The three buses that run through the Blackwall and Silvertown Tunnels will remain free until May 27, Transport for London has said. The concession was introduced in April last year to promote the Silvertown Tunnel and the two routes running through it – the 129 between Lewisham and Great Eastern Quay and the SL4 between […]
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‘Life-expired’ Superloop buses will be replaced soon, TfL says
Transport for London has said it is working to get more modern buses on its new flagship Superloop route through southeast London as soon as possible. The limited-stop SL11 began operating on January 24, three days after a press launch in which selected outlets and social media influencers were invited to join London’s mayor, Sir […]
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Zipcar’s planned closure ‘is a failure by London’s transport authorities’
Zipcar’s withdrawal from London represents a failure by the capital’s transport authorities, politicians at City Hall have said, with just one week left until the service is set to close. The car-sharing platform has about 550,000 members in London, who rent cars and vans by the hour or for a day via an app, and […]
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TfL bus fares frozen until summer as ‘cost of living measure’
Bus fares will be frozen again next year as an “emergency cost-of-living measure” – but only until the summer, London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has said. Tube, DLR, Elizabeth Line and London Overground fares will be going up by 10p or 20p after the Labour government agreed to give £2.2 billion in funding to TfL […]
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‘Slowest buses in 40 years’ are driving Londoners away, City Hall told
Slower bus speeds are leading to lower ridership which will have a knock-on effect on TfL’s revenue, the London Assembly has been told, with one operator suggesting conditions were the worst for 40 years. Average bus speeds in 2024-25 were just 9.17mph, down from 10.27mph four years ago, according to data obtained by City Hall. […]
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Link Eltham and Woolwich with new Superloop bus, councillors demand
Greenwich councillors will call next week for Eltham’s new Superloop bus to be extended to Woolwich so locals can have fast access to the Elizabeth Line. Conservative councillors are due to introduce a motion at next week’s council meeting for the planned SL15, which would run from Clapham Junction to Eltham station, to run onto […]
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Giant whale’s tail at Stratford station is inspired by train crash
A giant artwork depicting a whale’s tail has been installed at Stratford station – inspired by the day a sculpture stopped a train from crashing into water in the Netherlands. Jubilee Line trains from North Greenwich will be terminating in front the peice, by Ahmet Öğüt, a conceptual artist, depicting the tail emerging from the […]
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Come clean on buried ‘LTNs don’t cut traffic’ report, Sadiq Khan told
London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has been urged to say whether or not he was involved in a decision to suppress a TfL-funded study which found that low-traffic neighbourhoods do not reduce car use. The schemes, which have been backed by the mayor, have led to an increase in cycling, according to the University of […]
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