This week will bring the TfL Board Meeting, which often leads to a number of interesting documents (and their appendices) becoming available on the TfL website. This month, amongst those appendices, is the letter from …
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Brown-outs at TfL
Transport firm Go Ahead released a trading statement today in which they confirmed that current CEO Keith Ludeman will retire next July and be replaced by David Brown – TfL’s current Head of Surface Transport. …
Continue readingStagecoach Return to The London Bus Market
Stagecoach have purchased the East London Bus Group back from Australian investment bank Macquarie, to whom they originally sold the firm in 2005 (making it then the largest independent operator in the UK). ELBG has …
Continue readingTrouble Up The (Dalston) Junction – The Difficulties of Safeguarding
Take one London Assembly member and add a television news channel looking for an example of frivolous government expenditure. Use FOI – the modern day “Open Sesame” and shake thoroughly (but not long enough to …
Continue readingIn Pictures: The New "Bus For London"
Today saw the unveiling of the new “Bus For London.” As yet, details beyond the basic are not yet available – today’s coverage seems very much aimed at encouraging comparisons with the Routemaster and emphasising …
Continue readingIn The Quest for Rear-Entrance, Is The True Routemaster Legacy Being Lost?
Listen carefully. The sound you can hear is the Whiplash Lawyers Association rubbing their hands together as they drool over TfL keeping them in the manner to which they have become so accustomed. In April …
Continue readingNew Routemaster Contract Costs Revealed
Saturday’s Times reported that the first of Boris Johnson’s new Routemaster buses will cost £1.6 million each, with five of the hybrid vehicles to be built under the £7.8 million contract awarded to Northern Ireland’s …
Continue readingDeutsche Bahn to buy Arriva
Transport firm Arriva is to be taken over by the public-owned German railway operator Deutsche Bahn for £1.6bn. Arriva, the UK’s third largest transport firm, have been the subject of buyout ever since rumours since …
Continue readingTfL Board Commissioner’s Report: The Road & Buses
[Below are the noteworthy extractions from the Commissioner’s Report – MWM] Traffic Signal Timing Reviews Traffic signal timings are reviewed in order to reduce the time vehicles spend idling in queues, the number of stops …
Continue readingInterchange Work Begins at Elmers End
Work began last week on providing a purpose-built bus interchange alongside the Tramlink/Station at Elmers End. The works are taking place as part of the project to expand the neighbouring Tesco (visible in the background …
Continue readingBus Countdown Sign Proposals For Lewisham
With iBus now fully rolled out, TfL have begun to consult on the locations for the new version of the Countdown system that will begin to replace the current system in spring next year. At …
Continue readingA Dip Into The LTM Film Collection
The London Transport Museum have put a small selection of their film collection online. In their own words: These initial films offer a selection of time periods covering 1910 to 1970, including the classic British …
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