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  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
    Transport for London sets out £15.8bn long-term funding demands

    Capital seeks £3.1bn package for 2021/22, £1.5bn for following year and £1.6bn annually for 2023-30

  • Sunday, 1 November, 2020
    Transport
    Sadiq Khan and Boris Johnson strike London transport rescue deal

    £1.8bn will keep Tube and buses running for six months as new lockdown hits TfL’s finances

  • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
    London faces cuts to transport services amid funding battle

    Mayor Sadiq Khan says government must provide £4.9bn rescue package to keep TfL running

  • Tuesday, 20 October, 2020
    UK government spending
    Government threatens to take direct control of Transport for London

    Mayor Sadiq Khan told he must accept ministerial demands, including higher fares, if he wants bailout

  • Friday, 16 October, 2020
    Sadiq Khan resists congestion zone extension to secure TfL rescue

    Government ties conditions to funding extension for London’s transport network

  • Sunday, 4 October, 2020
    TfL refuses new London licence to car-booking app Ola

    Decision citing ‘potential public safety consequences’ comes week after Uber wins battle to keep running in capital

  • Wednesday, 30 September, 2020
    Sadiq Khan sets out £5.7bn TfL rescue plan for London

    Mayor says funds are needed to keep the capital’s transport system going for the next 18 months

  • Tuesday, 1 September, 2020
    UK business & economy
    Johnson quizzed over claim workers have returned to offices

    Transport figures cast doubt over prime minister’s assertion of ‘huge numbers’ back at work

  • Friday, 21 August, 2020
    Crossrail Ltd
    Crossrail costs soar to £19bn and opening is pushed back to mid-2022

    Pandemic intensifies engineering problems at one of Europe’s largest infrastructure projects

  • Promoted Content
  • Friday, 24 July, 2020
    Transport for London says it will need £6.4bn in funding support

    Capital’s network hit by sharp drop in passenger revenues during lockdown

  • Tuesday, 21 July, 2020
    TfL launches review into funding of transport in UK capital

    London mayor names expert panel despite study being carried out by government after £1.6bn rescue

  • Thursday, 21 May, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Public transport struggles to cater for the few

    Maintaining social distancing and running full services poses financial and practical problems

  • Friday, 15 May, 2020
    Transport
    Transport for London rescue package fuels City Hall feud

    Row over bailout reignites tensions between government and city’s local authority

  • Thursday, 14 May, 2020
    London transport set for £1.6bn bailout after ‘running out’ of money

    Mayor Sadiq Khan had warned of cuts to Tube and bus services without extra funding

  • Wednesday, 13 May, 2020
    News in-depthUK business & economy
    Workers stoical as easing spurs fears of overcrowding

    Images of packed Tube trains and buses draw warnings but TfL reports modest rise in journeys

  • Friday, 1 May, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    The London bus drivers on the coronavirus front line

    Their critical public service has a price attached. Seamus Murphy photographs these key workers

  • Tuesday, 28 April, 2020
    Transport
    Boris Bikes are booming

    While tube and bus usage is down massively, bike-sharing seems to have become something of a lockdown hobby.

  • Wednesday, 22 April, 2020
    UK business & economy
    UK set to bail out cities’ train and tram networks

    London Underground and other locally run services were excluded from previous coronavirus aid packages

  • Monday, 16 March, 2020
    Sadiq Khan seeks extra £650m to fund Crossrail overruns

    London mayor wants to renegotiate £2bn of existing loans with government to ease cash flow

  • Friday, 13 March, 2020
    Sadiq Khan
    Mayor abandons London fares freeze as virus hits TfL finances

    Move comes after Moody’s predicts £400m blow to transport network’s income

  • Monday, 10 February, 2020
    Rail
    London Overground offers model for UK rail overhaul

    Transport for London’s system has boosted punctuality and customer satisfaction

  • Wednesday, 29 January, 2020
    News in-depthRail
    Shapps goes full steam ahead with rail overhaul plan

    ‘Fat Controller’ will be in charge with franchises replaced by management contracts

  • Friday, 24 January, 2020
    Sadiq Khan faces pressure to remove TfL fares freeze

    London transport agency struggles with Crossrail costs and stalled passenger numbers

  • Monday, 25 November, 2019
    Uber Technologies Inc
    Uber loses licence to operate in London

    Car-booking service can continue to operate during any appeals process 

  • Sunday, 24 November, 2019
    Uber Technologies Inc
    Uber in last-ditch talks to extend London licence

    City’s transport agency wants more information on passenger protection and driver vetting

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