If you’re a suburban rail commuter, then your miserably cramped journey might be made slightly happier by news of more transport police on London’s railways. The Mayor and TfL announced 50 more officers and new high visibility ‘hubs’ at Croydon, Bromley South, Stratford, Acton, Seven …
London Reconnections have kindly dissected the government’s announcement about a new £54 million freight rail line to run alongside London Overground and tried to clarify what it actually means for us passengers. Seems the best message is that, given LO’s propensity to break or need …
Harry Potter may have completed his seven years at school, but younger wizardlings are in for several years of service disruption on the Hogwart’s Express. Platform 9 and 3/4 will be shifted later this year to allow construction work on the West side of King’s …
Just a heads up that National Express East Anglia services are still disrupted and running a reduced service into Liverpool Street station due to overhead power cables which collapsed onto the line on Monday evening. Ironically, £150m worth of work on renewing overhead power cables …
Looking back over the last few days, we’ve seen: over-running work on the West Coast Mainline; some East London line scaffolding collapse and cut off Liverpool St; and and drink-related chaos on the tube So it’s good to see some positive transport news, at least …
For those piqued by peak fares and confused by the lugubrious lexicon of British rail tickets, some good news: the entire system is to get a thorough shake-up, with a simplified structure introduced to make it easier for passengers to snag the best fare for …
Transport for London has sucked up yet another aspect of our city’s diverse public transport system today, offering a cool £98 million to acquire Tramlink the company that currently runs South London’s trams. The trams will be run by TfL’s London Rail Directorate and as …
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