Mike Brown

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Commuters have been urged not to travel on the subway, unless it is an essential trip -

thousands of Transport for London (TfL) employees are furloughed in the midst of "massive financial problems".

DRL's income has been strongly occupied and affected during the pandemic, and over 7,000 staff, is on the.

London's Transport commissioner Mike Brown said the tariffs, the TfL had The Most important revenue, fell by 90%.

The Mayor of London warned of Transport "is immediately back to normal", if lockdown measures are relaxed.

employees are first said furloughed for three weeks from Monday, and TfL, that it "pays the Rest of the salaries of furloughed employees and continue to pay pension contributions, to ensure people are supported".

Currently, only a limited service over the capital is in place to allow the "important trip" to key individuals.

Bus passengers are not on Board left with The Front door and not need to tap in with an Oyster Card .

"Transport for London" is set to a quarter of its workforce on the government holiday-Schema

Since London lockdown registered on 23 March, tube-travelling at the 95% and bus trips by 85%.

Sadiq Khan said he wanted to be "honest and upfront" about the impact on the Public Transport in the capital and its future.

"There will be no quick return to "business as usual," He Said .

"Covid-19 massive financial challenges for TfL and each Transport provider in the UK has caused.

"As the only Transport authority of any major city in Western Europe , the operations, The Challenge for TfL is to receive a scholarship for the day-to-day is very acute. "

Mr Khan said, TfL, the 28,000 employees, would be in negotiations with the government and various trade unions about the staff at the holiday scheme.

"TfL is urgently working with, as you London to and from work can get, while social distancing rules remain in force, generally anticipated that to be the case," he added.

Mr. Brown said that he "hoped for an urgent agreement" between TfL and the government.

The Department for Transport predicted that the "regular discussions" took place with the London mayor and Transport authority, about the financial problems, the lockdown, and they "will continue to do so".

Analysis

From the BBC London's Transport correspondent Tom Edwards

dozens of London Underground stations were

It was concluded as The Most serious financial challenge ever faced by the capital-Transport -Agency.

With only simple mathematics, Now it has explained what it will do and it is furloughing one-quarter of its employees.

it is Also interesting how The Future will look like in London, when the lockout ends. If social distance is in place, buses and The Tube is only capable of one-sixth of the passengers.

this means That a huge campaign of "travel management" to passengers to phase-trips-and-shift-rush-hour -

However, large-scale infrastructure projects, which now hang in The Balance . TfL's future is entirely dependent on a government rescue package - which must be large.

currently costs £run 600 in the month, The System - or cuts in services.

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Source of news: bbc.com