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 [...]
Night Tube 2016? Transport for London confident an agreement will be reached with driver unions January 3, 2016 A Transport for London boss has expressed confidence that an ongoing disagreement with drivers could finally be resolved, leading to the long-delayed Night Tube finally launching in London in 2016. Some headway is expected to be made, according to director of customer experience Shashi Verma, speaking to ITV News. Talks between TfL and driver unions have so far failed. The [...]
Train fare increases 2016: Here’s how much your Tube, train and bus, Oyster and Travelcards are going up by in January December 31, 2015 Good news, commuters. The new year is going to usher in one of the lowest increases in Tube, train and bus fares in recent years. Travelcard season tickets will increase by less than one per cent, while pay as you go single bus fares will be frozen at £1.50. Those living in Stratford "and a number of [...]