Tag Archives: Leon Daniels

After two-year delay, TfL fits automatic brakes to trams

Posted on October 23, 2019 by insidecroydon

As we approach the third anniversary of the Sandilands tram crash, Transport for London has announced that the fleet of trams operating on the Croydon network are to be fitted with an automatic braking system. Seven people were killed and … Continue reading →

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Mayor Khan under growing pressure over tram fatigue cover-up

Posted on September 10, 2019 by insidecroydon

A former senior adviser to two London Mayors will use the transport committee meeting at City Hall tomorrow to call for an independent investigation into how TfL censored a safety report at the request of the tram operators, and then … Continue reading →

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City Hall to debate Mayor investigation of TfL role in tram crash

Posted on July 1, 2019 by insidecroydon

The role of Transport for London officials in the withholding of “critical safety evidence” from the official investigation into the causes of the 2016 Sandilands tram crash is to be debated at City Hall this week. Mayor Sadiq Khan is … Continue reading →

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High-level concerns raised on TfL’s answers over tram safety

Posted on January 20, 2019 by insidecroydon

Growing concerns about public transport safety in London, many of which arose following the Croydon tram crash in 2016, are worries that have been shared by senior figures on a Transport for London safety committee. Inside Croydon has found a … Continue reading →

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More calls for TfL officials to face questions over tram crash

Posted on April 3, 2018 by insidecroydon

A public transport safety campaigner has called for a former Transport for London director to be called in for questioning over his handling of a safety audit on the tram network following the 2016 crash at Sandilands. The report was … Continue reading →

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TfL withheld key audit report from tram crash investigators

Posted on March 14, 2018 by insidecroydon

A transport safety campaigner has accused Transport for London of suppressing vital information related to the causes of the Sandilands tram crash by keeping secret an audit report into the events of November 9, 2016, even to the point of … Continue reading →

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