After a pensioner was crushed to death by trains, a coroner wrote to Sir Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, expressing concerns about safety on the tube. Brian Mitchell died on the Jubilee Line at London Underground station Stratford in East London on Boxing Day afternoon in 2023. An inquest heard the 72-year-old was seen on CCTV gettingContinue reading “Coroner Demands Answers From Sadiq Khan”
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Week-Long Strike Could Halt Tube Network
When Tube employees go on strike for seven days next month, commuters are bracing for transport disruption. In a disagreement over wages and working conditions, London Underground employees will go on strike several times next month, according to the RMT union. The workers will start the week-long strike on Friday, September 5. The union saidContinue reading “Week-Long Strike Could Halt Tube Network”
Britain Is Set To Be Shocked By Freezing Temperatures And Storms This Winter
Swathes of Britain face a ‘shock’ as they braced today for heavy rain, flooding and thunderstorms after temperatures fell below freezing and a cold snap moved in. Hefty downpours started affecting London last night, with Victoria Station on the London Underground partly closed today due to flooding. Eastbound Circle and District line trains were notContinue reading “Britain Is Set To Be Shocked By Freezing Temperatures And Storms This Winter”
Four-day Tube Strike Will Go Ahead In August
A tube strike is set to go ahead in August over proposals to scrap the Night Tube train driver’s pay grade after discussions broke down between the union and London Underground. The changes would mean that instead of having a separate role for Night Tube train operators, all drivers would be expected to work aContinue reading “Four-day Tube Strike Will Go Ahead In August”
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