Transport for London

Tracey Emin Designs New Olympic Tube Map

The Huffington Post UK | Sam Parker | Posted 16.07.2012 | Home

Londoners are already contemplating using the Tube during the Olympics with the all the trepidation of gymnast attempting a quadruple backwards ...

Brace Yourselves For Another Tube Strike

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.04.2012 | UK

Workers who maintain and upgrade Tube lines on London Underground are to strike for 72 hours next week in a dispute over pensions and benefits. The...

Sorry, There's No Cure For Gay - Why Not Pray For an Antidote to Stupid Instead?

The Guyliner | Posted 12.06.2012 | UK Lifestyle
The Guyliner

There is a time, I imagine, in the lives of most gay people when they wish, if only for a moment, that they weren't gay. Perhaps it comes when they want to kiss their other half without fear of reproachful look or, worse, a boot to the head.

North London Power Cut: Canning Town Fire Leaves 90,000 Homes Dark

PA | Posted 05.06.2012 | UK

A blaze at a goods yard which ran underneath an electricity line caused almost 90,000 properties to be without power this afternoon. A huge plume o...

Unions Condemns Driverless Trains After Five-Year-Old Falls Onto Tube Lines

Posted 01.03.2012 | UK

Unions have stepped up their opposition to driverless Tube trains after a quick-witted driver spotted a young child had fallen between a carriage and ...

Camilla: 'I Spend My Life Reading'

PA | Posted 17.04.2012 | Home

The Duchess of Cornwall and author Tony Parsons today met Transport for London (TfL) employees who are taking part in a course to improve their Englis...

The Tube's Up The Spout But Boris Is At Full Speed

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 13.02.2012 | UK Politics

Boris Johnson has been accused of failing to manage London's transport system, after five underground lines sufferered severe delays and suspensions a...

Boris Pledges New Thames Tunnel 'Within 10 Years' To Ease Traffic Snarl

Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 13.03.2012 | UK Politics

London mayor Boris Johnson will pledge to deliver a new tunnel for road traffic under the Thames in the east of the capital within the next 10 years. ...

Rail Fares: Commuters Urged To Tweet Chancellor

PA | Posted 03.01.2012 | UK

Commuters returning to work after the festive break are being urged to tell the government exactly what they think of the above-inflation rail fare ri...

Commuters Hit With New Year Price Rise

Posted 02.01.2012 | UK

Rail fares go up by an average of 5.9% today, but some commuters will find their season tickets are rising by almost 11%. Under an annual price-ris...

Westminster Council's Phoney Parking Policy Should be Paid for Personally by the Councillors and Officers Implementing it

Peter Martindale | Posted 03.02.2012 | UK Politics
Peter Martindale

Westminster City Council is stubbornly implementing charges for late evening, early night-time and Sunday parking in the West End, against the advice of residents, businesses, the entertainment industry, and churches.

Embarrassing Bodies: The Silent Witnesses to System Failure

Julian Dobson | Posted 17.01.2012 | UK
Julian Dobson

It's embarrassing when people do something extreme, like committing suicide. It disturbs the order. It tells us all that the systems don't work. It's an affront to management, an intrusion of an alternative reality where people placed under intolerable stresses really do crack up.

Why I Swapped A-Levels for an Apprenticeship

Shauni O'Neill | Posted 10.12.2011 | UK Universities & Education
Shauni O'Neill

If I had gone to college to take my 'A' Levels I wouldn't have these opportunities and I would be looking to get a loan to go to uni or find a job. As it is I already have a permanent job, have been earning rather than getting into debt and I know that if I continue to apply myself I will progress further at London Underground.

I Will Cut Fares, Vows Livingstone

PA | Posted 26.11.2011 | UK

Labour's London mayoral candidate has pledged to cut bus, train and Tube fares in the capital by 5% if he wins the election next year. ...

London Bus And Tube Fares To Rise By 7 Per Cent

PA | Posted 14.11.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- London's Mayor has come under attack after announcing that bus and Tube fares in the capital will rise by an above-inflation 7% n...

Delays On the The Tube Up By 20 Per Cent

The Huffington Post UK | Paul Vale | Posted 13.11.2011 | UK

Delays on the London Underground have risen by 20 per cent, according to a London Assembly report. The increase, which occurred between 2009/10 and 20...

Change In Rules Regulating Taxi Drivers Is Putting Londoners' Safety At Risk, Says Transport For London

Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 24.09.2011 | UK

The safety of Londoners is being put at risk because of proposed changes to the rules regulating taxi drivers, industry bodies have said. Transport...