trams

‘We will not tolerate racism in any form on the rail network,’ say transport police.

Former (and perhaps future) mayor wants to connect parts of north London with a new tram network.

Today is the 36th anniversary of a tragic incident on the tube.

John Howe is a model enthusiast who builds realistic card models of Tube stations, bus depots, art deco shops and other London locations. He’s accrued a mighty collection of miniature transport sites, which can be viewed on Flickr. The kits are available for purchase through …

Londonist’s numbers in pictures… 6 breakdowns on Eurostar by our count, the most recent a flashback to the December chaos 12.50 GBP to see the Henry Moore sculptures at Tate Britain – or £0.00 to enjoy them around London on our mapped Moore 2,000 GBP …

Beneath the streets of Holborn, something is growing in the Kingsway tram tunnel. The usually padlocked doors at the tunnel’s Southampton Row entrance, which last saw tram traffic when a young Queen Elizabeth II had been on the throne for just a few months, have …

The old London Stock Exchange Tower by BB98uk via Wikimedia Commons. This Week In London’s History Monday – 23rd March 1861: London’s first tramway is opened, running about a mile along Bayswater Road between Marble Arch and Notting Hill. The horse-drawn trams, introduced by the …

Mayor urged to endorse cross-river tram plan. St Pancras to Peckham? Sorted Stop-and-search policy criticised by ex-head of the Met’s homicide prevention unit Top cop in charge of 2012 Olympics security claims he’s being racially discriminated against Ramsay rumbled: there’s a new top restaurant in …

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 …

This Week In London’s History Monday – 3rd March 1982: The Barbican Centre is opened by the Queen. After 15 years of construction, at a cost of £161 million, the centre would become the largest performing arts centre in Europe (as well as being voted …