Talk:Transport for London

Do we need a note about Peter Hendy and Tim O' Toole, (Manager Directors for Surface Transport and the Underground, respectivly), who were awarded the CBE in the New Year's Honours list?

Also, a few employees were also awarded the MBE, I think. This was all because of the work done on July 7th

Dave

P.S - A mention of the controversy surrounding the route master, and its removal?

kk - I'm gonna go ahead with adding this stuff, so there :D Moubiness

Surely, TFL's responsibility for non-tube railways in London is minimal. I understand it can only advise rail-operators. This may change as urban rail such as parts of Silverlink Metro are transferred to the mayor.

Removed incoherent paragraph
I've removed the following paragraph:


 * 'Italic text' Italic text 

on the grounds that it is incoherent. It says there is a (singular) separate division, but then seems to talk to talk about division of responsibility between multiple entities. If I understood what it was trying to say I would correct it, but I don't so I'm moving it here so someone who does can rework it and reinsert it. -- Chris j wood 11:31, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

What exactly are JNP, BCV and SSL?


 * The maintenance and upgrading of the London Underground Network is carried out by different companies. Tube Lines in responsible for the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly Lines (JNP), Metronet BCV is responsible for the Bakerloo, Central and Victoria Lines (BCV) as well as the Waterloo and City Line, whilst Metronet SSL (sub surface lines) is responsible for the District, Hammersmith and City, Metropolitan, Circle and East London lines. DavidB601 20:57, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

london has transport  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.167.22.56 (talk) 08:24, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Blackfriars Bridge
A major recent area of contention with TfL seems to be how they are responding to cyclists and pedestrians, with articles in mainstream media, blogs and campaigns. The most recent of these is the Blackfriars bridge situation. This page (or relevant subpages) really needs some info about it. a starting source:  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lionfish0 (talk • contribs) 17:31, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Other languages
The languages used on the Transport for London website, aside from English, are: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Eastern Punjabi, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, and Urdu - It also has a more limited Japanese website

Here are language edition Wikipedias which do not yet have articles about TfL: WhisperToMe (talk) 07:50, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Arabic
 * Bengali
 * Greek
 * Gujarati✅
 * Tamil✅
 * Turkish✅
 * Urdu✅
 * I don't think that you'll find many people with a sufficiently high understanding of more than one or two of those languages, so it might be worth sending a request to their respective equivalents of WP:RA. To save looking them up, they're: ar:ويكيبيديا:مقالات مقترحة; bn:উইকিপিডিয়া:অনুরোধের খাতা; el:Βικιπαίδεια:Προτεινόμενα θέματα; (gu:); ta:விக்கிப்பீடியா:கோரப்படும் கட்டுரைகள்; tr:Vikipedi:Madde istekleri; (ur:). -- Red rose64 (talk) 10:21, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the tip! I'll check these pages out. WhisperToMe (talk) 15:30, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

Organisation out of date?
According to their website, TfL is organised into "three units, each with responsibility for different aspects of the organisation: Surface Transport, Rail and Underground, Crossrail". I think London Rail no longer exists, and Crossrail is separate. Maybe this needs to be updated? Cnbrb (talk) 14:04, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

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Mobile payments
Reading the article, I'm inclined to consolidate the 3 sections on mobile contactless payment methods into the 'contactless payment' section. Mobile contactless payments work in a very similar manner to contactless cards, and it's bulky and possibly confusing to have 3 sections for something that could be covered in a few lines. If anyone has any objections, let me know! Tomtiger11 (talk) 09:41, 25 October 2019 (UTC)


 * @ Tomtiger11 done! Let me know what you think - every provider having its own section looked very odd. Turini2 (talk) 22:05, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

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infobox photo
How do people feel about a infobox photo similar to Transport in London with various TfL modes (Tube, New Routemaster, DLR, Overground train, Santander Cycle, Legible London etc)? This would be in addition to the map that's currently used. The Transport in London photo is a bit dull, but also has modes that aren't TfL - such as airports and National Rail. Thoughts? Turini2 (talk) 14:37, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

Move to Endeavour Square
A TfL page (which makes no reference to the Windsor House, London presence on the date of transfer from 55 Broadway https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/culture-and-heritage/art-and-design/station-architecture/broadway#:~:text=The%20last%20of%20the%20TfL,Park%2C%20Stratford%20in%20East%20London. Jackiespeel (talk) 20:34, 30 March 2023 (UTC)


 * @Jackiespeel not sure why you're talking about Windsor House - but I have added that reference to the 55 Broadway page where it best belongs. Turini2 (talk) 20:39, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
 * From the latter page 'The eighteen-storey tower was previously occupied solely by staff from Transport for London but they have since left the building.' Jackiespeel (talk) 23:24, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for clarifying! Turini2 (talk) 10:01, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Tangential to my areas of research - others are likely to know more. Jackiespeel (talk) 13:54, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Tangetial your tangential area of research I'm starting to wonder if we need an architecture of TfL article given the huge number of buildings they have either commissioned or occupied. The station architecture is beautiful in place, but later buildings are just plain awful - for example 15 Penton Street], the former public carriage offices where taxis got inspected (and condemned) and taxi drivers had to do the (dreaded) knowledge test - and it still serves TfL as the Boris Bikes HQ. It's too ugly to even be given the term brutalist and it's even worse inside than out - but at least it's interesting. Sadly today they're in too many dull glass offices like the aforementioned Endeavour Square, Pier Walk and Palestra. --10mmsocket (talk) 14:46, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
 * London Wiki can be used for OR purposes, and probably some of the London transport equivalents likewise. (They are on what was formerly Wikia and is now Fandom - even if factual, and there is going to be a move to MediaWiki 1.39 'for those for whom this has significance'.) Jackiespeel (talk) 16:13, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Short description
Hi all - @Patar knight correctly points out that the current short description (Local government body responsible for the transport system in Greater London) fails WP:SDLENGTH, WP:SDDUPLICATE. However I reverted their suggested description (English public transport authority) as its factually incorrect given TfL is not just public transport.

Anyone got any suggestions on a better, more succinct description? Turini2 (talk) 06:47, 1 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Does "transport authority in London" cover it well enough? I've put the examples of similar bodies below.
 * MTA - Public transportation organization in New York
 * RATP - French public transport operator
 * TfNSW - Statutory authority of the New South Wales Government
 * Turini2 (talk) 06:56, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I would say "English transport authority" would be best. "in London" isn't necessary because London is in the title, so it's more useful to specify the country to explicitly differentiate it from London Transit. -- Patar knight - chat/contributions 21:30, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Since no one has objected, I have changed it to this for now. -- Patar knight - chat/contributions 23:07, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

The slogan
Can you add a short description about their slogan? The slogan is as follows: See it Say it Sorted. DoraTheMora (talk) 19:11, 15 February 2024 (UTC)


 * That's not a TfL slogan, it's an campaign by the British Transport Police. Turini2 (talk) 21:18, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 * yeah bu they didn't say the meaning DoraTheMora (talk) 07:37, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * See the official webpage for the campaign. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 23:08, 16 February 2024 (UTC)