Crossrail coming: The new Tube map featuring the Elizabeth Line has been revealed with a year to go | City A.M. December 19, 2017 With a year to go until the big start of Elizabeth Line services and opening of 10 new London stations, Transport for London (TfL) has unveiled a new December 2018 Tube map featuring the Elizabeth Line. The Crossrail project is nearing the final stages of construction and the Elizabeth Line, as it will be known [...]
Crossrail chairman Terry Morgan says he will not step down in wake of Elizbeth Line delay September 12, 2018 Crossrail chairman Terry Morgan has said he will not step down in the wake of the nine-month delay to the Elizabeth Line. The £15.4bn project was scheduled to open in December this year but has been put back until Autumn 2019 following delays to signalling testing and safety concerns. The delay was roundly criticised by [...]
Crossrail chairman Terry Morgan says he will not step down in wake of Elizbeth Line delay September 12, 2018 Crossrail chairman Terry Morgan has said he will not step down in the wake of the nine-month delay to the Elizabeth Line. The £15.4bn project was scheduled to open in December this year but has been put back until Autumn 2019 following delays to signalling testing and safety concerns. The delay was roundly criticised by [...]
Uber boss Dara Khosrowshahi says company can be profitable within three years January 23, 2018 The chief executive of ride-hailing app Uber has said the company can be profitable within three years. Speaking to Bloomberg at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Dara Khosrowshahi said the firm is becoming more efficient, though it will still maintain its expansion push. “At some point we absolutely have to become profitable and that’s [...]
TfL faces funding crunch as bosses say end of government subsidy isn’t sustainable for London January 4, 2018 London’s transport funding crunch has been put back in the spotlight after Transport for London (TfL) bosses said yesterday that the withdrawal of government subsidy will not be sustainable for the capital in the long-term. At a meeting of the London Assembly Budget and Performance Committee, they also revealed plans to sell part of TfL’s [...]
No end in sight for Crossrail fiasco as budget overshoot could surpass £1bn September 2, 2018 Crossrail's budget overshoot could surpass £1bn as the flagship project works towards a new 2019 deadline. Last week it was confirmed that the £15.4bn Elizabeth Line, which stretches from Reading and Heathrow in the west to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east, has been delayed by almost a year over safety issues and will now [...]
Sadiq Khan accused of misleading public over nine-month Crossrail delay October 3, 2018 Members of the London Assembly have accused Sadiq Khan of misleading the public over what he knew about a nine-month Crossrail delay that infuriated commuters when it was revealed this summer. The Assembly's transport committee, which has been investigating the delay, has sent a damning letter to London mayor Khan. The letter, seen by City A.M., [...]
Ranked: London’s worst Tube lines for delays January 12, 2018 Londoners have already declared their favourite Tube line, but this ranking of which Tube lines face the most delays may give passengers more food for thought. Over a year from 1 September 2016 to 1 September 2017, the District Line faced the highest number of days with delays to service (which could include anything and [...]
Crossrail 2 faces timing crunch as government plans independent funding and financing review December 20, 2017 The planned timeline for Crossrail 2 could be pushed off track by a fresh funding hurdle as the Department for Transport (DfT) plans an independent financing review for the £31bn project. London mayor Sadiq Khan met transport secretary Chris Grayling this month for further talks regarding the railway which would serve stations throughout the south [...]
Focus On Bow: Young professionals are changing the landscape of Bow, but upsizing proves costly March 22, 2019 Few areas in London have seen demographic change like east London, but even within the East End, Bow has changed a lot in recent years. “There is a definite shift taking place, highlighted by the arrival of a number of independent coffee shops, wine bars and restaurants over the past 18 months or so,” said [...]