Kurt Geiger and TfL collaborate on Tube-inspired handbag line The camera bag features the cooler shades of the Jubilee, Northern, and Metropolitan lines. Evening Standard · Aug 16, 2022
London can’t afford soaring Tube fares pegged to inflation THERE are only so many ways the Government can intervene directly to address the increase in the cost of living, but one of them is crucial for anyone living or working in London. It is the price of travel. The settlement for annual fares increases is normally based on the… Evening Standard · Aug 16, 2022
Sadiq Khan: Ministers must not link Tube fares to soaring inflation Ministers must recognise Londoners are worried how to make ends meet, Sadiq Khan says Evening Standard · Aug 16, 2022
The threat of nationalisation looms if a deal can’t be done — inside the bitter battle for TfL Government bailouts have come with untenable strings, claim TfL bosses, but without them the service faces nationalisation. Would London Mayor Sadiq Khan really be willing to risk it? Ross Lydall reports Evening Standard · Aug 11, 2022
Bicycle company offers Londoners free bikes on tube strike days London commuters will have access to free bikes for a whole week The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2022
Who’s striking and why? From Ryanair to Amazon — what you need to know about London’s summer of chaos The heatwave isn’t all that’s getting the capital’s workers hot under the collar this August. As barristers and pilots join the rail unions and TfL, Katie Strick looks at the key players — and their reasons why Evening Standard · Aug 9, 2022
London Underground: New TfL data reveals Tube’s noisiest section The Victoria Line is the section of the London Underground which receives the most noise complaints, according to new City Hall data. Evening Standard · Aug 7, 2022
London transport: 1,600 bus drivers to walk out in row over pay at same time as Tube strike The first day of the strike will coincide with wide-ranging Tube and train strikes Evening Standard · Aug 5, 2022
London’s disused Tube platforms are being transformed into gardens One station has even been growing fruit and vegetables, such as potatoes and plums The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2022
‘Girls using Tube need lessons in self-defence’, says harassment campaigner London schoolgirls should be taught self-defence in PE lessons to help them fend off attacks on the tube and buses, a campaigner said. Evening Standard · Aug 5, 2022
London Tube and train strike set to proceed as union rejects pay offer London’s Overground and Underground train networks will grind to a halt in mid-August The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2022
London Overground and Tube workers announce fresh strike action on same day London Overground staff will join Tube workers in strike action later this month after talks between unions and transport bosses collapsed. Evening Standard · Aug 2, 2022
Enormous 'void' under Arndale Centre is hidden clue to Manchester's abandoned Tube network The massive hole was discovered 30ft beneath the shopping centre Manchester Evening News · Aug 1, 2022
Full Night Tube service to resume for first time in two years as strikes end All five Night Tube Lines will be fully operational for the first time since March 2020 Evening Standard · Jul 28, 2022
The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2022 Tube strike: London Underground walkout announced for 19 August Previous strikes have closed almost all Tube services, with knock-on effects the following day.
The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2022 London Underground staff to stage new strike in August London Tube strike will take place in between Network Rail strikes
Evening Standard · Jul 22, 2022 TfL trialling ‘innovative’ cooling system on Tube platforms following heatwave TfL has begun trials of an innovative new cooling system for deep-level Tube line platforms which it hopes could bring down temperatures for passengers and reduce maintenance costs.
Daily Mirror · Jul 19, 2022 Stranger gobsmacked to find TWO fellow passengers in same outfit as they beat the heat No - you're not seeing triple in this sweltering heat - three women travelling on the Tube in balmy London today did all happen to wear the same green dress to travel
Evening Standard · Jul 19, 2022 The Melt line: 1.5m Londoners brave the Tube and bus as heatwave hits new record One Tube line closed and ‘severe delays’ on five others, and Thames cable car closed due to extreme heat
Evening Standard · Jul 18, 2022 Watch: London commuters struggle in heatwave on Tube Temperatures of up to 36C recorded on Central Line as TfL warns people only to travel on London’s transport network for essential journeys
Evening Standard · Jul 18, 2022 Talking Point: Which is the hottest Tube line? From the Baking-loo line to Sweat Central, we all know which Tube lines we’d rather avoid
Evening Standard · Jul 18, 2022 Which Tube lines have air-conditioning? Part of London tipped to hit 30°C today Temperatures are rising below ground as well as above
Evening Standard · Jul 18, 2022 London weather latest: Heatwave travel chaos as Tube and train delays hit commuters and railway track bends Network Rail said it had discovered a kink in the line at Vauxhall due to ‘extreme heat’ as temperatures climbed towards an all-time high
Evening Standard · Jul 15, 2022 ‘Too hot to breathe’: Commuters suffer on the Tube in heat....and worse is to come Commuters have been left feeling “too hot to breathe” as they battle the heat on the capital’s Tube network.
Evening Standard · Jul 15, 2022 Chronic fare dodgers to be banned from the Tube under a new crackdown Chronic fare dodgers are to be banned from the Tube under a new crackdown after concerns that evasion is costing Transport for London “significantly” more than £100million a year.