London Underground and TfL

Metropolitan extension needs additional £50m to ‘save project’

15.03.17: Work on the Metropolitan Line extension will require an additional £50m to be completed, and is at risk of stalling completely without extra funds, according to London Assembly member Gareth Bacon. In a letter to Bacon, TfL’s he...

RMT votes overwhelmingly in favour of Night Tube strike

14.03.17: The RMT union is due to announce the result of a ballot this afternoon for either strike or action short of a strike on the Night Tube, meaning the capital’s 24-hour service could be plagued with further delays just six months after its op...

RMT confirms February Tube strikes in station staffing dispute

30.01.17: The RMT has confirmed that its staff will be conducting further strikes on 5 and 7 February as part of the union’s ongoing dispute with London Underground (LU) over station staffing and safety. The union has instructed all its LU stat...

Khan accused of lying over failure to extend TfL fares freeze to travelcards

20.01.17: London mayor Sadiq Khan has been accused of reneging on his pre-election pledge of a TfL-wide fares freeze after it was revealed that it would have been possible for him to freeze the price of travelcards. A leaked document acquired by the...

RMT threatens further Tube strikes in station staffing dispute

13.01.17: RMT has confirmed it will renew strike action on the Tube next month unless London Underground can meet its demands on station staffing and safety. The threat marks continuation of the union’s industrial action last weekend, when LU s...

Grayling rules out independent assessment on TfL rail devolution

13.01.17: The transport secretary, Chris Grayling, has ruled out an independent assessment on whether to devolve suburban rail services in the capital to Transport for London (TfL). Grayling was asked the question by the shadow transport secretary, A...

RMT to ballot LU fleet staff over further strikes

11.01.17: The RMT has confirmed that it will be balloting its London Underground (LU) fleet staff over potential industrial action, threatening further chaos to the Tube network. The union has accused LU’s management of numerous breaches of pre...

GLA members attack Khan in wake of LU ‘zero strikes’ failure

10.01.17: Members of the Greater London Authority (GLA) have criticised the city’s mayor Sadiq Khan for his failure to avert yesterday’s London Underground (LU) strike, accusing him of backing down on his pre-election pledge to bring ‘ze...

Watchdog tells DfT to make up for botched TfL devolution in next franchises

09.01.17: London TravelWatch has called for the DfT to make up for its refusal to devolve London rail services with a new round of improvements in the upcoming franchises, including stations, more frequent services and better reliability. Last month...

Northern Line Extension enabling works completed ahead of schedule

09.01.17: The first phase of enabling works on the London Underground Northern Line Extension has been completed ahead of the planned 19 week schedule. Amey engineers designed and installed eight articulation joints along a 55m section of the South W...

London travellers hit by crowding as Tube strike goes ahead

09.01.17: Thousands of Londoners struggled to get to work this morning as station staff strikes on the Underground led to whole lines closing. TfL warned passengers that no services would run on the Victoria and Waterloo and City lines and on the Pic...

Khan pledges ‘major’ passenger benefits if TfL devolution goes ahead

05.01.17: London mayor Sadiq Khan has pledged ‘major benefits’ to the city’s suburban rail passengers if commuter services are eventually devolved, including a match of TfL’s fares freeze until 2020. The other five pledges mad...

LU station staff strikes set to go ahead after talks break down

05.01.17: Talks between London Underground (LU) and rail unions have failed to reach an agreement, meaning a 24-hour strike of station staff is expected to take place on Sunday 8 January. RMT and TSSA called the strikes of station and revenue workers...

TfL commercial trading arm could generate ‘tens of millions’

04.01.17: Work is already underway for TfL to potentially establish a commercial trading arm, which could help the organisation achieve its ambitious savings targets. Under its business plan, the transport body aims to achieve £800m in efficien...

All LU routes to be hit by January station staff strike

22.12.16: London Underground passengers are facing more disruption in the New Year as two unions announced a strike of all station staff on 8 January. RMT and TSSA will instruct station and revenue workers on all London Underground routes not to book...