Transport for London (TfL) have announced that they are going to re-examine their scheme to extend the 384 bus from High Barnet to Edgware, after a campaign by residents, led by East Barnet Labour Councillors Jo Cooper and Laurie Williams and Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore, which encouraged over 1,300 people to respond to the […]
Read morePlease see below a short briefing on the subject of tube noise within carriages: I agree that is not fair for anyone to have to put up with excessive noise, residents, passengers, or indeed train drivers: but TfL as yet have no engineering solution to the problem. Equally, I do not think it is right for TfL to play ‘divide […]
Read moreFitzroy Square Tube Noise meeting Location: Fitzroy Square Attending: Andrew Dismore AM Arjun Mittra (GLA) TT (TfL) DT (TfL) 10 residents Issues: Residents in Fitzroy are experiencing severe and relentless tube noise and vibration. Causes of the noise are likely: Corrugations in the rails. High frequency and number of trains. Rolling stock on the Victoria Line is in poor condition. […]
Read moreAttending: Andrew Dismore AM Arjun Mittra Cllr Ross Houston residents: Jan and David Loxley Blount Jestyn Phillips David Lewis Stevie Dee TfL: Dominc Trueman (engineer) Tom Tweddle Rachel Harkes Finchley Central Residents said noise from the tube had increased since works took place over the summer. While some said there had been some improvement more recently, the situation now is […]
Read moreTube noise [1] Question No: 2018/3235 Andrew Dismore What does Transport for London claim the life expectancy to be, of the rubber pads and fixings they have been retrofitting to concrete sleepers in an attempt to reduce noise affecting neighbouring homes? Written response from the Mayor Transport for London (TfL) expects the effectiveness of these of rubber pads to […]
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