The big freeze continues. With little snow fall overnight, transport should make more handsome progress today. As trains and tubes start running again, here’s the latest travel information: Tube/DLR: Most lines report a ‘good service’ as of 5.45am. The sole exception is the Bakerloo, which …
Image by kind permission of Tim*A When the first giddy rush of all that snow had subsided, and we were back inside warming our toes after all the frolicking, we sat down to play the game of London Snow Madness. You know the one: spotting …
Remember a couple of weeks ago, when we reported South West Trains were being spoilsports and not allowing Oyster customers to use PAYG? Weeeeell… TfL “sources” claim SWT have decided to join the party. With too many other things to concentrate on (like battling the …
All I wanna do is get off… Dodgy power lines are one thing, but who would credit that GPS problems could stymie a rail service? That’s what happened on a Southern Railways train through East Croydon recently. A defective satnav prevented the train from stopping …
Jude Law’s local commuter train. Or should that be exorcised? The disused mainline station at Primrose Hill has now been demolished, to the chagrin of local residents who wanted to see it recalled to life and weaved into the Overground network. The little-known stop opened …
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 …
Wanna take a sneak peek into the future? Those transport obsessives over at London Reconnections have posted some concept pictures of a few Crossrail stations. As noted, there is a generic Jubilee line extension feel to most of them, with lots of glass and exposed …
Inspired by the future shape of Canary Wharf’s Crossrail station and excited that the long and complicated process of cracking on with the building project is finally creaking into action, it was reassuring yesterday to see corporate airport beast BAA stump up £230 million towards …
A report on London travel blog London Reconnections reveals that plans to re-open Maiden Lane station, which closed over 90 years ago, are in a preliminary stage. Sitting snugly between Camden Road and Caledonian Road & Barnsbury on the North London branch of London Overground, …
At the weekend, we gave you a heads up about furore over a controversial frieze commissioned by London and Continental Railways to adorn the base of the gargantuan “Meeting Place” statue, upstairs at St Pancras International. Designs unveiled at the station on Friday and much …
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