With just two weeks to go until the start of the Olympics, London’s transport system is gearing up for what could be one of its most challenging six weeks: ferrying an extra one million passengers …
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In Pictures: Tottenham Court Road Reopens
For almost eight months now, for travellers on the Northern Line’s Charing Cross branch, the next station from Goodge Street has been Leicester Square and from Leicester Square, Goodge Street. Today the Northern line platforms …
Continue readingNorthern line weekend closures September 2011 – January 2012
The Northern line upgrade is at full pace now, with Automatic Train Operation (ATO) due for late 2012/early 2013. ATO is also in place on the Central, Jubilee and Victoria lines. Starting over two years …
Continue readingAn Olympic Transport Round Up
With just under a year to go to the Olympics, various transport projects in preparation for the Games are either already finished or are in advanced stages. There are three Olympic Zones in London: Olympic …
Continue readingMilestones Reached on the Jubilee and Victoria Lines
The Jubilee line upgrade is now essentially complete, after nearly six years of constant weekend closures. Although there is one more scheduled weekend closure on 4/5 September between West Hampstead and Stanmore to finish off …
Continue readingCircle and District lines 4 Week Closure Begins
The Circle and District lines will be closed between High Street Kensington and Edgware Road from today for four weeks, reopening on Wednesday 24th August. This encompasses one of the oldest sections of the London …
Continue readingA Return to "London" Southend
Regular readers would remember an earlier post about “London” Southend Airport’s redevelopment, which can be seen here. Given the role that the region’s airports play (and will continue to play) in London’s transport infrastructure, it …
Continue readingA Quick S-Stock Roundup
Regular Metropolitan line customers will have by now likely at least seen (if not travelled on) one of the new S Stock trains. The first of these new trains, classed as S8 (denoting the number …
Continue readingLondon Overground – News, Closures and Works
London Overground is pressing on with its £326 million upgrade under full power, with the promised better services due to be implemented on 22nd May 2011. As many will know, new timetables came into affect …
Continue readingChesham Through Services
As of this week, there is now a through service all day to and from Chesham into central London. Previously, most passengers had to change trains at Chalfont & Latimer. This is the result of …
Continue reading3-Car DLR services start on Stratford – Lewisham
The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) capacity enhancement project is making extremely good progress, with three-car trains in starting operation yesterday (Tuesday 30th November, 2010) on the Stratford – Lewisham route. This increases capacity by 50% …
Continue readingRolling Stock Comings and Goings
A lot of trains are either starting their “life” in London or ending it at the moment, so below is a quick summary of major comings and goings. Metropolitan line Incoming stock: S8 StockOutgoing stock: …
Continue readingLondon Southend: The forgotten "London" Airport
With Airtrack and other schemes focusing attention on the United Kingdom’s largest and busiest airports, it is easier to miss activity at the one of the country’s lesser know airports: Southend Airport in South East …
Continue readingOpenings At Stratford
[The photo of above gives an impressive view of all the new railway infrastructure at Stratford – from Bow Midland Road construction yard and DLR Pudding Mill Lane in the south, to the missing Hall …
Continue readingIn Pictures: A Rolling Stock Round-Up
Recent weeks have seen both the S-Stock and 172s debut on Underground and Overground. Below is a brief photographic look at both.S-Stock The first of the new S Stock trains is now in service, running …
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