London facing more Night Tube strikes as unions threaten action – while insiders believe project will “wither on the vine” January 6, 2016 Commuters are facing the prospect of more Tube strikes this year, after the dispute over the Night Tube flared up once again – with one union source telling City A.M. that the project may never get off the ground. Transport unions RMT and Aslef have both flexed their muscles with threats of further industrial action [...]
London Bridge delays expected until 1pm as signalling failures, broken down train continue to disrupt train services January 6, 2016 Commuters going to – or through – London Bridge were stuck with severe delays this morning as signalling problems played havoc with Southeastern services. Trains were being delayed by as much as an hour with Southeastern saying some services would be diverted to "other London stations". The train operator initially said disruption would last until 9am, but [...]
RMT ballots members over yet another Night Tube strike as Aslef ramps up the fighting talk January 6, 2016 Tube maintenance workers are to be balloted over potentially more strike action over the Night Tube and pay, after union representatives rejected the offer on the table. RMT said its reps had "overwhelmingly" dismissed the new deal, saying it mirrored proposals that had already been thrown out by workers on the rest of the Tube network. [...]
Beware mayoral wannabes pledging a Tube fare freeze: The numbers don’t stack up January 5, 2016 While most resolutions – especially those involving regular gym attendance – do not last beyond January, there is one New Year tradition that is guaranteed to be with us for the whole year: Transport for London’s annual fare increase. Londoners will be familiar with the routine. Sometime between singing Auld Lang Syne on New Year’s [...]
Transport for London rezoning the Tube map: Eight underground, rail and DLR stations including Stratford and West Ham changed from Zone 3 to Zone 2/3 January 4, 2016 Much like the rest of us, Transport for London is making some changes in the new year, with a new look for parts of the Tube map and a cheaper commute for as many as 100,000 east London passengers. Eight stations in east London have just been rezoned from Zone 3 to Zone 2/3 – [...]
Official figures are underestimating London’s population growth: Housing, transport and general infrastructure can’t keep up January 4, 2016 Official estimates for London's population growth are wide of the mark, a new report claims, with the capital requiring "major improvement" if it is going to meet the challenges of its swelling number of residents. Research by consultancy Atkins, in partnership with Oxford Economics and the Centre for London, claims that London will become home to 12m people by [...]
Travel disruption and delays? Why letting your staff find a better commute is better for business January 4, 2016 Returning back to work on the first day post-Christmas will have been a return to travel disruption and delays for many commuters. But, even minor morning train delays can have a detrimental impact on the rest of the working day. The knock-on effect of train punctuality (or lack of it) is apparent in recently published research from the Open Data Institute and [...]
Jeremy Corbyn attends Kings Cross protest over rail fare increases as 62 per cent of commuters say they’d support train nationalisation January 4, 2016 Jeremy Corbyn was among a number of people protesting against the increase in rail fares at Kings Cross this morning. The Labour leader paused for photos as the #RailRipOff campaign got under way, following the 1.1 per cent rail fare increase, which came into effect on 2 January. He was joined by representatives of union TSSA, [...]
Travel disruption on Southern, Southeastern, Thameslink and South West Trains as rail fares rise 1.1 per cent January 4, 2016 Signalling failures, engineering works and unspecified "problems" meant it was back to work (or rather, not) with a bump for commuters this morning, as a number of London trains were delayed and cancelled. South West Trains said a "problem" at the depot near Guildford meant some trains to and from London Waterloo were being cancelled "as [...]
London buses go greener in 2016, as successful bids for Department for Transport fund revealed January 3, 2016 Fifty buses in London will be kitted out with technology designed to cut harmful emissions by up to 90 per cent, after successful bids for a Department for Transport fund were revealed today. The Clean Bus Technology Fund 2015, which local councils were invited to bid for grants from in September of last year, will dish [...]