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 …
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Report Number 1: Over and Under, Operations at Oxford Circus (1964)
Halcrow have had a long association with London’s Transport infrastructure, and as Annie Mole over at Going Underground has highlighted, they now have an interesting glimpse into the Victoria Line’s past on their website. This …
Continue readingWest Ham with a side order of Pstead
West Ham, the East London interchange between C2C, the District, Hammersmith and City (or should that now be: and Barking),Jubilee lines and imminently opening DLR from Beckton, is one of the three recommended stations for …
Continue reading55 Broadway’s Future Under Review
The continued occupancy by London Underground of 55 Broadway, its iconic headquarters, is currently under review. The Grade 1 listed building, which includes St James Park station, is widely regarded as one of Britain’s finest …
Continue readingNorth By North West Ruislip
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 …
Continue reading150 Years Of The Metropolitan Line: Exploring the Possibility of Steam
2013 will see London Underground reach a noteworthy landmark – it will mark 150 years since the Metropolitan Railway, the core of the modern Metropolitan line, opened on 10 January 1863. Given the significance of …
Continue readingA Look at What’s Happening at Tottenham Court Road
At first glance, it would be easy to assume that the photo above had come from one of Britain’s remaining mines. Indeed were it not for the presence of the ubiquitous orange jacket, it would …
Continue readingDistrict Line Services To Kensington Olympia Reduced From December
TfL have announced that they intend to drop general weekday District services to Olympia from the December timetable change onwards. Although full details are not yet available, it appears that the intention is to limit …
Continue readingIn Pictures: A Vision of the Underground’s Future
Back in July 2004 TfL released a “2016 Tube Map.” This was intended to give a potential vision of how both TfL and then Mayor Ken Livingstone felt the network may look by that time. …
Continue readingNew Bus For London and an LTM Events Roundup
Just a quick note to let interested parties know that the New Bus For London Mockup (pictures previously here and below) has now been moved to the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden. Although access …
Continue reading55 Broadway gets Grade 1 Listed Status
The DCMS have confirmed that 55 Broadway, the Headquarters of London Underground and for a long time London’s tallest building, has been granted Grade 1 Listed status. Grade 1 effectively marks the building, completed in …
Continue readingTfL November Board Meeting: Overview and the Underground
Apologies to all our readers for any delay to our service and the inconvenience this may have caused. I have recently had to take a break from writing which meant that I was not able …
Continue readingQuango cuts and Crossrail and Thameslink Rumours
With the 20th of October fast approaching, rumours have begun to surface as to the likely ways in which Transport spending will be affected by the coming budget cuts. Already, some things have become clear. …
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 …
Continue readingIn A Nutshell: The Ticket Office Debate
Wednesday morning saw a rather unusual scene unfold at City Hall. The London Assembly Plenary had barely started when, en masse, the Conservative Assembly Members present walked out, leaving the meeting inquorate and thus having …
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