Day Six of the great cat-ash-trophe (has anyone thought of a catchier name yet?) and a few flights are resuming amid uncertainty. At first, it seemed that our tropospheric guest would mostly affect stranded travellers and people employed in the travel industries. As the days …
A giant cloud of volcanic ash still lingers over the UK, with all airports remaining closed to flights until 01:00 BST on Saturday. National and international train services are under pressure to cope with demand. Severe delays are expected even after the dust settles, as …
Pretend that tree is an ash and you have a serviceable reconstruction. It’s a sentence we never thought we’d write: many flights out of London are cancelled due to fire and brimstone. More accurately, a volcanic ash cloud from an Icelandic eruption is working its …
This spring, the route formerly known as the East London line will make a bold return, now co-opted into the orange livery of London Overground, and extending past its original, curtailed route to the giddy northern heights of Dalston and the southern climes of Croydon. …
A large fire is currently preventing Southeastern and FirstCapitalConnect trains from entering or leaving London Bridge. The blaze is beneath railway arches and is believed to involve gas cylinders. Twitterers report major disruption at Waterloo East and Waterloo as a result. Updates to follow. Update …
A Eurostar train running from Paris to London broke down last night at around 10pm near Ashford. The company said the locomotive had suffered a “major technical failure” (presumably one more complex than the frozen air intakes that knocked out most services in December). Fortunately …
Just days after it was savaged by the local council, Conservative leader David Cameron has effectively ended Boris Johnson’s plans for an airport in the Thames estuary by categorically stating that any such plan is not one of his party’s priorities. In what amounts to …
Image / M@ London Tube commuters can look forward to a tepid goulash of misery following a ballot for strike action by the RMT union. Around 750 maintenance staff yesterday voted 12-1 in favour of downing tools, this time over shift rosters and outsourcing policies …
Crystal Palace bus station in the snow, last night, by Jan Bode in the Londonist Flickr pool. So how many times are we going to see the headline ‘Snow causes travel chaos’ today, then? Here’s a 7am update on how the niveous conditions are affecting …
By Mix Master B Those of us without an iPhone (other mobile internet devices are, apparently, available) might want to take note of the new number for TFL transport information. Gone is the good old ’020 7′ number and in its place a revenue generating …
Based on previous experience with sub-zero conditions, you might expect London’s transport network to be struggling. Yet reports suggest that most services are doing just fine, and are no more delayed than normal. Road transport is perhaps in most jeopardy, as the continued freeze causes …
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