Rush hour Tube chaos with severe delays on the Central, District and Piccadilly lines as London Bridge woes continue January 8, 2015 Soggy rush hour commuters were forced to endure severe delays on three Tube lines this morning, as signal failures held up journeys. Transport for London said there were severe delays to all destinations on the Central line thanks to a signal failure between Queensway and Lancaster Gate, on the District line because of a signal [...]
London Underground Tube delays worst on Central, Jubilee and Victoria lines as overcrowding strains network January 7, 2015 As Londoners continue to vent their fury over the chaos seen at London Bridge station and Boris Johnson set to meet rail bosses tomorrow, the scale of problems caused by overcrowding has been revealed. A Freedom of Information request filed by LondonlovesBusiness.com showed that commuters have been delayed close to 900 times since 2010 thanks [...]
Transport for London’s 2015 fare increases: When do they start and how much will your travelcard cost? December 30, 2014 There are only a couple of days left to buy tickets – including travelcards – at current prices, before Transport for London increases your travel fare. Prices are due to rise by an average 2.5 per cent across the board, which as TfL points out means they are “frozen in real terms”. The changes will [...]
TfL issues advice for how to get home safely in London on New Year’s Eve 2014 December 30, 2014 Planning to hit central London for New Year’s Eve? Now that you’ve no doubt sorted out your plans for the party, you also need to work out how you’ll get there and back. Transport for London has once again said it will provide free travel between 23:45 on the big night and 4:30am on January [...]
Finsbury Park becomes one of London’s largest transport hubs as engineering works at King’s Cross continue to overrun December 27, 2014 Avoid Finsbury Park #railway & #underground it's crazy here, stuck in a corridor over 1hr, disorganised chaos #London pic.twitter.com/wLyL1qnSnv — Jim Ewing (@jimewing) December 27, 2014 Finsbury Park station was shut by Network Rail due to "dangerous overcrowding" this afternoon as London was hit by a second day of rail chaos as engineering works around [...]
Addison Lee chief executive slams TfL over Uber’s rapid entry into London taxi market December 23, 2014 Addison Lee's chief executive Liam Griffin has slammed Transport for London (TfL) for allowing Uber such an easy entrance into the London transport market. Speaking to the Evening Standard, Griffin said TfL had "bottled" it and accused the regulator of "letting down" black cab drivers. He argued TfL was failing to enforce rules and regulations [...]
London Bridge is burning down? Tube station shut as emergency services deal with “small fire” December 16, 2014 London Bridge underground station has been shut while the London Fire Brigade deals with what is being called a “small fire”. The rail station is still open, but the underground station was evacuated this morning. The London Fire Brigade confirmed it was at the scene minutes ago. Witnesses took to social media to [...]
Customer satisfaction up, delays down: Can this be the London Underground we know and love? December 15, 2014 Figures out today show that while passenger numbers keep on growing, our satisfaction with London Underground has increased, while delays keep on dropping. Can this be the London Underground we know and love? Between July 20 and October 11 the Tube carried eight million passengers, and we made a total of 104.1m journeys, compared [...]
TfL seals Tube map sponsorship deal with MBNA December 3, 2014 When it first emerged Transport for London (TfL) was seeking a sponsor for Tube maps back in June 2013, many jokes were made about the possibilities for stations like "Oxoford Circus" and "iPaddington". But now the sponsored Tube map is here: TfL announced today MBNA, the contactless card provider, will have its logos plastered across [...]
London Bridge travel disruption: Everything Thameslink, Southeastern, Overground and Southern service commuters need to know December 2, 2014 Most commuters who travel to London Bridge are already used to stuffy train carriages, infuriating delays, slow trawls through crowded platforms and queues for ticket machines. Yet it could all be about to get even more stressful due to the next phase of a massive Network Rail rebuilding project at London Bridge mainline station [...]