London weather: Thick fog prompts Heathrow, City Airport to cancel flights, drivers warned to go slowly as Met Office issues severe weather warning for much of UK November 2, 2015 Thick fog was causing travel chaos across London this morning, with flights in and out of London airports cancelled. The Met Office issued a severe weather warning for heavy fog from Sunday night "becoming widespread and dense in places by Monday morning". Yellow warnings were in place for London and the South East, South West, Wales, East Midlands, [...]
Horrifying house prices (and other scare stories) – here’s what got us talking this week October 30, 2015 It was a week in which we discovered that two teenagers were suspects in the TalkTalk hack (but that "significantly" fewer people were affected. We learned that all MPs earn a lot more than their constituents. And we discovered that the UK's population is growing much quicker than previously thought. Here's what got us talking this week [...]
DLR strike passenger advice released by TfL: Jubilee, Central, District and Hammersmith & City lines expected to be much busier as commuters seek alternative routes October 30, 2015 Transport for London has issued passenger advice for commuters affected by the forthcoming 48-hour strike on the DLR, with services "unlikely" to run because of the disruption. The strike has been called by transport union RMT over a dispute with KeolisAmey Docklands, which operates the DLR on behalf of TfL. It is due to start at 3:59am on 3 [...]
Halloween map reveals London’s most haunted Tube stations from King’s Cross and Liverpool Street to Bank and Elephant & Castle October 30, 2015 You might usually worry more about delays and crowded rush hour Tubes on your commute than encountering a ghost. But if you’re the impressionable type, this spooky map might just change all that. On the eve of Halloween, this map created by Brilliantly British reveals the London Underground’s most horrifying ghost stories. The map includes [...]
Public backs London’s black taxis accepting credit or debit card payment after public consultation by TfL October 29, 2015 Londoners just came a step closer to being able to pay for a black cab journey using a credit or debit card. Accepting cashless payments – widespread almost everywhere else – has been suggested by Transport for London in a bid to modernise the industry, and has now gained overwhelming support from the public and cab drivers themselves. [...]
Transport for London just made a chart showing how Tube travel has changed since 1928 October 28, 2015 See any men in bowler hats around on your last Tube journey? What about flappers bustling to get to a jazz concert? Probably not. Sure, there are plenty of obvious ways in which the London Tube has changed since 1928. But what about how our travel habits have changed? London Underground had an advert for [...]
DLR strike 2015 dates confirmed by RMT: Staff will walk out for 48 hours from 3 November October 28, 2015 RMT has confirmed a 48-hour strike will take place next week on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), as the union fights a series of issues affecting staff. Staff will walk out from 4am 3 November until the same time on 5 November. The action comes after 92 per cent of RMT members voted to strike last week. Read [...]
Central Line and Metropolitan Line Tube delays: Travel chaos as signal failure at Leyton and Finchley Road affects commuters October 28, 2015 Central Line commuters faced a disrupted journey this morning after a signal failure caused severe delays throughout the line. The incident, which occurred at Leyton at around 7:30am, caused knock-on problems as far as Epping, Transport for London said, with minor delays on the entire line. https://twitter.com/centralline/status/659275247049420800 TfL said it was unable to give an estimate [...]
Crossrail 2 consultation launched by Transport for London to decide station locations on route October 27, 2015 Crossrail 2 is a step closer to becoming reality as Transport for London launched a public consultation on the exact route and where stations will be located along it. "This consultation gives people the chance to comment on where we are proposing to put station entrances, work sites and ventilation shafts needed to run Crossrail 2," [...]
TSSA union boss Manuel Cortes throws down Night Tube gauntlet to Boris Johnson October 26, 2015 A boss of one of the four main transport unions has thrown down the gauntlet to London Mayor Boris Johnson over the Night Tube, urging him to agree a meeting to restart talks. Manuel Cortes, general secretary of TSSA, has written to Johnson calling for him to meet union members to resolve some of the [...]