Transport for London (TfL) commissioner Andy Byford is set to step down from his position as head of the capital’s transport network after steering it through one of the worst funding crises in its history.
Byford’s resignation comes just weeks after the transport chief secured a £3.6bn deal with the government to plug the gap in TfL’s finances left by Covid-19.
Byford, who took up the top job in June 2020, is expected to leave by the end of the year.
His exit will leave London mayor Sadiq Khan looking for a successor able to build on the outgoing chief’s legacy, Sky News’ Mark Kleinman first reported.
The transport exec’s two and-a-half year tenure at TfL saw him deliver the 73-mile long Elizabeth Line, which now carries hundreds of thousands of passengers each day, after first opening in May.
It remains unclear whether Byford, who began his career as a graduate trainee on the London Underground in 1989 before running transport in Canada and Australia, will stay in the UK.
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