Arrest Follows South London Tram Incident
‘We will not tolerate racism in any form on the rail network,’ say transport police.
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Ken Livingstone Talks Up Tram Plan
Former (and perhaps future) mayor wants to connect parts of north London with a new tram network.
Monday Miscellanea
Today is the 36th anniversary of a tragic incident on the tube.
Handmade Models Of London Tube Stations
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 …
Monday Miscellanea
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 …
In Pictures: “Chord” At Kingsway Tram Tunnel
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 …
Monday Miscellanea
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 …
Extra, Extra
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 …
Tramsport for London
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 …
Monday Miscellanea
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 …
