The head of London Underground has denied suggestions that closing ticket offices will lead to a “de-staffed” Tube network. LU says the closures, first proposed in 2007, are necessary because the continuing success of the Oyster card means ever smaller numbers of passengers pay for their journey at ticket offices. Tube unions claim the clsoures […]
Ticket office closures could boost access to the Police
Renewed talk of London Underground ticket office closures offers a potentially exciting possibility for squeezing value from our public estate which I think deserves some consideration. During the early stages of the then draft police and crime plan, Boris and policing Deputy Stephen Greenhalgh committed the Met to opening new contact points out and about […]
Incoherent and confused, Sadiq Khan’s message is unworthy of a Mayor
A call for lower fares but more transport spending, a campaign headlined “The Great Tory Train Robbery” which opens with the complaint that “bus journeys have gone up” and the repetition of an attack that failed to win last year’s Mayor of London election. This is the incoherent mess with which Labour MP Sadiq Khan […]
Labour’s bizarre pride at repeating Boris’s ticket office mistake
Today’s Standard carries a piece claiming Boris and Transport for London have a secret plan to close every Tube ticket office. The ‘plan’ doesn’t seem that different from the one which has been doing the rounds for years but has prompted a rather excited response from Labour’s Shadow London Minister and claimed Mayoral hopeful Sadiq […]
RMT threatens campaign of action over “cuts tidal wave”
The RMT union has threatened a “campaign of action” to oppose recent cuts to Transport for London’s budget. Chancellor George Osborne recently announced a six year funding settlement for City Hall which includes a reduction of around 8.5 per cent for TfL. Speaking in June the Chancellor said “efficiency savings have been identified by Transport […]
