£1.7 Billion ‘Eleventh-Hour’ Bailout Agreed to Keep London’s Transport Running

Commuters wear face-masks during morning rush hour on the Victoria Line of the London Underground in central London on Oct. 16, 2020. Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images

London’s tube trains and buses will be able to keep running until next March after a new bailout agreement was reached between the government and Transport for London (TfL).

The government announced the 1.7 billion pound ($2.2 billion) bailout package of “extraordinary funding” on Sunday.