Tube and rail fares in London to rise by 4.6% in March ‘to fund key projects’ Tram and bus fares will be frozen in 2025, London mayor Sadiq Khan also announced. The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2024
Tube and rail fares in London to rise by 4.6% in March Tram and bus fares will be frozen in 2025, London mayor Sadiq Khan also announced. Evening Standard · Dec 13, 2024
BBC to air documentary series about response to July 7 London bombings The programme will air in January on BBC Two. Evening Standard · Dec 11, 2024
Kentish Town Tube station 'to reopen before Christmas' after 18-month closure TfL also announces opening date for Colindale station after six-month upgrade Evening Standard · Dec 10, 2024
Why the ghosts of Christmas past are haunting you this festive season LET’S UNPACK THAT: Exes, friends we’ve drifted from and old acquaintances love to reappear at this time of year. Lydia Spencer-Elliott, who’s been struggling with disturbances of her own, investigates why these hauntings happen and how best to handle them The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2024
TfL axes plans for driverless trains across London Underground The trains ‘would cost billions of pounds on each line’, said the Mayor of London The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2024
Elizabeth line: 4G mobile coverage and wi-fi now available across entire line including in tunnels Passengers will now have high-speed 4G or 5G access at all stations as well as in tunnels Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2024
Finishing HS2 and getting it to Euston 'even bigger challenge than completing Crossrail', says rail minister Lord Hendy says vision for Euston is to integrate new HS2 station with mainline rail station and bigger Tube station Evening Standard · Dec 2, 2024
London Overground: Mayor Sadiq Khan reveals his favourite line after £6.3m rebranding of train network ‘Like naming children, not everyone agrees,’ says TfL chief tasked with turning hundreds of suggestions into a shortlist Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2024
London Overground's £6.3million rebrand goes live: Passengers deliver their verdict The Liberty, Lioness, Mildmay, Suffragette, Weaver and Windrush lines now make up the London Overground Evening Standard · Nov 27, 2024
Second day of London travel chaos as nine major Tube lines face delays Nine Tube lines are experiencing issues while the weather is disrupting trains into the city The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2024
Rail union claims ‘substantial victory’ in London Underground pay dispute The RMT said it has accepted a pay offer and ‘notable improvements’ in terms and conditions. The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2024
OPINION - QR codes in restaurants are the heralds of automation — we should ban them There is a generational divide when it comes to QR codes and I am on the far side of it. But there’s going to be more, many more of them around, according to this paper’s genius business editor, Jonathan Prynn. It’s all about the increase in employers’ National Insurance in… Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2024
Sadiq Khan urged to hold London vote on council tax hike to fund TfL as Tube drivers seek four-day week Lord Bailey of Paddington raised the idea of a vote in the capital in Parliament Evening Standard · Nov 23, 2024
The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2024 London’s Overground lines have a new name and colour 6,000 station direction signs as well as maps, digital screens and online journey planners will be updated
Evening Standard · Nov 19, 2024 London Overground lines to be given names and colours from Wednesday Transport for London (TfL) said it will update 6,000 station direction signs as well as maps, digital screens and online journey planners.
Evening Standard · Nov 19, 2024 London Overground: New names and colours to be revealed at stations today after £6.3million rebrand Liberty, Lioness, Mildmay, Suffragette, Weaver and Windrush lines join Tube map
Evening Standard · Nov 15, 2024 OPINION - The golden era of TfL freebies like the 60+ Oyster must end — London can't afford it any more In just over five years, I’m due to join the best club in London. It won’t serve G&Ts, restrict women or provide leather armchairs for an afternoon snooze. But it comes with an invaluable plastic membership card: the 60+ Oyster.
Evening Standard · Nov 14, 2024 Freedom Pass: cost of providing free travel to older Londoners 'to soar to £500m a year' London Councils warns that cost of providing free travel concessions to pensioners is becoming ‘unsustainable’
International Business Times UK · Nov 12, 2024 London Tube Drivers Offered Four-day Workweek, Pay Rise To Halt Strikes And Ease Travel Disruptions London Underground drivers received a deal amid ongoing strikes. The proposal includes a 4.5% raise and improved working conditions.
The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2024 Voices: This latest WFH revelation makes me see office workers in a new light COMMENT: As a new study reveals Britain is the working-from-home capital of Europe, Emma Clarke has renewed respect – and sympathy – for those who do a daily commute
Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2024 London travel news LIVE: Paddington delays causing issues for Heathrow travellers A broken rail between London Paddington and Heathrow Terminals is causing severe delays.
Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2024 Stephen Fry, Chrissie Hynde and Sophie Winkleman sign letter protesting 5G advertising on the Tube Stephen Fry and a host of other celebrities have signed a letter asking for TfL to change its 5G signage, which they claim ‘could be dangerous for children’
Evening Standard · Nov 9, 2024 All you need to know about Liverpool Street station’s ‘gothic cathedral’ rebuild for 150m passengers Britain’s busiest train station could be transformed by 2032 - but only if office block gets go-ahead
The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2024 Tube drivers to be offered four-day working week TfL will set out a ‘proposal for delivering an average four-day working week’ by January