When Sadiq Khan published his last mayoral manifesto, his paramount concern was restoring Transport for London's Covid-crippled finances. Now TfL is about to post a 162million annual operating surplus and its executives are waiting eagerly to see if they have done enough to earn themselves bonuses (they will find out later this month, when TfL's performance is measured against a series of scorecard targets). It's a far cry from the situation in 2021.
But while the capital's public transport body is no longer on life-support, it still has the capacity to cause the Mayor headaches. The problems on the Central line are likely to be repeated on other lines where TfL cannot afford to replace the trains, such as the Bakerloo, Northern and Jubilee. And despite finding 30million to avert New Year strikes, union walkouts remain a worry.
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