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Making public ownership of rail work for London

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25 September 2024

With the Government promising to bring Britain’s railways back into public ownership, how should that look in practice and implementation in London?

Tomorrow, the Transport Committee will ask guests what needs to be done to ensure that new arrangements result in a better experience for passengers, and what role the Mayor should have in any further devolution of services.
 
The Committee will also ask the Deputy Mayor for Transport and Transport for London (TfL) for an update on the impact on passengers of the ongoing cyber incident at TfL.
 
Panel 1 (10am – 10.40am)

  • Prof Iain Docherty, Dean of the Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Stirling

Panel 2 (10.45am – 1pm)

  • Seb Dance, Deputy Mayor for Transport, Greater London Authority 
  • Geoff Hobbs, Director of Public Transport Service Planning, Transport for London

From 12.30 pm, the Committee will hear how TfL is trying to help passengers affected by the impact of the recent cyber attack.
 
The ongoing impacts of the attack include passengers being unable to apply for or renew discounted Oyster passes, and delays to the rollout of contactless payments to 47 stations.
 
The meeting will take place on Thursday 26 September from 10am, in the Chamber at City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, E16 1ZE.
 
Media and members of the public are invited to attend.
 
The meeting can also be viewed LIVE or later via webcast or YouTube.
 
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Notes to editors

  1. Read the agenda in full.
  2. As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.
  3. Elly Baker AM, Chair of the Transport Committee, is available for interview
  4. Find out more about the work of the Transport Committee

For media enquiries, please contact Josh Hunt on 07763 252310 or at [email protected]. For out of hours media enquiries, call 020 7983 4000 and ask for the London Assembly duty press officer. 
 

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