Commuters are saving £250 a month by working from home as the rail industry makes use of a £3.5 billion Government subsidy. Despite ministers urging Britons to return to their offices to save the high street, recent Department for Transport figures show National Rail passenger journeys at the start of September hovering around 30 per cent … Read more
Transport bosses are considering offering Londoners a free trip into the capital in an attempt to stimulate the economy. The First Ride Free scheme is being considered by Transport for London (TfL) to let the public see that it is safe to enjoy the centre of the capital. It is deemed the public travel equivalent … Read more
Sadiq Khan sparks fury by calling drive to get workers back to the office ‘OFFENSIVE’ and rubbishes claim that working from home is less productive The Mayor of London made the comments while with a group of 80 key workers They were invited to play tennis at Wimbledon, London, to thank them for work Mayor … Read more
Extinction Rebellion activists today dressed up as banshees to protest the construction of a new tunnel that it believes is ‘racist, colonial and unjust’. Eco-warriors rallied outside the TfL headquarters in Stratford, East London, in a show of anger at the forthcoming twin-bore road, which will pass under the Thames from Silvertown to Greenwich. The … Read more
The coronavirus pandemic has left the Greater London area with an estimated £5.7billion black hole in its public finances – after the lockdown and work from home economy sapped £575million a day from the capital’s economy in a £66.9billion hammer blow. Now taxpayers face having to pick up the bill for the lost revenue in … Read more
Enforcing an earlier lockdown across the UK would ‘likely have saved’ the lives of London‘s bus drivers who died from Covid-19, an independent study has found. The study, carried out by University College London (UCL), found the mortality rate for the capital’s male bus drivers aged between 20-64 was 3.5 times higher than men of … Read more
The Prince of Wales arrived at a Transport for London (TfL) training centre to thank London Underground staff for working during the coronavirus pandemic today. Charles, 71, met contract cleaners and station staff at Ashfield House, near West Kensington station in west London during the visit, which was hosted by London Mayor Sadiq Khan, chairman … Read more
Police insist they have fined Tube passengers for travelling without face masks, despite Transport for London saying rule-breakers were being given time to ‘understand’ the new rules. It emerged yesterday that commuters were avoiding penalties for failing to wear face coverings on the London Underground – even though the rule came into force nearly two weeks … Read more
Investigation is launched as commuter train going the WRONG WAY up a London Tube line stops just feet from having a head-on smash A train went the wrong way up a London Underground line on Sunday night It almost collided with a train at Chalfont & Latimer station in Buckinghamshire The near miss incident involving … Read more
Investigation is launched as commuter train going the WRONG WAY up a London Tube line stops just feet from having a head-on smash A train went the wrong way up a London Underground line on Sunday night It almost collided with a train at Chalfont & Latimer station in Buckinghamshire The near miss incident involving … Read more
A Tube passenger has today been spotted wearing a face mask over his eyes leaving fellow commuters asking ‘is this how you wear a face mask?’ The man was pictured on a Central Line Tube in London wearing the face covering in similar to way those struggling to sleep use an eye-mask, as the government’s … Read more
Andy Byford (above) has been appointed Transport for London boss, it was announced today A former head of New York’s public transport system will be London‘s next transport commissioner. Andy Byford’s appointment was confirmed by the capital’s mayor Sadiq Khan and the board of Transport for London (TfL) and he will start on June 29. … Read more
Commuters not wearing face masks have again packed on to crowded Tube trains despite Sadiq Khan vowing services are running at 75 per cent. Huge numbers of travellers struggled to abide by social distancing rules on the Jubilee Line and at Canning Town, with many not wearing masks for protection. The Mayor claimed the services … Read more