LU has agreed that the new stock on the Picc, due sometime in the mid-2020s, will have drivers' cabs on the trains.
The company's original plans for the upgrade suggested the new stock might be driverless. The announcement is therefore extremely welcome. Unions need to keep the pressure up to...
Station staff at Old Street have demanded action on noise, as incessant drilling from the construction project on the roundabout has become intolerable. After pressure from union reps, it looks like an agreement has been secured to restrict the times of the drilling.
Regular rotation of staff...
The press has recently reported TfLâs plan to track all wi-fi enabled devices through the Tube system, to measure passenger flows.
This technology could lead to important data gathering, which improves safety and staff deployment. But thereâs also a risk it could be used nefariously, either for...
MTR - which has the contract to run Crossrail - has come a-cropper in Hong Kong, as its trial of new signalling systems came off the rails.
Two subway tains collided between Central and Admiralty stations during an early morning test run on Monday before start of traffic. Both drivers were taken...
The "Four Lines Modernisation" (4LM) upgrade on the District, Met, Circle, and H and C missed the 17/18 November "go live" date for the first phase of automatic train operation.
There have been numerous problems with Thales' new signalling system, including more than one train entering a...
London Underground plans to sell off some of its trains so it can raise ÂŁ875 million to pay for new Piccadilly Line trains. Once sold, LU will rent the trains back in order to keep running its services. Long-term LU will end up spending far more in rent to a private company than if it had paid for...
LU staff are being told to contact IM (IT) services only in an "emergency". IM services are apparently too short staffed to deal with routine queries.
Hardly surprising! LU decided that iPads and apps were the answer to everything. Tubeworker wonders how many extra IT staff were hired to support...
The âGoldfish Bowlâ facility used by drivers at Elephant and Castle is increasingly unfit for use.
There are vermin traps in every corner, dirt and mould up the walls, and a disgusting smell that seems to have seeped into the tiles.
Does LUâthink so little of workersâ dignity that it wants us...
Staff who use Tottenham Hale's station car park have been shocked and angered to find that it has closed - and that management have known about this for ages but told them with only a week's notice.
The excuse is that the space is needed for taxis due to the Tottenham Hale Upgrade Project...
Spare a thought for the staff, particularly cleaners, and passengers who had a nasty surprise at Oxford Circus late last month when a sewer pipe burst, leading to what might euphemistically be referred to as brown effluence leaking on the Argyll gate line and down towards the escalators.
A long...
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