Ticket prices will be lowered from Friday
On Tuesday, January 30, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced oneA £24 million planto cutTrain fares during peak hours every Friday.
Sadiq Khan has asked Transport for London (TFL) to pilot off-peak fares all day every Friday for three months to increase passenger numbers and boost the economy.
While Transport for London data shows midweek travel by tube is at 85% of pre-Covid levels, Friday's figure was just 73%.
It is reported thatPeak fares for Transport for London and mainline rail services apply between 6:30 am and 9:30 am and 16:00 pm 19:00 pm on weekdays.
Then take the metro from Zone 6 to Zone 1 during peak hours, and the fare is 5 each way60。
During the trial run, passengers on the same route will only have to pay 360。
As early as a week ago, the Mayor of London also announced that TFL fares would be frozen until March next year, with funding from the City of Greater London**1£2.3 billion to support this plan.
In addition, the Transportation Authority will also get 2£500 million in additional funding to invest in new Metro rail projects.
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On Monday, January 29, a double-decker bus No. 13 crashed into a bus shelter at London's Victoria transport hub, knocking down a pedestrian who eventually died after failing to resuscitate him.
Witnesses saw that the bus driver was also rescued from the bus and taken to the hospital.
According to social media, the red double-decker bus crashed into the passenger shelter at the terminal, and because the bus crashed in from behind, the victim did not have enough time to react, which resulted in one person dying on the spot and four others, including the driver, being injured.
The London Police confirmed they had been reported of a serious road traffic accident before 9am.
The London Ambulance Service immediately dispatched an air ambulance *** 3 people received ** at the scene, 1 of whom was pronounced dead on the spot; Meanwhile, the bus driver has been taken to the hospital.
At the time, there were reports that a single-decker bus on Route 507 had crashed into the back of another bus, causing damage to both vehicles.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan said the accident was a "terrible tragedy" and that an investigation was underway.
"At 8.59am, ** was informed of a serious road traffic accident between a pedestrian and a bus at the London Transport bus stop outside Victoria BR station," the Metropolitan Police said in a statement.
The meeting was attended by several metropolitan police forces, as well as ** from the UK Transport Police and the London Ambulance Service. Despite the best efforts of the London Ambulance Service, the life of the pedestrian ** was pronounced dead at 09:26.
The driver of the bus has been taken to hospital by the London Ambulance Service. The bus stop remains closed, but no other roads are closed.
UK train stations remain unaffected. Professional police traffic investigators are on the scene and have begun an investigation into the circumstances of the collision.
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