Battersea Bridge has reopened today, four months after someone ran a barge into it. At one point it was thought that the bridge would be closed right up until the Spring, but thanks to the “careful planning, hard work and repair techniques of the engineers,” …
About 35 stations have closed due to the tube strike which is due to go on until 6:30 tonight.The worst hit line is the Northern Line. And talking of trains, four companies have each submitted £100m bids to supply trains for the East London Line …
It’s like an old 1950s government propaganda flick… 4.4 km of track, four brand new stations, trains every 7-10 minutes, all delivered on-budget and before the deadline. This is the sort of can-do attitude that makes every one of us proud to be British. Yup, …
Londoners are beginning to get used to the Oyster card. It took some time to digest the idea of “topping up” your little slip of plastic with weekly or monthly travelcards and what the hell Pre-pay is supposed to be, but with not too much …
That’s the new message from Transport for London. Their freshly launched poster campaign aims to increase passenger vigilance, which has noticeably tailed off in the months since July. This campaign emphasises the fact that the public have a part to play by being vigilant, looking …
Take a look at this image. What do you see? Do you see a woman with tampon attached to the side of her head? What do you mean ‘no’? Ok then, so it’s a woman wearing headphones, something that, if you believe this Transport for …
Gloucester Road Tube. Who ever uses it? Hands up. OK, maybe a few students from Imperial and the occasional lost tourist. Well, surprisingly, 13 million souls pour through this station each year. A sizeable and distracted chunk of that number will be folks like Londonist, …
The decision over what to do over tube running times on a weekend has been going on for what seems like an age now. An initial consultation which took place earlier this year received 54,000 responses, with the majority of people deomonstrating a “strong support …
Longtime readers may remember the news from back in February about how our bus drivers were going to be trained like fighter pilots (don’t click the link – it shows how bad our Photoshop skills used to be). Here’s an update. Sort of. Trainee bus …
- £50 million is to be ploughed into trying to cut the number of deaths and injuries on London’s roads. – Ken yesterday launched a new voter registration drive ahead of the council elections due to take place in May next year, “What happens in …
With their tube drivers threatening to strike again and doubts being cast on their Olympic preparedness, Transport for London are really in need of a decent ‘good news story’. And it may be that the canals of London could provide them with one. This week …
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