Newslinks | Farringdon station, Tube tapestry, Funding gap, Metronet

Click the headline to read more on: the new and improved Farringdon station; a struggling artist struggling to get her Tube-themed work displayed; the latest on the £400m funding gap, and the Department for Transport’s ‘poor and inadequate’ management of Metronet.

London Reconnections on Post Metronet Management

London Reconnections on the post-Metronet management structure.

Funding the Tube

The Guardian ran an excellent article yesterday, outlining the cuts which TfL was making across the transport network in order to plug the hole left by the collapse of Metronet:

“Transport for London has narrowed the tube funding gap by £2.5bn after deferring upgrade work, cutting 1,000 jobs and rewriting engineering contracts…. Click the headline to read more.

Newslinks | Cycle Superhighway, Three Mills Lock, Metronet, Routemaster, HS2

Click the headline to find the latest news stories on London’s cycle ’superhighways’, Three Mills Lock and what it means for freight and east London, the NAO report into Metronet’s failure, a further step towards the new Routemaster, and Christian Wolmar on HS2.

Newslinks | CC, Metronet (x2), CrossRail

Click the headline to read about Metronet, the Congestion Charge and the delivery of CrossRail…

Newslinks | Routemaster Designs, Freedom Pass, Train Operating Companies, LC, Metronet

Click the headline to read about: Routemaster designs on show; the Mayor’s Freedom Pass; Train bail-outs; London City Airport, and a delay in the Metronet report.

Newslinks | Oyster, Metronet, Woowich, Tube Map, Eurostar

Read about extending the reach of the Oyster card, Metronet cuts, Woolwich DLR, a new set of stamps featuring the Tube, and increased Eurostar usage after the jump.

Newslinks | 10 Year Transport Plan, Metronet, Airports, Bus Lanes

An academic study takes the Government’s 10 Year Transport Plan to pieces, highlighting the Congestion Charge as one of the few successes in the past decade [The Telegraph].

Transport Briefing has more on the 6,000 Metronet staff being absorbed by TfL.

The Independent provides a compelling history of London’s airports, and considers the Mayor’s plan for an [...]

Newslinks | Cross River Tram, Metronet, TfL

Liberal Democrat politicians believe that Boris Johnson is still open to the Cross River Tram [London SE1].

TfL looks set to take on 6,000 extra staff as it completes its take-over of Metronet [Bloomberg].

TfL has set up a networking website to discuss how London can be improved – Together For London [BBC News].

Newslinks | Eco-Adviser, Congestion Olympics, Tubelines

Boris Johnson has appointed Isabel Dedring, Head of Policy at TfL, as his environmental advisor [Evening Standard].

Public Service worries about the level of congestion which will be caused on local roads by the Olympics.

Tubelines plans to bid for parts of Metronet’s £1bn+ station programme, expecting union opposition to such a move [Contract Journal ].