London’s Oyster card celebrates its tenth anniversary today, but there are questions about how long it will continue to operate. The cards allow passengers to load season tickets or Pay As You Go funds and can be used instead of traditional paper tickets on all Transport for London services and national rail services within the […]
Tube ticket office changes come into effect this Sunday
Changes to ticket office opening times on the Tube will come into effect from Sunday 6 February, London Underground Chief Operating Officer Howard Collins confirmed today. The changes are being brought in despite a number of strikes by tube workers since Mayor of London Boris Johnson announced plans last March to reduce opening hours in […]
LU claim ticket office sales continue to fall
With RMT union members expected to demonstrate outside City Hall this morning over planned ticket office closures, London Underground bosses have published new figures suggesting ticket office sales have fallen by 15 per cent during the last year. The unions and LU are currently in dispute over plans to close ticket offices with transport bosses […]
Tube bosses doing ‘all we can’ to keep London moving
London Underground bosses have said they are doing “everything we can” to keep the capital moving during strike action by RMT and TSSA members.
Transport chiefs promise to keep London moving despite strikes
London Underground bosses have vowed to “keep London moving” despite strike action by members of the RMT and TSSA unions set to start at 7pm on Tuesday over plans to reduce opening hours at ticket offices, a move Mayor of London Boris Johnson and Transport for London say is needed because of the success of Oyster has seen a decline in the demand for the offices.
