Results tagged “Thames Clippers:”

Any Problems Tube users have minor delays on the Jubilee (faulty trains) and severe delays north of Kings Cross on the Piccadilly (signal failure at Finsbury Park) to look forward to.

The rest of the public transport network and the roads are fine, however.

Commuters in Rotherhithe are facing the temporary loss of Thames Clippers services from Greenland Pier at the end of the month.

Up to 600 passengers use the Clippers service from the pier every day, but Southwark Council - who own the pier - has served notice terminating Clippers' use of the pier from February 28.

A businessman drowned after falling into the river while playing a late-night game of hide and seek as he boarded a Thames Clippers boat.

Umer Anjum, 30, died despite the efforts of his girlfriend and other friends to rescue him from the water on June 30 an inquest at Southwark Coroners Court heard.

Thames Clippers passengers should brace themselves for fare rises of up to nine per cent from the New Year.

The river bus company, now sponsored by KPMG, has announced its fares will increase on January 2, with a single ticket up nine per cent from £5.50 to £6.

Thames Clippers boats will be rebranded with KPMG's logo after the accountancy firm announced a sponsorship of the river service.

The firm, which has an office in the City and opened another in Canary Wharf's Canada Square last year, said the deal gives support to an important transport link.

Thames Clippers are not running any services between North Greenwich and Greenland Pier due to the ongoing rescue operation after a tugboat sinks. Crew member missing.

Thames Clippers is planning to expand its river bus service with the introduction of a shuttle boat between Blackfriars and Vauxhall.

Sean Collins, managing director and co-founder of the company, hopes to introduce the service to link up with a new development at St George's Wharf, much further west than current commuter links.

Thames Clippers is answering an SOS from hard-pressed Canary Wharf commuters by introducing a ticket scheme designed to take the stress out of getting to work when the Tube is hit by strikes or delays.

The river bus operator is launching SOS ticket booklets from May 16, the day the next planned Underground strike will start.

Thames Clippers' managing director Sean Collins has defended the decision to put a surcharge on late evening fares from next month.

Late night sailings will be reintroduced from April 1, but season ticket holders will have to pay an extra £2, while Oyster card discounts will not apply. But Mr Collins said the decision was taken after extensive consultation with passengers.

Thames Clippers have confirmed that late night riverbus services will be restarted from April 1.

While the move will be welcomed by passengers angered by the axing of post 9pm services last November, a surcharge will be applied on the reinstated boats, with season ticket holders asked to pay a £2 surcharge. Oyster discounts will not apply.

Thames Clippers will be increasing fares on some of its routes from January 7.

The cost of a single fare on the commuter service will rise from £5.30 to £5.50, an increase of 3.8 per cent. A cross river ticket will go up from £3.20 to £3.30.

Boris bikes will hit the streets of east London at the end of next year, with Canary Wharf just one of the places welcoming them.

The Wharf spoke to Kulveer Ranger, the Mayor's transport adviser, about why the scheme's extension east, as well as other issue affecting the area.

The latest in a series of strikes on the Tube is due to begin on Tuesday evening but transport chiefs have promised to keep London moving.

Extra bus and river services are being put on, while some roadworks are being delayed for the duration of the 24 hour industrial action.

Commuters using Thames Clippers will have a much reduced evening timetable with from next Monday.

The river service's winter timetable comes into operation on November 1, and late evening services have been cut, although daytime services are unaffected.

SPANISH
Camino
5/5

IN A NUTSHELL
This new Spanish restaurant completely won me over and deserves to survive in a difficult location.

A strike by RMT and TSSA union members is set to affect Tube services from early this evening and throughout Tuesday September 7. Disruption is likely to affect most journeys so you may want to find alternative ways to travel tonight and tomorrow.

Although DLR and Overground services will be running, services may be impacted at stations such as Bank and Canning Town where operations are linked with Underground facilities.

Wharf firms and travel bosses are bracing themselves for the first in a series of proposed Tube strikes - if late talks fail to reach a resolution.

The RMT and Transport Salaried Staffs' Association unions are planning walk-outs for the beginning of next week which could cripple the Tube network.

With Tube and DLR strikes looming next week Canary Wharf Group is advising Wharfers not to drive to work if industrial action is taking place.

Car parks on the estate will be closed to all drivers from Wednesday, June 23 apart from those who are already car park pass holders if transport staff walk out.

Thames Clippers river bus users can enjoy better information provision thanks to improvements unveiled today.

Improved signage, a "tube-style" map and real-time information boards are being rolled out at all the piers between Woolwich and Putney in an effort to attract more people to use the service.

Thames Clippers passengers will have all the latest service information at their fingertips thanks to an enterprising Isle of Dogs resident.

Charlie Seligman, a Clippers commuter, has developed an iPhone app which shows a "dynamic timetable" for the river service, and over 2,000 passengers have already downloaded it for free.