Waterloo and City Tube strike will have “no impact”, says TfL September 24, 2015 City commuters can breathe a sigh of relief about a strike on the Waterloo and City Line next week. Transport for London has said there will be "no visible impact" on the line, which connects Bank and Waterloo, as a result of a strike by staff working in its control room. "Due to detailed planning [...]
TfL Tube strike 26 and 28 August 2015: Unions call off Tube strikes – but RMT sets new date August 24, 2015 Unions planning to launch 48 hours of strikes this week have suspended their action, it was confirmed this evening Read more: Driverless tubes would break the militant unions forever Members of the TSSA, RMT and Unite were due to walk out for 24 hours from 6.30pm tomorrow, and then again from 6.30pm on Thursday, after they [...]
TfL Tube strike 26 and 28 August 2015: Tube strikes cost London nearly £60m in lost man hours August 24, 2015 Talks are going to the wire, but unless something miraculous happens, London is staring down the barrel of a double-whammy of strike action this week. As it stands Tube staff members of RMT, TSSA and Unite are planning to walk out from 6:30pm on Tuesday and for the whole of the following day (25 [...]
August 2015 TfL Tube strike chaos: These companies are helping you get through the Tube strike August 5, 2015 The Tube strike starts tonight (5 August) at 6:30pm and will last until Friday morning. While Transport for London is doing its best to issue travel advice and digital companies are offering help to avoid the queues, we are going to need a little bit extra to get through the next couple of days. These companies [...]
TfL Tube strikes 2015: Why they were good for commuters and the economy September 14, 2015 The chaos of the Tube strikes may have caused misery and disrupted your commute, but actually they more than likely did you a favour – and the economy too. A summer blighted by strikes forced people to find alternative routes and deviate from their usual commute. Of course, no one likes change, but new research suggests that [...]
Tube workers slam RMT union for poor communication over the Night Tube strikes September 2, 2015 Tube workers have slammed their own union for poor communication over the Night Tube strikes. The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union suspended strikes due to be held on 8 and 10 September, which tube workers discovered via rumour and the BBC. The walkout was over pay and work conditions on the all-night Tube service, due [...]
August 2015 TfL Tube strike: Penny farthings, canoes and cycling elephants take to the streets as sarcastic commuters beat the Tube strikes August 7, 2015 Everyone's a comedian; at least judging by the transportation Londoners chose yesterday. But with horrendous queues clogging the City, was there method in the madness? Commuters in Battersea were delighted when Londoner Alan Price headed for work on a penny farthing early in the morning (there’s always one). Londoner beats the Tube strike with 19th [...]
Tube strike August 2015: Night Tube odds-on for delayed launch August 6, 2015 Odds are the Night Tube's intended launch date of 12 September – the day pencilled in by TfL and more than a few partygoers – will be missed, according to bookies. The fate of the long-awaited service hangs in the balance as unions representing London Underground drivers remain at loggerheads with Transport for London and [...]
Londoners endure Tube strike misery July 8, 2015 COMMUTERS battled to get home last night amid scenes of overcrowding at Tube stations and gridlock on the roads as around 20,000 London Underground workers went on strike. The pain is set to continue today, with the Tube only reopening at 9.30pm. Londoners tweeted pictures of growing crowds, such as this crush at Oxford Circus, [...]
TfL Tube strikes in July and August 2015 cost Londoners £168m in lost man hours and the hardest hit lines for travel delays were the District and Hammersmith & City November 11, 2015 The Tube strikes that paralysed the London Underground this summer cost us £168m in lost man-hours. London came to a standstill on 8 July, and again on 5 and 6 August, as Transport for London (TfL) clashed with unions over the introduction of the Night Tube. Now, we know you don’t need us to tell you [...]