Oyster card fraudster faces jail after swindling £24k with fake travel cards

Oyster card fraudster who swindled £24,000 by creating bogus travel cards using faces of elderly Turkish actors and politicians before selling them on is facing jail Efecan Gokce, 20, from Hendon, London, sold fake Oyster cards via social media Potential loss to TfL ranged from £647,000 to £2,500,000, Gokce taking £24k Found to be using four … Read more

Covid UK: London bus drivers’ lives could have been saved if safety measures introduced earlier

Enforcing an earlier lockdown would have saved the lives of London‘s bus drivers who died from Covid-19, an independent review has concluded. The study, carried out by University College London (UCL), found that some of the deaths of workers in March 2020 ‘would not have happened’ if restrictions had been implemented sooner.  The report, which was commissioned … Read more

The Hammersmith Bridge TOLL! | Daily Mail Online

The Hammersmith Bridge TOLL! London council reveals ‘radical plans’ to pay off £100m repairs to 134-year-old crossing by charging drivers £3 to travel the 232 yards to the other side Hammersmith and Fulham Council has drawn up the ‘radical plans’  A timetable has scheduled it to reopen to pedestrians and cyclists next summer 134-year-old west … Read more

London transport bosses change the figures on traffic crossings to mark International Women’s Day 

Wait for the little green WOMAN: London transport bosses change the figures on traffic crossings to mark International Women’s Day  Transport for London changed the figures as part of International Women’s Day Pedestrians will have seen the new look icons in several London high streets  TfL says they ‘serve as a reminder of the contribution … Read more

Covid UK: Maskless users of public transport ‘should expect fines’

Police put mask rule flouters on a final warning tonight as they said people caught without a face covering on public transport will face tough fines. National Police Chiefs’ Council chairman Martin Hewitt said officers would no longer ‘waste time’ trying to reason with lockdown sceptics as deaths from the latest deadly wave of coronavirus continue … Read more

Masked key workers on Underground provide only hustle-and-bustle

Commuters continued to head into work today after regulations enforcing England’s national lockdown as the stringent restrictions entered into force overnight amid spiralling coronavirus cases. Transport for London and Network Rail are now urging people to only travel by train for ‘legally permitted reasons’ such as work or education, in a toughening of language that previously … Read more

Duchess of Cambridge makes ‘spelling error’ in whiteboard message

Social media users have suggested the Duchess of Cambridge may have made a spelling mistake while penning a message for transport workers during the royal tour. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, both 38, embarked on a 48-hour whirlwind tour of the UK, starting last night at Euston station. Kate Middleton was photographed writing a … Read more

Eagle-eyed social media users spot Duchess of Cambridge’s possible spelling error

Social media users have suggested the Duchess of Cambridge may have made a spelling mistake while penning a message for transport workers during the royal tour. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, both 38, embarked on a 48-hour whirlwind tour of the UK, starting last night at Euston station. Kate Middleton was photographed writing a … Read more

TfL is urged to rename Maryland station because of alleged links to the slave trade

TfL is urged to rename Maryland station because of ‘links to local slave owner with plantations in America’ despite doubts about name’s origin Newham councillors called for review of Maryland station amid alleged slave link But academics argued the name’s origin is from Old English word for boundary If approved, the name change could lead … Read more