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This morning the Circle line did what most of us wished we’d done and had another long lie-in: the entire route was shut down because of what TfL described as a “computer failure” at Aldgate station. The failure also knocked out the Hammersmith & City …

Transport for London’s much anticipated cycle hire scheme will launch in four months time, on 30 July, it was announced today. Sort of. We’ve yet to track down a press release, or official statement, and TfL have not responded to enquiries. But, nevertheless, several credible …

Photo from the Facebook group All too often, Facebook petitions are just badly spelled lynch-mobs-in-waiting or ‘for lulz’ irritants that clog up your newsfeed, so we were cheered to see one that made us laugh – and that maybe has a good idea behind it. …

News has emerged of a baby boy starved to death in North London. Alistair ain’t no Darling for

Image / zefrog The Doomsday clock that ticks down to the next Tube strike tocked a little closer to midnight yesterday, as the RMT said it would press ahead with a ballot of members should London Underground not abandon plans to cut 800 jobs, including …

by secretlondon123 London’s cycle hire scheme is due to get rolling this summer. We know about the blue bike’s ears and how your ride will be priced. We even had an inkling of where we’d be able to pick up our Borocycle. Now someone’s taken …

Caroline Pidgeon used yesterday’s Mayoral Question Time to remind Boris of his manifesto pledge to keep the tube running an hour later on Fridays and Saturdays (an opening salvo, no doubt, in the centre-left Assembly parties’ bid to point out all the election promises yet …

A document detailing exactly where TfL proposes to cut ticket office hours has been leaked to some prominent bloggers. TfL are planning to cut 800 jobs and reduce opening hours, but promised no station would be left without a working ticket office. That pledge, however, …

Photo / Andy Wilkes TfL are threatening to take legal action against PPP arbiter Chris Bolt, after he ruled that maintenance firm Tube Lines could charge up to £4.4 billion for upgrade work over the coming seven years, a full £400 million more than TfL …

As SE1 reported a very nasty collision between a lorry and a cyclist near London Bridge, the Mayor was launching a new initiative to improve cycling safety. Encouraging uptake of cycle training is one aspect, but there’s also a new campaign to raise awareness of …