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Even Westfield now agree there’s no need for £28m tram loop
CROYDON COMMENTARY: As first revealed by Inside Croydon last week, Transport for London is to make some wide-ranging schedule changes to the tram network from November 5. In particular, there will no longer be a direct service from New Addington … Continue reading
All change on trams as TfL decides Elmers has reached an end
Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON reports on an end to direct tram services from New Addington to Wimbledon The operators of the Croydon tram system are to introduce drastic changes in the service next month – without consulting their passengers, or … Continue reading
Drivers warned of fatigue risks two years before tram crash
The operators of the Croydon tram network were formally warned by staff two and a half years before the tragic Sandilands derailment that the company’s shift system was creating dangerous levels of fatigue among its drivers “which could lead to … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe, Caroline Pidgeon, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sandilands derailment, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Caroline Pidgeon, Croydon Tramlink, First Group, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Sandilands derailment, TfL, TOL, Tram Operations Ltd, Trams, Transport for London
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Stranded Croydon passengers complain as Uber triples fares
Uber, Croydon South Tory MP Chris Philp’s favourite taxi service, has been accused of trying to exploit an emergency situation last night by more than tripling fares for some passengers left stranded when East Croydon Station had to be evacuated … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Commuting, East Croydon, TfL, Transport
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, East Croydon station, London, Mayor, Member of parliament, TfL, Tory, Transport for London, Uber
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Standard practice: tram extension story goes off the rails
Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON on the difference between what is really happening, and what an advertising feature in the rag edited by trainee journalist Gideon Osborne says Transport for London has spent the past 24 hours trying to calmly damp … Continue reading
Posted in Evening Boris, Merton, Sutton Council, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Evening Standard, London, Mayor, Merton Council, Sadiq Khan, Sutton Council, TfL, Transport for London
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Taxi for Philp! Tory MP exposes his business agenda
JEREMY CLACKSON, our transport correspondent, on how Croydon South’s Member of Parliament has stalled on a campaign that ignores the safety of his constituents No sooner had Transport for London announced the decision to refuse to renew digital taxi firm … Continue reading
Police complaints meant Uber could not get an easy ride
CROYDON COMMENTARY: London taxis have been highly regulated, to protect passengers and other road-users, for centuries. Then Uber came along. CHRISTIAN WOLMAR says that concerns from the Met left TfL with little choice The non-renewal of Uber’s licence is the … Continue reading
Posted in TfL, Transport
Tagged Christian Wolmar, Mayor of London, Metropolitan Police, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport for London, Uber
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