Night Overground services to return in December November 3, 2021 Night Overground services will be restored on weekends from 17 December, a week before Christmas. Transport for London (TfL) announced today that night services will run between Highbury & Islington and New Cross Gate, passing through areas such as Hoxton and Shoreditch, which are an integral part of London’s night life. “The return of the [...]
City Hall Tories call for £12m TfL bonuses to be scrapped in wake of cash concerns December 2, 2021 Sadiq Khan should suspend £12m of planned bonuses to Transport for London (TfL) chiefs in the wake of concerns over the body’s financial position, according to the City Hall caucus of Conservatives. Susan Hall, the leader of the Tories in the London Assembly, said the mayor needs to “get a grip of [TfL’s] wasteful spending” [...]
TfL sanctions for bare-faced commuters slump September 23, 2021 Transport for London (TfL) slapped six non-mask wearing commuters per day with fines in July in the run-up to “Freedom Day” as policing of Covid-19 prevention measures on the capital’s transport network waned. TfL imposed 123 fines on commuters for not wearing a mask in July, a 79 per cent drop from June’s 590 fines. [...]
Downing Street has cycling lanes row with TfL over £100m funding allocation September 27, 2021 Long-running tensions between Downing Street and City Hall have ignited again, after Transport for London (TfL) were slapped down over plans to give £100m to councils that have ripped out cycle lanes. Documents obtained by The Telegraph showed that TfL wanted to give £100m to councils that had removed cycling lanes and eliminated low traffic [...]
Exclusive: London MPs warn of DLR decline without new TfL funding deal December 5, 2021 The capital’s Docklands Light Railway (DLR) will be under serious threat of long-term decline without a sustainable funding deal for Transport for London (TfL), a group of London MPs have warned. The six MPs, all Labour members in East or South East London constituencies, wrote to transport secretary Grant Shapps today to say “some of [...]
Tube records busiest morning since March 2020 : CityAM September 6, 2021 This morning saw the busiest start to a day on the London Underground since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, Transport for London (TfL) said this morning. By 10am, Tube usage was up 17 per cent week-on-week, the network said, while bus passenger numbers jumped 39 per cent. Also Read: Give TfL ‘fair [...]
Exclusive: Six-in-ten Brits want to level down London April 21, 2022 Almost six-in-ten Brits want to level down London by shuffling jobs and government funding from the capital to the rest of the UK, according to new polling. Polling by BMG Research, and commissioned by City A.M., shows 25 per cent of people strongly support reducing “funding, jobs and opportunities” in London to “increase them in [...]
Lucrative Covid-19 contracts drive profits at outsourcer Mitie September 24, 2021 Outsourcer Mitie has lifted its profit guidance due to a string of Covid-linked contracts, which saw it clean Heathrow and Manchester airport, alongside Transport for London (TfL). It now expects operating profit before other items to hit between £145m and £155m, the company said in its half year update. “In our first quarter trading update [...]
Plan B to “inevitably impact” transport, stakeholders say December 9, 2021 The new set of restrictions outlined yesterday by the government will “inevitably impact” Transport for London (TfL), as more Londoners will be required to work from home. Nick Bowes, chief executive at think tank Centre for London, said that passenger numbers have already started dipping since the new variant emerged, “as people change their behaviour [...]
Office commuters boost TfL’s cycle hire numbers for September October 7, 2021 Workers returning to the office after the UK Government eased restrictions helped Transport for London’s (TfL) bicycle hire scheme jump to more than a million total hires, registering the highest September in the scheme’s 11 year history. Data from TfL showed that more than 40,000 people used the service every day, with an average of [...]