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Big Changes Gonna Come (Part 2): A New Approach to Ticket Sales

On 25 November 2013 By John Bull In Bakerloo Line, Boris Johnson, Central line, Circle line, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee line, London Underground, Metropolitan line, Northern line, Piccadilly line, Politics, Victoria line, Waterloo & City

In Part 1 of “Big Changes” we took a look at London Underground’s proposed plan for running nocturnal Tube services. Here in Part 2 we now turn to the other major change to the Underground …

Big Changes Gonna Come (Part 1): The Night Tube

On 25 November 2013 By John Bull In Boris Johnson, Central line, Circle line, District line, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee line, London Underground, Metropolitan line, Northern line, Piccadilly line

Last Thursday at Piccadilly Circus, in front of a small crowd of journalists and television cameras, Mayor of London Boris Johnson and Mike Brown, MD of London Underground, pulled the covers off of a new …

Stretching the Line: Why We Do (and Don’t) Extend Tube Lines

On 15 September 2011 By Pedantic of Purley In Bakerloo Line, Battersea Extension, Camberwell extension, Central line, Crossrail, Jubilee line, London Underground, Northern line

With Crossrail under construction and extensions to both the Bakerloo and Northern Line being mooted, it seems a pertinent time to provide a brief reminder into some of the whys and wherefores for those less …

North By North West Ruislip

On 20 June 2011 By Mwmbwls In Central line, London Underground, Metropolitan line

Dan Coombs, writing in the “Uxbridge Gazette” reports the aspirations of Hillingdon Council to extend the Central Line from West Ruislip to join the Metropolitan Line to Uxbridge between Ruislip and Ickenham. HILLINGDON Council is …

In Pictures: Stratford’s New Ticket Hall and the DLR

On 14 February 2011 By John Bull In Central line, Construction projects, DLR, Stratford International

There are a number of pre-Olympic projects nearing completion at Stratford, the first of which is the new Ticket Hall on the mezzanine. This is now virtually finished, but is unlikely to open until the …

Line Problems and TCR Announcements

On 8 February 2011 By John Bull In Central line, Crossrail, Jubilee line, Northern line

Seemingly proof that Sod’s Law is still a force to be reckoned with in the Capital, TfL’s announcement that the Jubilee Line upgrades were proceeding well has been followed by several days of serious disruption …

In Video: A Central Line Rail Treatment Train

On 6 December 2010 By John Bull In Central line, Rolling stock

A number of 1962-stock units were retained as Rail Treatment Trains on the Central Line after the fleet was withdrawn from service. The video below shows one out-and-about at Theydon Bois yesterday. The originally silver …

Deal to Enable Mobile Phones on Jubilee and Central Lines Reportedly Near

On 26 November 2010 By John Bull In Central line, Jubilee line, TfL

Cellular News are reporting that TfL are nearing an agreement with all four major mobile phone networks to bring mobile coverage to certain areas of the Underground. Reportedly, the deal would see phone coverage brought …

Openings At Stratford

On 29 September 2010 By George Moore In Central line, Construction projects, Olympics, Stratford International

[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 …

In Pictures: The Old Lift Passage at Notting Hill Gate

On 11 June 2010 By John Bull In Central line, Circle line, District line, History, In Pictures, Vertical transport

The lifts were removed from Notting Hill Gate station when it was redeveloped at the end of the 1950s. The old passage to the lifts themselves, however, still exists (although it is now not accessible …

TfL Board Commissioner’s Report: Improving the Underground

On 29 March 2010 By Mwmbwls In Central line, Circle line, District line, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee line, London Underground, Metropolitan line, Northern line, Tube lines, Victoria line

[Below are the noteworthy extractions from the Commissioner’s Report – MWM] Visit by H.M. the Queen On 24 February, Richard Parry, Managing Director of London Underground (LU) hosted a visit by Her Majesty the Queen …