Will Transport for London’s financial ‘black hole’ lead to Tube closures?

A lack of funding could see services and safety repair works put on hold

London Underground
(Image credit: Ming Yeung)

London’s Tube service risks closures for days at a time due to a funding crisis that could see Transport for London (TFL) short of £1.5bn by 2025, it has been claimed.

The capital’s transport systems are facing a “black hole” after being “deserted for months on end” during national lockdowns, said Metro, “decimating income and sparking a row” between city Mayor Sadiq Khan and central government.”

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 Sorcha Bradley is a writer at The Week and a regular on “The Week Unwrapped” podcast. She worked at The Week magazine for a year and a half before taking up her current role with the digital team, where she mostly covers UK current affairs and politics. Before joining The Week, Sorcha worked at slow-news start-up Tortoise Media. She has also written for Sky News, The Sunday Times, the London Evening Standard and Grazia magazine, among other publications. She has a master’s in newspaper journalism from City, University of London, where she specialised in political journalism.