London Underground and TfL

Elizabeth Line: short-term pain for long-term gain?

13 November 2018Tim Bellenger, director of policy and investigation at London TravelWatch, discusses the deferred opening of the central section of the Elizabeth Line. The announcement on 31 August that the central core section of the Elizabeth Line would not be...

Khan denies ‘deliberately misleading’ London Assembly over Crossrail delay

09 November 2018The London mayor has responded defending himself from claims that he and London transport bosses “misled” the London Assembly Transport Committee who “identified grave discrepancies” in evidence given to its investigation. ...

High Court ruling awards Siemens £1.5bn Underground contract

06 November 2018Siemens has won a £1.5bn contract with London Underground to replace some of its oldest trains with almost 100 new models after a High Court ruling lifted the suspension on the contract. London Underground originally awarded the contract to...

Crossrail 2 in the context of a national strategy

30 October 2018London is a city synonymous with innovative infrastructure. The capital has prospered on the shoulders of great pioneers of engineering such as Marc Isambard Brunel and Sir Joseph Bazalgette, responsible respectively for the first Underground rail...

Watchdog forced to postpone closure of London Overground ticket offices after ‘unprecedented and overwhelming’ response

24 October 2018The closure of 51 London Overground ticket offices has been put on hold by London TravelWatch after a campaign by the RMT union. The watchdog was forced to temporarily suspended the plans after they received over 7,500 objections from passengers...

Rail minister urged to back extension of Oyster and contactless payments at London airports

15 October 2018London’s deputy mayor for transport Heidi Alexander has called for Jo Johnson to back the extension of contactless payments across London in preparation for the Euro 2020 football tournament. In a letter to the rail minister, Alexander has...

Chaos for London commuters as DLR shuts down entire service on all routes

18 September 2018London commuters faced chaos this morning as Docklands Light Railway (DLR) announced that there were no services running on any route due to a signalling failure. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">...

‘At least 10’ train doors left wide open whilst in motion on Jubilee Line

04 September 2018Commuters were treated to a fresh breeze on Saturday when a Tube user posted a startling video of a Jubilee Line train running with its doors left open. Rory Brown was travelling on the line near Finchley Road at a considerable pace when the vide...

LU not properly preparing drivers to deal with ATO operation, RAIB says

03 September 2018London Underground’s training programme does not adequately prepare operators for some of the particular demands associated with train despatch, especially when running ATO stock – an issue that was likely linked to an accident which s...

Night Tube could contribute up to £1.5bn to London's economy, report says

17 August 2018The Night Tube could contribute in excess of £1.5billion to London’s economy over the course of the next decade, doubling predictions from initial projections. Marking the second anniversary of the service, a report compiled by London...

Bring parts of GTR franchise under control of TfL, says deputy mayor for transport

10 July 2018London’s new deputy mayor for transport has called on the government to bring significant parts of struggling Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) franchise under control of TfL. Heidi Alexander’s comments come after the Mayor of London Sad...

New Tube trains on the way with new Siemens contract from TfL

15 June 2018TfL has awarded Siemens Mobility Limited a contract of around £1.5bn to design and build 94 new generation Tube trains today. More than 700,000 customers use the Piccadilly line every day. But a limited fleet size alongside old signalling t...

£250m track contract up for grabs for Tube track maintenance

12 June 2018Transport for London is inviting firms to bid for the four-year £250m delivery of track renewals for its underground network, starting in 2019. The work includes surface and sub-surface ballasted track renewals, crossing renewals and track...

TfL takes over Heathrow Connect services in Elizabeth line milestone

21 May 2018Transport for London (TfL) has taken over the Heathrow Connect services between Paddington and Heathrow terminals 2/3 and 4. The service was taken over yesterday in a move which marks a major milestone in the creation of the Elizabeth line. Toda...

Successful signalling trial marks ‘exciting’ milestone ahead of summer operation

16 May 2018The brand-new Thales signalling system was operated for the first time this weekend, TfL has announced. These successful trials mean that from summer, customers will begin to benefit from the new signalling system on the first section of the Circ...