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I have just received news that London Underground workers who are members of the Unions RMT, ASLEF, Unite & TSSA will be going on strike on the evening of Wednesday 8 th  July, and throughout the day on Thursday 9 th  July. TFL have posted the following on their website: RMT, Unite and TSSA members are planning 24-hour strike action on the Tube from 18:30 on Wednesday 8 July. ASLEF drivers are also planning 24-hour strike action on the Tube from 21:30 on Wednesday 8 July. DLR, London Overground and TfL Rail staff are not on strike. Advice for customers If the strike goes ahead, there will be no Tube service from late afternoon on Wednesday 8 July and no Tube service at all on Thursday 9 July. All other public transport services and roads will be much busier than usual, so please check before you travel.   Link Below is what the unions are saying about the strike. From  RMT: Our Ref: LUL/14/5 2nd July 2015 To all London Underground Station Staff Members Dear Colle...

We are not far away now until a few of the ‘ deep level ’ Underground lines begin to operate their overnight service at weekends. TfL have just released their ‘ Night Tube ’ service map which looks interesting for overnight commuters. From TFL’s press release: The new map has been designed to show customers clearly which Tube lines and stations will operate 24-hour services from the early hours of  12 September 2015 , transforming night time journeys across London for millions of people. The Night Tube will mean Londoners and visitors to the Capital can travel on the following lines on Friday nights and the early hours of Saturday and Sunday mornings: Central line : trains will run between Ealing Broadway and Hainault/Loughton; Jubilee line : trains will run on the entire line; Northern line : trains will run on the entire line except on the Mill Hill East and Bank branches; Piccadilly line : trains will run between Cockfosters and Heathrow Terminal 5; Victoria line : trains will r...

On 9 th  June 2015,  TfL  issued a press release regarding their new Annual report for 2014/15. I'll give you my opinions as you read through the Annual Report, quoting from the press release. “Transport for London ( TfL ) has published its draft Annual Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2015, which will be considered by the  TfL  Board at its next meeting on 1 July. 2014/15 was another record year for  TfL , with around half a billion more public transport journeys now taking place compared to five years ago. All parts of the  TfL network are seeing growing demand as London's population rose to its  highest ever level, 8.6 million , this year and is predicted to rise to around  10 million by 2030 ” With the population continually growing, I personally think it may end up rising to over 10 million by 2020. “More  than 1.3 billion passenger journeys  were made on  London Underground  in 2014/15, a...

UPDATE : The strike has been called off due to talks over new pay for workers. Members of the RMT Union that work for Network Rail have announced that they are striking over pay. The dates and times that the strikes will occur on: ·            Thursday 4th June : 24 hours from 17:00 until 16:59 on Friday 5th June ·            Tuesday 9th June : 48 hours from 17:00 until 16:59 on Thursday 11th June ·            Saturday 6th June   from 00:01 until 23:59 on Friday 12th June. RMT members will not work any overtime RMT union have issued the following press release: INDUSTRIAL ACTION CALLED! RATES OF PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2015 – NETWORK RAIL A meeting was held today with your Area Council reps and the union’s Executive to discuss the latest pay proposals from Network Rail. The clear view of the meeting was that the new offer was unacceptable and ...