Transport for London says it does not plan to build an extra station at St John’s on its planned extension of the Bakerloo Line to Lewisham. It is also ruling out building a station on Lewisham Way as part of the proposals, saying that existing plans to build stations at New Cross Gate and Lewisham […]
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Woolwich Ferry faces two-month closure ahead of new vessels
The Woolwich Ferry will be closed for two months at the end of 2018 for works to allow it to accommodate new vessels, Greenwich councillors heard on Wednesday. Transport for London representative Gary Nolan made the revelation at an annual scrutiny meeting where councillors quiz transport providers on their performance and future plans. “They’ll need […]
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New Cross night buses 36, 53 and 453 hit by Sadiq Khan’s latest cuts
Night bus services through New Cross will be the next routes to suffer cuts as Transport for London grapples with cuts in its income. Government funding cuts and mayor Sadiq Khan’s partial fare freeze have led to financial problems at TfL, which last week announced it would be selling and leasing back Tube trains to […]
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DLR crush leads to TfL worries over 34-storey Lewisham tower
Transport for London wants to make sure a proposed 34-storey tower next to Lewisham station does not open until it is running more trains on the Docklands Light Railway, according to documents presented to Lewisham councillors. Lewisham’s strategic planning committee – the equivalent of Greenwich’s planning board – will meet next Tuesday to decide whether […]
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Weekly zone 3 travelcards to hit £40 as SE London’s rail fares rise again
Weekly travelcards covering zone 3 are to hit £40 for the first time next year as the cost of rail travel in south-east London continues to rise. While single bus, Tube and DLR fares have been frozen by mayor Sadiq Khan, the cost of other rail services will increase from January, along with travelcards and […]
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Stealth bus cuts start to bite in SE London: Route 89 is latest target
Transport for London’s bus service cuts are spreading further into south east London, with a key route linking Lewisham, Shooters Hill and Bexleyheath being reduced in frequency. Route 89, which runs from Lewisham to Slade Green, will be trimmed back to five buses per hour rather than six during Monday to Saturday daytimes from 25 […]
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SE London’s first cycle superhighway to stop short of Greenwich town centre
Long-awaited plans for south-east London’s first cycle superhighway have been released – and show it stopping short of Greenwich town centre. If built, Cycle Superhighway 4 (CS4) will run from Tower Bridge Road to Deptford Creek Bridge along Tooley Street, Jamaica Road, Lower Road, Evelyn Street and Creek Road, providing a segregated two-way route and […]
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Dead cat on the line: How the Cannon Street train ‘plan’ distracts from the real issue of who runs our rail
In political campaigning there’s a tactic known as the “dead cat strategy“. It’s best associated with the Conservatives’ campaign manager, Lynton Crosby. Boris Johnson, no less, once explained it: “Let us suppose you are losing an argument… Your best bet in these circumstances is to perform a manoeuvre that a great campaigner describes as ‘throwing […]
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