Alliteration aside, it’s not all bad news on the tube. Whilst the East London Line is having to go cap-in-hand to beg for funding to complete its extension, it looks like long-suffering Victoria Line passengers are set to enjoy a resumption of ‘normal’ services from …
Those perusing The London Paper (we’ll not kowtow to their lowercase shenanigans) yesterday will have seen an interesting report on proposed changes to the Circle line, augmented with a picture that indicated the orbital network would be extended westwards via the Hammersmith & City line …
This Week In London’s History Monday – 4th August 1902: The Greenwich Foot Tunnel is opened, providing pedestrian access between the Isle of Dogs and Greenwich. Tuesday – 5th August 1100: Henry I is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. Wednesday – 6th August …
Shepherd’s Bush + transport woes: discuss. With a brand-new Overground station delayed by short platforms, it now turns out the controversial closure of the Central line station was in fact quite unnecessary. Local MP Andy Slaughter has discovered that the decision to close was made …
Boris may not have been able to save our Post Offices, but he has succeeded in reversing a decision to close dozens of Underground ticket offices. The move, a Livingstone money-scrimping initiative, was opposed by passenger groups amid concerns that safety would be compromised by …
This weekend column is brought to you by the founders of Niceties Tokens, Liz and Pete of Team Nice. 43. Tube guilt I often experience a huge amount of guilt when I am travelling on my way home from work and someone I know from …
Between Morden and High Barnet travel the sexiest passengers on the network according to the results of Qype’s Love on the Tube survey. About 300 people completed the cheeky survey and the prevailing wisdom is the Northern Line’s where it’s at for ‘spiky-haired indie kids’ …
Tube scammer got £1m out of scam and is fined £11k. Go figure. Guide dogs not good at spotting 3ft deep sewage holes Royal gay sex blackmailers jailed On the edge of our bar stools for the election results… coming up around 20.30 Drive safely, …
Tube drivers are irked by a new film that takes a light-hearted look at one of the more harrowing aspects of working for London Underground: the “person under a train”, TfL-speak for a suicide. Members of the Aslef union plan to picket the premier and …
We wouldn’t normally advocate Facebook groups, but this is one you HAVE to sign up to. You just have to. How amazing would this be? So now Life in Cold Blood is over, and the great man has hung up his broadcasting boots for good, …
Come now. Tell us. Have you ever been caught staring folornly at a stone cold fox across a crowded tube carriage? Have you ever acted on a subterranean erotic impulse? Are you and your lover in fact sitting there now, fondling each other and fondly …
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