The Rosarium is Waterloo’s newest restaurant July 26, 2023 Waterloo Station isn’t typically somewhere you’d think to go for dinner, but a new restaurant just opened in the bowels of the station is rethinking the terminus in culinary terms. Go down the stairs opposite the sweeping main entrance past where the Eurostar used to be and a couple of hundred metres underneath the platforms [...]
Five mayors preparing legal action against 1,000 rail ticket office closures – but Sadiq Khan not asked July 18, 2023 Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham and four other mayors are preparing to take legal action against train operators in an effort to stop the closure of just under 1,000 ticket offices. Industry body Rail Delivery Group drew up plans to close the offices across the country and will move onto station concourses to assist passengers [...]
Rail strikes this weekend: All you need to know – how will London be affected? May 12, 2023 Train services are being hit by more strike action this weekend, with London set to be hit by industrial action on routes to major airports and transport hubs. Members of Aslef and the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at train operators will walk out in long-running disputes on Friday and Saturday respectively. Further strikes [...]
Coronation weekend: How to get around London, what roads are closed and are buses and trains working? May 5, 2023 Londoners have been warned the Coronation weekend will lead to numerous road closures in central London, with services likely to be “very busy”. Transport for London confirmed there are “no planned closures” of the London Underground network, but warned during the day on Saturday particularly at key interchanges it will be considerably busier than usual. [...]
WATCH: RNLI’s Tower lifeboats called out from new London station for the first time May 4, 2023 London’s busiest lifeboat rescue crew sprung into action from its new Waterloo Bridge home for the first time this week. The Tower team of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) launched from its newly-created multimillion pound station , after the dilapidated old one was towed away in January. Its previous station, which had parts of [...]
London Waterloo: Century-old roof to go glass at capital’s busiest station in two year refurb project April 20, 2023 The century-old roof of the UK’s busiest railway station is being renovated to create a brighter environment for passengers. Network Rail said it has started a two-year project to refurbish London Waterloo’s roof, which was built in 1922. Around 10,000 new glazed panels will be installed across 12,000 square metres of roof – an area nearly twice [...]
Transport for London warns of huge crowds on Coronation weekend – and here’s what they’re doing about it April 18, 2023 Service providers such as Transport for London which operates the tube and bus network in the Capital have warned of huge central London crowds between 6 and 8 May over the bank holiday weekend. Extra train services are being laid on for the King’s coronation weekend, but the transport operation will not match the scale [...]
London Underground hit by delays with lines disrupted by signal problems, faulty trains and even a fire April 14, 2023 London Underground was crippled by delays this morning with almost all lines affected by some kind of disruption due to signal failures and even a fire. There are currently severe delays on the Metropolitan Line, Circle Line and Hammersmith and City Line due to a faulty train at Baker Street. Anyone trying to get into [...]
Waterloo Station: Commuters should expect ‘severe disruption’ on way home after signal failures cause havoc April 13, 2023 A ‘major’ signalling fault has caused severe train delays at the station today, which look set to continue until throughout the afternoon. Trouble began at 3am this morning, as the main power supply to the signaling system on platforms 1 to 4 failed. Angry London commuters were told by Network Rail, “do not travel to [...]
‘Do not travel to Waterloo today,’ rail network tells commuters after signalling debacle April 13, 2023 Waterloo station is all but closed this morning due to a signalling error. South Western Railways, the commuter rail network which operates services in and out of the station, has this morning urged passengers not to travel to the station. Only a limited service will run and the network has issued a “do not travel” [...]