Metronet

Image by gary8345 from the Londonist Flickr pool Well, not quite. TfL is expected to announce it’s worked out how to save £2.5bn to meet the funding gap left by Metronet’s demise. In addition to the 1,000 redundancies that brought the RMT out on strike, …

Of 15p to £7.60. Though the mayor has no authority to impose the London living wage on employers, he’s keen to impress upon them that it’s ‘morally right’ to provide workers with enough dosh to live on. Hurrah for Boris! Unless you’re a Metronet cleaner …

Maintenance workers for Tube Lines are planning a series of strikes for higher wages. The maintenance workers are concerned by the 4.95% pay rise they were offered over the next two years, given that those employed by Metronet are getting a better deal. Two 72-hour …

Shepherd’s Bush + transport woes: discuss. With a brand-new Overground station delayed by short platforms, it now turns out the controversial closure of the Central line station was in fact quite unnecessary. Local MP Andy Slaughter has discovered that the decision to close was made …

At one minute past midnight this morning ailing-and-in-administration Metronet Rail, responsible for the maintenance of all but 3 Underground lines, finally transferred to TfL control. Metronet went under last July following an estimated £2bn overspend upgrading our beloved tube. Of course, the upgrade work will …

Crippled clipper to get cash injection However, local boroughs are still passing round the begging bowl – and does anybody have a spare £250 million stuck behind the sofa to help out West End theatres? Caterwauling Kate’s karaoke marathons not entirely popular with new neighbours …