Sky News reports that Byford’s departure from the role he has held since 2020 will be announced on Thursday morning.
It comes just weeks after Byford helped seal a deal with the Department of Transportation via a financing package to address potential revenue losses caused by post-pandemic demand uncertainty. rice field.
TfL will receive around £1.2bn in funding from the government by the end of March 2024 if passenger numbers do not recover as budgeted.
But the mayor of London Sadik Khan Warned that a “significant funding gap” remains, TfL announced on Wednesday that £500m will be available to cover the shortfall from now until the government funding deal expires.
Byford gave Khan several months’ notice of his intention to resign, and Khan plans to do so by the end of the year, according to Sky.
We would like to thank Andy Byford for his efforts in managing TfL.His departure is the city’s loss
GLA Conservative transport spokesperson Nick Rogers said the news of Byford’s resignation left Mr Khan’s mayor in “a state of turmoil”.
he said: Now he lost his TfL commissioner who forced him to spend two years navigating the mayor’s needless political games over his TfL deal.
“Andy Byford deserves a big thank you for the hard work he has put into managing TfL. His departure is a loss for the city. But London needs a new mayor.”
In addition to the pandemic, the 57-year-old has seen a number of substantive events including massive industrial action, the delivery of the £19bn Elizabeth line and the influx of thousands of passengers into the capital for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Steered the organization through challenges. , and in their honor after her death.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/transport-for-london-commissioner-andy-byford-set-to-announce-his-resignation-b1027288.html Transport for London Commissioner Andy Byford ‘will announce resignation’
