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

TfL’s £4.5bn bailout extended to Friday amid crisis talks with government

Technicians work on the bogie of a Bakerloo Line carriage at Stonebridge Park depot in London
Technicians work on the bogie of a Bakerloo Line carriage at Stonebridge Park depot in London. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Talks over a funding settlement for Transport for London will continue until Friday after the government extended emergency finances to allow time for discussion of a new deal.

The latest short-term extension comes as ministers and the mayor of London remain at loggerheads over financing the capital’s transport system after the drop in tube journeys hammered revenues.

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