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 [...]
Transport for London’s Night Tube is unlikely to launch until March 2016 as negotiations with unions stall September 8, 2015 The Night Tube dream is turning into a never-ending nightmare, it seems. London's much-vaunted 24-hour service is looking unlikely to launch this side of Christmas, with sources telling Morning Wire it could be as late as March before it rolls into action. Transport for London had originally ear-marked this weekend (12 September) as [...]
Is this the best solution to Tube delays ever? These architects want to turn the Circle Line into a giant three-speed travelator September 4, 2015 Are Tube delays about become a thing of the past? A group of architects has suggested replacing the Circle Line with a giant, three-speed travelator. Why have trains when you can have moving walkways? NBBJ – the architecture practice which also thought up the shadowless skyscraper – reckons that by replacing the line's 17 miles [...]
Overcrowding and smelly people: These are Londoners’ biggest commuting complaints September 2, 2015 Rush hour traffic. Getting your face crammed into someone’s sweaty pits. Delays (or strikes…). Screaming toddlers. The list of our commuting woes could go on, but let’s stop there for the sake of everyone’s blood pressure. Londoners spend 18 months of their lives commuting. Our daily journey to and from the office is a necessary [...]
TfL: Bank station reopens fire alert and reported flooding as Waterloo and City, Circle, Hammersmith and City lines disrupted August 28, 2015 Commuters faced travel chaos in the run-up to the bank holiday, after Bank and Monument stations were closed and several lines were disrupted after a fire alert. Although the stations have now reopened, several lines, including the Waterloo and City line, were still disrupted. Transport for London cannot give an estimate of when normal service [...]
TfL London Night Tube start date: Transport for London delays Night Tube’s 12 September launch August 27, 2015 Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed London's new 24-hour Tube service will not launch on 12 September as planned. In a statement today, the organisation said that while practical arrangements to run the Night Tube were in place, ongoing talks with trade unions meant it won't be possible to agree rosters and communicate them to [...]
TfL Tube strikes 2015: Picket line travel disruption is hurting London Underground – Brand Index August 26, 2015 This year has not been a good one so far for commuters in the capital with a succession of strikes seeing London Underground staff manning picket lines instead of running railway lines. With the cancellation of this week’s strikes suggesting there is now some light at the end of the organisation’s tunnels, I have [...]
Transport for London introduces junction specially designed to keep cyclists safe at Cambridge Heath August 25, 2015 London cyclists, rejoice. Cambridge Heath just got a junction designed specifically to keep cyclists from being hit by left-turning traffic, the first of several similar junctions planned for the busiest roads across the capital. At the junction, the first of its kind in the UK, cyclists and cars will turn separately. Cars planning to make [...]
Bank Station reopened after Jubilee line signal failure causes major overcrowding; as TfL offices evacuated August 25, 2015 Bank is only being used for exit and interchange due to overcrowding after parts of the Jubilee line was out of action for over an hour this morning. The Jubilee line went down at 7:45am because of signal failures in the Stratford area, and only returned at 9am. Initially the line was suspended [...]
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 [...]