£1.5bn Liverpool Street station upgrade sparks conservationists’ concerns October 6, 2022 A £1.5bn proposed upgrade of Liverpool Street station has sparked concern among conservationists. Shard Quarter developer Sellar, alongside Network Rail and Elizabeth line operator RMT, unveiled the plans today. The mixed use blueprint includes plans for up to 10 floors of office space, as well as six floors taken up by the Andaz hotel. Developers [...]
Londoners face disruption as rail strike halts Overground on Wednesday October 3, 2022 Thousands of Londoners will face disruption on Wednesday as rail strikes halt all services on the Overground. Following a 24-hour strike on Saturday, train drivers at London Overground and 14 other operators will walk out in a long-standing dispute over salaries. Disruption will affect services on: Avanti West Coast, Chiltern Railways, CrossCountry, Greater Anglia, Great [...]
Elizabeth line: Bond Street station to open on 24 October September 28, 2022 Bond Street’s Elizabeth line station will open on 24 October following a five-month delay, Transport for London (TfL) has announced. The step-free station will accommodate 140,000 daily passengers, relieving congestion from Oxford Street and giving a boost to the capital’s fashion district. Trains will initially run every five minutes, with no services taking place on [...]
TfL confirms Byford’s departure as COO Lord steps in on interim basis September 22, 2022 TfL has confirmed the departure of commissioner Andy Byford at the end of October as current chief operating officer Andy Lord steps in on an interim basis. Byford said he will leave the network and move back to the US, where he lived and was New York City Transit’s president. Announced today, Byford’s resignation comes [...]
Thousands miss Queen’s funeral as rail disruption at Paddington persists September 19, 2022 Thousands of mourners are missing the Queen’s funeral, resorting to watching the proceedings on their phones due to the ongoing rail disruption at Paddington station. Services between Paddington and Reading have stopped running since earlier this morning as a result of issues to overhead electric wires. Heathrow Express and Elizabeth line services are also affected. [...]
Tube open for extra hour on Monday as thousands attend Queen’s funeral September 15, 2022 Most tube lines will remain open – in their entirety or partially – for an extra hour on Monday night as hundreds of thousands are expected to attend the Queen’s funeral. The Bakerloo, Victoria, Jubilee, Circle and Hammersmith & City lines will run entire services for the extra hour, with last services leaving at 1am [...]
Crossrail bosses to advise Israel on building £33bn Tel Aviv metro August 24, 2022 Bosses of Crossrail are to advise on a new state-of-the-art £33bn metro system for the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. Transport secretary Grant Shapps is in Israel this week and has met his counterpart, agreeing the deal as part of a post-Brexit memorandum of understanding signed earlier in the summer. This comes after the completion [...]
Elizabeth line: Direct services from Reading and Heathrow to central London will begin in November August 23, 2022 Businesses have welcomed the integration of Elizabeth line services from Heathrow, Reading and Shenfield from 6 November. “The upgraded services will be greatly welcomed by businesses across the Capital that rely on footfall more than ever before to help them navigate their recovery from Covid, cost of living pressures and rising inflation,” said Ruth Duston, [...]
Rail union bosses who called for biggest train strike in 25 years take home £280,000 in pay and perks July 12, 2022 With the transport unions having voted on the ‘biggest rail strike in 25 years’, it has been revealed that two Aslef trade union bosses had a combined total remuneration of £281,601 in 2021. Aslef’s general secretary, Mick Whelan, took home £151,371 in total remuneration in 2021. While Aslef’s Assistant General Secretary, Simon Weller, received £130,230 in the same year, the TaxPayers’ Alliance said [...]
Zero sympathy: Jacob Rees-Mogg slams ‘selfish’ and ‘unnecessary’ strikes July 1, 2022 Brexit Minister Jacob Rees-Mogg has hit out at “selfish” strikers, claiming that they are hampering productivity in the Civil Service. The Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency was about the numbers of people in the Civil Service who have returned to the office. “Well, they were getting better until the railways went on strike,” [...]