Is TfL in trouble?

The pandemic is the only reason TfL is facing a financial crisis and it has worked hard to progress all conditions placed on them by the government. TfL has already been making every efficiency saving it can to try to save services, cutting annual running costs by £1bn over the last five years.



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Total debt (including leases) decreased in the quarter from some small maturities of existing borrowing, which have been refinanced. Our Budget for 2023/24 is to deliver an operating surplus of £79m, demonstrating our achievement of financial sustainability.

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TfL lost 95% of its fares income when the pandemic hit, and while passenger numbers on the Tube have recovered to roughly 65% of normal use, the transport body continues to struggle because “many commuters have not returned to a five-day week while there are few international tourists”, said the Standard.

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fares income, which is TfL's largest source of income (£4.9 billion); other income, including from commercial activity and income from the Congestion Charge (£1.2 billion); grants, including business rates (£3.4 billion); and. borrowing and cash reserves (£0.9 billion).

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The Mayor's December 2020 Independent Review of TfL recognised that TfL's pension scheme is expensive, outdated and in need of modernisation. As part of this funding settlement, the Mayor commits to ensuring TfL's pension fund is financially sustainable and to protecting members' benefits built up to date. 39.

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Most salary levels are just based on supply and demand economics really. What makes tube drivers different is the ability of their unions to make the supply of drivers extremely tight (and thus drive up their pay). They do this in a few ways: 1.

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“Pre-pandemic, the Tube required the least subsidy of almost any city. From a day-to-day operations point of view, it was covering its own costs. That is quite unusual for a European or North American metro. “But when the pandemic hit, the percentage increase in subsidy went through the roof.

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256. Paragraph 1 of Schedule 10 provides that TfL is not to be regarded as the servant or agent of the Crown or as enjoying any status, immunity or privilege of the Crown and its staff and property are not to be regarded as civil servants or property of the Crown.

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Since TfL was created in 2000, investment in the system has created a more reliable and safe system. For example, on London Underground reliability has improved significantly, with the excess journey time due to delays reduced by 40% since 2000.

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The London Underground is operated entirely by TfL, but buses, trams and the London Overground are franchised, so while TfL oversees fares, routes and timetables, competitive contracts are awarded to operators to run services, which includes hiring staff and buying or leasing vehicles.

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