The Prime Minister has announced a series of changes to the lockdown in England from July 4. Here is how the alterations will affect people’s lives: Do we have to keep to being two metres apart? No. For people not from the same household it is now ‘one metre-plus’. The ‘plus’ element is what the … Read more
The Prime Minister has announced a series of changes to the lockdown in England from July 4. Here is how the alterations will affect people’s lives: Do we have to keep to being two metres apart? No. For people not from the same household it is now ‘one metre-plus’. The ‘plus’ element is what the … Read more
Investigation is launched as commuter train going the WRONG WAY up a London Tube line stops just feet from having a head-on smash A train went the wrong way up a London Underground line on Sunday night It almost collided with a train at Chalfont & Latimer station in Buckinghamshire The near miss incident involving … Read more
A Tube passenger has today been spotted wearing a face mask over his eyes leaving fellow commuters asking ‘is this how you wear a face mask?’ The man was pictured on a Central Line Tube in London wearing the face covering in similar to way those struggling to sleep use an eye-mask, as the government’s … Read more
How will drawing my state pension affect my TfL pension and what happens if I work part-time? Steve Webb replies By Steve Webb for This Is Money Published: 07:42 BST, 15 June 2020 | Updated: 07:42 BST, 15 June 2020 I will be 66 in December. I have a private pension from Transport for London. … Read more
Andy Byford (above) has been appointed Transport for London boss, it was announced today A former head of New York’s public transport system will be London’s next transport commissioner. Andy Byford’s appointment was confirmed by the capital’s mayor Sadiq Khan and the board of Transport for London (TfL) and he will start on June 29. … Read more
A person infected with coronavirus can pass it on just by talking to someone in a closed environment such as a tube train or small office, simulations reveal. In a simulation of tube travel, produced by software firm MSC, one infected person can be seen literally coating other passengers with COVID-19 – just by talking. … Read more
Commuters not wearing face masks have again packed on to crowded Tube trains despite Sadiq Khan vowing services are running at 75 per cent. Huge numbers of travellers struggled to abide by social distancing rules on the Jubilee Line and at Canning Town, with many not wearing masks for protection. The Mayor claimed the services … Read more
Londoners will face an uphill battle to return to work tomorrow as coronavirus lockdown measures are eased – with the city’s public transport network lagging behind its European counterparts. In Paris, commuters were greeted on to the city’s metro system by workers offering free face masks and hand sanitizer as measures were eased on Monday … Read more
Transport officials in London will furlough a quarter of their workforce from next week to save £15.8million every month due to the coronavirus lockdown. Transport for London said 7,000 staff whose work has been reduced or paused will be affected from Monday in the move amid the huge financial impact of the crisis. TfL will … Read more