commuters free showers and gym classes July 8, 2015 Fitness First has come to the rescue of exasperated commuters ahead of the tube strike by offering free showers and training sessions across all of its London gyms tomorrow. Commuters who want to take advantage of the offer should bring their oyster card to one of Fitness First's 45 gyms listed below. "Fitness First is encouraging commuters across [...]
July Budget 2015: Tottenham’s new stadium, Lenigas departures and other stories that broke while you were distracted July 8, 2015 While offices up and down the country were tuned into the chancellor as they chomped down on his new Budget this lunchtime, a number of other companies took the opportunity to quietly slip some news under the radar that you may have missed. The announcement of the Budget is one of the most heavily covered [...]
TfL Tube strike 2015: Citymapper’s advice for how to survive London travel chaos July 8, 2015 Millions of London commuters are likely face travel woes today as – barring any miracles – a 24-hour Tube strike goes ahead, with trains coming to a grinding halt in the early evening. How to get home? Although 200 extra buses will be on London’s roads, all transport will be far busier than usual as [...]
TfL Tube strike 2015: London Underground boss Mike Brown defends Night Tube, insists workers’ hours will not increase July 8, 2015 London Underground boss Mike Brown has defended the Night Tube as “exciting and essential” – and insisted the group is not demanding staff to work more hours to operate it. Tube workers are poised to go on a major strike from 6pm tonight, which will disrupt the entire network for at least 24 hours. [...]
TfL Tube strike and First Great Western, Southern, Northern train strikes: There’s going to be major disruption in the next week – but commuters could claim millions back in compensation July 8, 2015 Having called off the Network Rail strike in May, union bosses have been busy planning a "perfect storm" of rail and Tube strikes – conveniently timed to start on the same day as George Osborne’s summer Budget. From July 8th to 17th, strikes have been scheduled by London Underground, First Great Western, Southern Rail [...]
TfL Tube strike 2015 is on: Expect travel chaos from 6.30pm today and all day Thursday July 7, 2015 Millions of commuters will face travel misery today after last-ditch efforts to resolve a dispute over London Underground worker’s pay and hours failed to stop strike plans. Transport for London’s (TfL) latest offer was turned down by unions late yesterday, paving the way for industrial action that will stop tube services tonight and all [...]
Tube strike 2015: Talks to avert action between TfL and drivers’ unions fail July 7, 2015 A Tube strike is certain to go ahead after crunch talks between TfL and drivers' unions failed this afternoon. "It's clear that TfL are not serious about negotiations," a spokesperson for Aslef, the union which represents the majority of Tube drivers, told City A.M. An emphatic "no" was given when asked whether there was any [...]
We’re not prepared for another 7/7, says firefighters’ union on 10th anniversary of attacks July 7, 2015 London firefighters are not prepared for another 7/7 because of cuts to the emergency service in the capital, it has been claimed. The public is being misled about its preparedness for such an incident, the Fire Brigade Union (FBU) has said, on the day the capital came to a standstill in remembrance of those who [...]