Mapped: The grimiest parts of London’s Tube network September 9, 2016 Ever resisted holding on to handrails on the Tube because of the prospect of germs, even if it means you find yourself stumbling around every time the train judders? You might be on to something: new analysis has revealed London’s germiest Tube lines – and the Northern Line takes top spot with almost three times [...]
Transport for London hits out at government for failing to share air quality information relating to Heathrow expansion December 8, 2016 Transport for London (TfL) has criticised the government for failing to share key information on Heathrow expansion. Speaking at a London Assembly Transport Committee meeting on Thursday, Alex Williams, acting managing director of planning at TfL, said: "There is an ongoing issue that pre any legal challenge, we have asked for a regular series of [...]
Here are all the rail and station closures in London over Christmas October 31, 2016 Brace yourselves, commuters. There have been many headlines about incoming Christmas travel chaos, and now Network Rail has announced major station closures as an extensive programme of rail improvements goes ahead, it looks like there'll be a few more yet… Read more: Could Network Rail have to go cap in hand to the government? Rail [...]
London Bridge station roof “blows off” causing travel chaos thanks to storm Imogen – Southeastern, Southern and Thameslink trains at Charing Cross, Waterloo East and Cannon Street disrupted February 8, 2016 Storm Imogen has caused travel chaos at several central London stations after the high winds caused part of the roof of London Bridge station to come loose. Trains between Charing Cross and London Bridge were closed after part of the roof became loose just before peak rush hour. The line has now reopened, however, commuters have been left facing severe [...]
Focus On Camberwell: The area’s cool neighbours and artistic connections make up for the lack of Tube September 29, 2016 Gentrification is taken to be a fairly modern concept; the word conjures up images of property developers covertly following artists home to scout out the area for substantial profit. In fact, the Victorians have been at it ever since the first railways began connecting previously far-flung districts to the capital and Camberwell was one of [...]
Fire on the tracks at Vauxhall Station is causing travel chaos still causing disruption – and it’s going to last for the rest of the day May 5, 2016 A fire on one of London's busiest commuter routes, which caused major disruption during morning rush hour today, is expected to continue to play havoc with people's commute well into the evening. Passengers were being warned that journeys would be cancelled, delayed by up to 90 minutes or revised as a result of the fire at Vauxhall [...]
London travel chaos: Rail services disrupted during rush hour at Paddington after train derails leaving reduced service between Reading and London June 17, 2016 Disruption to train services in and out of Paddington Station is expected to continue during evening rush hour today, after a train derailed last night. A non-passenger train derailed and caused damage to signalling and overhead wires last night, according to Great Western Railway (GRW). The station issued a picture of the damage in a [...]
London Poppy Day 2015: Thousands of military personnel hitting London’s streets to raise money ahead of Remembrance Sunday October 29, 2015 Seen a few men in uniform on your way into work this morning? That's because thousands of military men and women are taking to London's streets to try and raise more than £1m in one day. Personnel from the Royal Navy, Army and RAF, as well as their supporters, are heading to 49 Tube and [...]
Tube map shows most unaffordable areas to rent in London April 9, 2016 Everybody knows that renting in London is really, really expensive. But which areas require city-dwellers to cough up the most cash? The answer is most places, according to a tube map drawn up by housing charity Shelter which lumps areas into three categories – "unaffordable", "difficult to afford," and affordable." So it will come as no surprise [...]
Waterloo & City line shut after empty train derails April 1, 2016 City commuters were faced with a headache on Friday morning as Transport for London was forced to shut the Waterloo & City line after an empty train was derailed. The incident happened before 7am this morning but was still affecting services more than an hour later. https://twitter.com/wlooandcityline/status/715772262453010432 There was no word on when the service would [...]