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How is Mayor Khan's crackdown on fare evasion going? He says "new figures show it's working" but accidentally forgot to provide those figures. Guess why? Because a year of his "bold new plan" made no difference to fare evasion, which remains are £190m per year.
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No signal on the Tube could soon be history.
Around 60% of underground Tube stations now have mobile coverage, with the full network expected to be connected by the end of the year.
Read more: londonbusforums.co.uk/phone-signal-t…#TfL#Tube#LondonUnderground
Interesting mobile data from @virginmedia show some Londoners staying away due to #tubestrike :
•The City is down by 16%
•King's Cross is down by 8%
•The West End is down by 6%
•Westminster is down by 11%
TfL has rejected calls for bleed control kits to be installed at major London bus stations and selected routes.
The decision comes amid continuing concern over safety on London’s transport network.
londonbusforums.co.uk/tfl-bleed-kits…#LondonBuses#TfL#BusDrivers
Update from the Met Police: Officers responded to reports of a stabbing in Cambridge Road, Southall, at 06:22 on Friday 29 May.
The victim was treated at the scene before being taken to hospital. His injuries are confirmed as non-life-changing and he remains in a stable condition.
No arrests have been made at this stage. Anyone with information should contact 101 quoting 1354/29MAY.
#Southall#LondonBuses
Update, 23:40: London Bus Forums understands the incident may have involved a route 482 driver from Southall Bus Garage.
TfL, the Met Police and Unite have been asked for confirmation.
Article updated:
londonbusforums.co.uk/london-bus-dri…
A London bus driver has been stabbed in Southall, west London.
Unite says this is the second serious attack on a London bus driver in 10 days and is calling for urgent action to protect workers.
Read more:
londonbusforums.co.uk/london-bus-dri…#LondonBuses#BusDrivers#TfL
More than 300 bus drivers are taking strike action as a long-running dispute over fatigue, scheduling and rest breaks continues.
The dispute began in March and drivers say there has still been no meaningful action from Stagecoach to resolve it.
Read more:
londonbusforums.co.uk/bow-bus-strike…#LondonBuses#TfL#BusDrivers#Stagecoach
@LondonBusForums Dropped a lovely lady bus driver to Streatham bus garage the other morning she was telling me how hot the buses are and the stress drivers are under!! WTF it should be illegal, where’s TFL,s duty of care 🤷♂️
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