EXPLAINED: 35 - The Real Truth

'Active bystander' training to help passengers stand up to harassment on public transport

Sessions rolled out as deputy mayor says ‘everyone should be able to use public transport without fear of abuse’

Evening Standard · Mar 14, 2025

TfL adds coverings to protect Elizabeth line walls from 'ghost marks'

Elizabeth line’s director says the ‘stylish’ new coverings ‘will enhance the customer experience by protecting the areas behind the seats’

Evening Standard · Mar 14, 2025

Tube drivers offered four-day week as TfL bids to modernise working practices on London Underground

Drivers would still work 35 hours a week but would get paid meal breaks

Evening Standard · Mar 14, 2025

Sadiq Khan demands book exchanges reinstated in Tube stations amid fire safety row

TfL had ordered the libraries’ removal for fire safety reasons outlined by the LFB - but Mayor says he is hoping for ‘very swift announcement of a U-turn’

Evening Standard · Mar 13, 2025

Record numbers of drivers caught speeding as Met police targets issuing a million tickets a year

815,345 drivers were caught breaking the speed limit in Greater London in 2024, up 85,000 in a year

Evening Standard · Mar 13, 2025

OPINION - Long live the book exchanges on the Tube: they're the best of London

Thank you Sadiq Khan, for seeing the light. Whatever your critics make of you, surely they can’t criticise you for this: stopping books being removed from tube stations.

Evening Standard · Mar 13, 2025

Sadiq Khan steps in to save London Underground book exchanges after outcry over closure

Transport for London said it was forced to close the beloved book-swaps across every London Underground station

The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2025

Anger as TfL drops free book libraries from Tube stations due to 'fire risk'

Book lovers said that TfL had removed ‘the one bit of joy in a commute’

Evening Standard · Mar 12, 2025

Tube union threatens strike unless e-bikes are banned from London Underground after platform blaze

The fire at Rayners Lane station sent toxic fumes billowing across the station and caused temporary disruption to the Piccadilly and Metropolitan lines

Evening Standard · Mar 12, 2025

Silvertown and Blackwall tunnel tolls: TfL launches quick way to check if you have to pay

Online vehicle checker now includes tunnel tolls - but doesn’t show whether discounts are available to low-income Londoners

Evening Standard · Mar 12, 2025