Tag Archives: Transport for London

Tram union calls off strikes after breakthrough in talks

Posted on May 20, 2019 by

ASLEF, the drivers’ union, has agreed to suspend this week’s tram strikes after a breakthrough in talks with FirstGroup management over the weekend at the conciliation service ACAS. The strike was due to take place on Croydon Tramlink on Wednesday … Continue reading →

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Dockless scheme launched as Croydon stays in bike slow lane

Posted on May 10, 2019 by

Our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, finds the council adding a dash of Lime to its otherwise questionable green credentials Just as the rest of the country appears to be abandoning dockless bicycle hire schemes, Croydon Council has belatedly jumped aboard … Continue reading →

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Mayor finds £5m to save West Croydon and 50 ticket offices

Posted on April 19, 2019 by

In a rare instance where a public authority has conducted a consultation and actually listened to the responses, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has junked plans to close ticket offices 51 London Overground stations, after protests from passengers and lobbying … Continue reading →

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West Croydon crash causes chaos, a sign of things to come

Posted on April 18, 2019 by

Photostory by SARAH BOWELL Croydon town centre came to a standstill yesterday afternoon after a car crashed in to a shop front at the junction of Tamworth Road and London Road, opposite West Croydon railway station. According to the emergency … Continue reading →

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Trams union warns of ‘summer of strikes’ over pensions

Posted on April 12, 2019 by

JEREMY CLACKSON, our transport correspondent, on the increasingly bitter dispute between staff and management over pensions for tram drivers The trades union representing Croydon’s tram drivers has handed the network’s management notice of three days of strikes next month: Wednesday … Continue reading →

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Old Town underpasses to be filled thanks to £10m TfL grant

Posted on March 5, 2019 by

Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON on moves to remove a barrier to pedestrians and cyclists which has seen the town centre split in half more than half a century The dingy, often intimidating and piss-tainted pedestrian subways under the Croydon Flyover … Continue reading →

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City Hall finances means no happy ending for trams fairy story

Posted on February 23, 2019 by

There was a time, not so long ago, when London had a well-funded, well-thought-out public transport network. Or was it just a fairy story? Following yesterday’s exclusive Inside Croydon report about how capital works on the tram network are to … Continue reading →

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