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Since TfL could not afford 250 new trains and upgraded signalling, it decided to buy only 94 trains, for the Piccadilly line, and relegate future train purchases to contract options. [37] [38] [11] In 2019, TfL raised £1 billion to buy the Piccadilly line trains by selling and leasing back Class 345 Elizabeth line trains. [39]
[20] [21] In late 2024 the first NTFL trains were delivered for storage and testing in London. [22] The proposal introduces fully automated trains and signalling to replace 1972 Stock, 1973 Stock & 1992 Stock and increase capacity on the Piccadilly, Central, Waterloo & City and Bakerloo lines between 2025 and 2033.
The price cap for Oyster card users was set at the price of an equivalent one-day, unlimited-ride Travelcard. [7] TfL has expanded its fare capping system since its introduction, adding 7-day caps and contactless bank card support in 2014. [3]: 11 Another early implementation of fare capping in Europe is in Dublin, starting in 2012.
On 12 May, TfL documents warned it expected to lose £4 billion due to the pandemic and said it needed £3.2bn to balance a proposed emergency budget for 2021, having lost 90% of its overall income. Without an agreement with the government, deputy mayor for transport Heidi Alexander said TfL might have to issue a Section 114 notice - the ...
In July 2023, TfL and the Mayor of London announced that from January 2024, one day Travelcards would no longer be sold or accepted on the TfL network, citing unfavourable revenue sharing terms between TfL and the Train Operating Companies on which the tickets are valid. 7-day and longer Travelcards will be unaffected. [12]
Tube Strike sign at Paddington. London Underground strikes are an intermittent part of life in the capital of the United Kingdom. Described as "one of Britain's most strike-prone industries", [1] the London Underground has been subject to travel disruption due to industrial action organised by the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), ASLEF and other unions, in response ...
The daily cap is £8.10 within zones 1-2 and £14.90 within zones 1–6, provided no maximum fares are incurred for failure to touch in or out, or for touching in or out at the same station. [79] A lower cap of £5.25 applies if the day's journeys are restricted to buses and trams only. [ 80 ]
Fare zone 4 is an outer zone of Transport for London's zonal fare system used for calculating the price of tickets for travel on the London Underground, London Overground, Docklands Light Railway [1] and, since 2007, on National Rail services. [2]