At a public meeting in South East London last Thursday April 18 representatives from TFL and bus operators Abellio responded to complaints…
With the ground already icy after a sub-zero night, snow started falling at 9am today in east London. It continued falling steadily throughout the day, as a band of weather which has already caused travel disruption and school closures in the west of the country moved eastward towards the capital.…
Serco Docklands Ltd has secured an 18-month concession extension worth £100m to operate and maintain the Docklands Light Railway after a record-breaking summer of service. The concession renewal has been granted by Transport for London and will start from this April, ending in September 2014. The extension will maintain the…
After a four year battle with Transport for London, Rio Cinema in Dalston has finally got its name on the bus stop outside. Enquiries made of TfL by the local news site, Loving Dalston, has led to the on board announcements and electronic signs being changed as well. The cinema…
The East London Line extension to Clapham Junction is living up to its title of the “M25 of rail”, as it grinds to a halt just three days after opening. Signalling failures at Peckham Rye left Overground trains suspended for an hour between Surrey Quays and Clapham Junction on Tuesday…
The East London line will see longer and more frequent trains under a new 10 year plan revealed on Tuesday by Transport for London, despite an expected cut of more than £1bn in government funds by 2014. Details of the plan included doubling road investment to £3.8bn over the next…
Lewisham’s cyclists have expressed dismay after TfL abandoned plans to bring the Cycle Superhighway network to central Lewisham. Cycle Superhighway 5 will now only run as far as New Cross where it will end at a busy traffic bottleneck. Roger Stocker, Chair of Lewisham Cyclists said: “To finish the Superhighway…
Boris Johnson announced yesterday that public transport fares across London are to go up by 4.2% in January. A ticket from Shoreditch High Street in zone 1 to West Croydon in zone 5 will now cost £4.60. Eastlondonlines asked people around New Cross for their views. “It’s a pain for…
Despite 29 per cent of the available bikes being in Tower Hamlets, only 13.5 per cent of the bikes hired in the first two months of the extension were from the borough. The figures come from a Freedom of Information request by the news organisation MayorWatch. The borough council spent…
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Transport for London is taking my bank account for a ride
It’s the first day back at uni, and I am late. While running towards the train station, I fish the £78 for my monthly travel ticket out of the wallet. At the ticket machine I desperately start pressing the buttons while holding my Oyster Card to the touchpad. But what’s…
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