please empty your brain below
Interestingly there was some pretty convincing noise about South Ken going step free yesterday - which doesn't get a mention!

dg writes: page 48 (subject to funding)

Steve | 30.01.26 - 7:19 a.m. | #

I keep looking for signs that the rebuild of South Ken station is going to start. Every time I queue to leave the platform and squeeze up those steps in a slow shuffle, I wish it had started ten years ago. Best thing that can be said for page 48 is the TfL haven't given up hope. But it's the hope that kills you.

Tunnel Bore | 30.01.26 - 7:36 a.m. | #

Meanwhile the >50 years old Bakerloo line fleet soldiers on!

dg writes: page 43

100andthirty | 30.01.26 - 7:52 a.m. | #

Nothing about bringing fares on NR/GBR within London in line with those on TfL services? (South London still paying a premium for an inferior service)

timbo | 30.01.26 - 8:09 a.m. | #

After the successful pilot of graffiti covered rolling stock on the Central and Bakerloo lines I was expecting to see plans to roll this out across the rest of the network.

JP | 30.01.26 - 8:24 a.m. | #

'Eliminating' road death and serious injury is just nonsense, the others are vague unmeasurable waffle.

Still Anon | 30.01.26 - 8:27 a.m. | #

"a dramatic revamp of Waterloo station’s travelator to deliver high-impact, contextually relevant creatives that immerse and inspire Londoners as they move through the city" means there's going to be more advertising.

mclm | 30.01.26 - 8:52 a.m. | #

TfL clearly has Zero Vision, rather than Vision Zero.

Kim | 30.01.26 - 10:16 a.m. | #

This is what a city in a death-spiral looks like. There is no vision for the future at all.

daveid76 | 30.01.26 - 10:25 a.m. | #

As you say, a lot of it is really just aspirational stuff.

Like 100andthirty I find it really concerning there is nothing more definite about the new Bakerloo line trains. To me it seems inevitable the current stock is going to be in service for more than 60 years which is practically unheard of in London although I believe it has happened in Glasgow.

I also think to talk about the Bakerloo line extension when we can't fund replacement trains seems ridiculous. And, for a fraction of the cost, some of the Bakerloo stations could do with updating to look less outdated than the trains - Lambeth North being a prime example.

And if we can't sensibly talk about the Bakerloo line extension then Crossrail 2 has to remain a distant dream that a lot of us won't see in our lifetimes.

'Complete signalling upgrades on the Metropolitan and District line' will only be complete in the sense that it will complete the sections not abandoned - although in all honesty the sections now omitted probably make no sense given the cost of doing them and the limited benefit resignalling would provide on those sections.

I suspect the trams will go the way of the Bakerloo line rolling stock. A local website is already reporting on TfL having to consider having a major overhaul programme to keep the trams running and reducing the current failure rate. There is no talk about extra trams for improved frequencies or even replacing the tram lost due to the fatal Sandilands overturning event. The newer Stadler trams are nicer but underpowered so they try to avoid putting them on the hillier New Addington route and therefore they could do with replacing as well to create a homogenous fleet.

I can't really believe they will succeed in a complete overhaul of the Central line fleet by 2029 although they have now completed four of them (as confirmed by the report) but are only due to complete one more by the end of March.

I believe they will be able to achieve there objective in buying electric buses but the problem seems to be the power supplies at the garages rather than the buses themselves. We were due to have various routes electrified last August but that got delayed to this month (January) whilst this was sorted out and whilst route 466 is now fully electric we have yet to see an (overdue) electric bus on route 60.

Pedantic of Purley | 30.01.26 - 10:27 a.m. | #

South London has home counties MPs to thank for their higher NR fares. Commuter town voters decided that they preferred to have higher DfT-controlled fares rather than have lower but TfL-controlled fares. They continue to revel in their non-London status even if it means they pay more. See Epsom, etc.

Suffolker | Homepage | 30.01.26 - 11:13 a.m. | #

Securing financing to order the replacement trains for the Bakerloo surely has to be THE key objective for this period.

It's not a "nice to have" objective, or a so called "woke" policy, it's essential before the 1972 fall to bits completely. And it will happen at some point, whoever is in charge. Especially with a factory in Goole at stake.

Mikey C | 30.01.26 - 11:21 a.m. | #

My read of the plan is that it's bad news for many with fewer buses in what are described as inner and central London.

Meanwhile over in Paris where attitudes to public spending are somewhat different, they're part opening yet another metro line this year. That's on top of last year's Dangleway that's effectively a cheap metro extension.

ap | 30.01.26 - 11:24 a.m. | #

London-hating? That's already happened. Destroying is next, surely. London has committed the crime of succeeding while being highly internationalised, minority White English in fact. That cannot be and it must not have happened. I'd expect the GLA, the Mayoralty and TfL to be abolished in short order. Open season follows.

dg writes: never risk a bolx surely.

William | 30.01.26 - 11:30 a.m. | #

In my area some of the electric buses have to be charged using diesel generators as the bus depot can't get enough power!

Adrian | 30.01.26 - 11:33 a.m. | #

On your "Oh god no", I was part of a group trialling this and it was as horrendous, distracting and overstimulating as you might imagine.

Pincinator | 30.01.26 - 1:50 p.m. | #

William making a strong pitch of Bolx there to become Minister for Transport in a future Reform government. God help us all.

Frank F | 30.01.26 - 4:23 p.m. | #

Oops, the diagram of the DLR extension on page 53 includes Beckton as a stop on the way to Thamesmead.

Also, I can't be the only one that hoped a Labour government would mean better treatment of London, or at least more investment in public transport in general. But that probably ranks quite low on the grand list of Starmer disappointments.

TW | 30.01.26 - 4:44 p.m. | #

Analysis & prediction ain't advocacy.
On my predictions: there is no limit to the self-destructiveness of vengeful nationalism. London's vast tax surplus won't be a defence. They are coming. You can read it, hear it and sometimes see it.

dg writes: ...but never risk a surely

William | 30.01.26 - 7:12 p.m. | #

This seems like a pretty privileged rant to me. It's not possible to have new stations every year and we're extremely lucky to have the transport network we do (especially since it's free for some of us).

dncn | 31.01.26 - 9:33 a.m. | #











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