London mayor Sadiq Khan’s trial of scrapping peak-time rail fares on Fridays will begin next week — with a senior figure at Southeastern branding the idea “fantastic” . Khan announced in January that he wanted to carry out a three-month trial on the Tube and trains beginning this month. However, the change needed the backing […]
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Route 53 keeps Lambeth North link after TfL reverses bus cuts plan
Plans to cut the 53 bus back to the Elephant & Castle have been reversed, with the route continuing to run from Plumstead Common to Lambeth North as it does now. Transport for London had proposed trimming back the service as part of a major package of cuts to help solve its financial crisis, which […]
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TfL’s 2021 fare rise: Bus fares up 5p, but tourists pay £5 to use cable car
Bus fares are rising 5p from March and tourists will have to pay £5 to use the Thames Cable Car as mayor Sadiq Khan hikes charges to pay for the coronavirus pandemic. After four years of a partial fare freeze, costs are going up by an average of 2.6% across the Transport for London network […]
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One-boat Woolwich Ferry and New Year closure as TfL set to take over
The Woolwich Ferry will run a one-boat service for the rest of the year as Transport for London makes preparations to run the service itself, taking over from the contractor Briggs Marine. While the coronavirus pandemic has seen the ferry run with just one boat for much of the year, the restricted service – with […]
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Scrapping free children’s travel delayed to spring while TfL boss says cut not needed
Free bus travel for London secondary school children will not be cut until next spring, the head of Transport for London has revealed. The scheme was due to be suspended after the October half term, but TfL’s new commissioner Andy Byford said it would be pushed back to 2021. The Government ordered Sadiq Khan to […]
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Bakerloo Line: Stop playing games with TfL funding, Lewisham mayor tells government
Lewisham’s elected mayor and the leader of Southwark Council have accused the government of “game-playing” over Transport for London’s finances after it emerged that TfL did not prioritise the Bakerloo line extension when asking for Whitehall funding this week. TfL is proposing to extend the Bakerloo line from Elephant & Castle to Lewisham via two new stops on the Old Kent […]
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TfL to ask government for £800m for Thamesmead DLR – but Bakerloo extension goes on back burner
Transport for London is asking the government for £800m to build a Docklands Light Railway route to Thamesmead – but the Bakerloo Line extension to Lewisham appears to have been deferred. London mayor Sadiq Khan announced plans to run the DLR to Thamesmead four years ago when approving the Silvertown Tunnel, but no funding has […]
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Lewisham to get a segregated cycle lane on A21 – but not all the way to Catford
Work will begin on 24 August on a new cycle route between Lewisham and Catford on the A21 – but riders will be expected to share with buses along much of the route. The route along Molesworth Street, Lewisham High Street and Rushey Green was one of a number singled out for a cycle route […]
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