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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

Sadiq Khan: London desperate for commuters to return after Covid

Sadiq Khan said
Sadiq Khan said his London administration is ‘desperate’ to get people back to the office. Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA

London is “desperate” for commuters to return and needs to keep investing to lure them back, its mayor, Sadiq Khan, has said as he reopened the Northern line via Bank station, a key connection into the City.

Khan said the reopening was another milestone on the road to recovery after Covid. The underground branch had been closed for 17 weeks to build a new tunnel, track and concourse to alleviate congestion in the station, a key interchange for tube lines and the Docklands Light Railway.

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