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Down Street: The Secret History of a Lost London Station

On 29 April 2015 By John Bull In History, Piccadilly line

It was early one autumn evening in 1940, as the Luftwaffe’s bombs fell on London overhead, when Mr G. Cole-Deacon finally got the call. Cole-Deacon, the secretary of the Railway Executive Committee, had half expected …

London 2050 (Part 5): Peak Tube

On 16 April 2015 By Jonathan Roberts In Central line, Circle line, Crossrail, Crossrail 2, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee line, London Assembly, London Underground, Northern line, Piccadilly line, TfL

According to the London 2050 report’s forecasts, the demand for the Underground will rise by 60% in the next thirty five years. That’s a challenging target to address with additional capacity, given the pressures the …

The New Tube For London: The Driverless Train With A Driver

On 15 October 2014 By John Bull In Bakerloo Line, Bombardier, Central line, Kings Cross, London Underground, Northern line, Piccadilly line, Rolling stock, TfL, Waterloo & City

On the 9th October, at Kings Cross, TfL unveiled the latest concept for the New Tube for London (NTfL) – the rolling stock design that will serve the majority of the “Deep Tube” lines, beginning …

London Underground: Off-Peak Practice

On 11 March 2014 By Pedantic of Purley In Bakerloo Line, Central line, Jubilee line, London Underground, Northern line, Piccadilly line, Victoria line

As we covered in our look at Crossrail’s upcoming off-peak service, when talking about frequencies on London Underground (LU) it is an almost inevitable fact that minds concentrate on the peak period services and the …

TfL Confirm Turnham Green Services After Piccadilly Line Upgrade

On 21 January 2014 By John Bull In District line, Piccadilly line

At the beginning of the month, in our article on the future of the Piccadilly Line, Pedantic of Purley indicated that London commuters would almost certainly see Piccadilly Line trains stopping at Turnham Green on …

Automatic for the People: Driverless Trains and the Underground

On 18 January 2014 By Pedantic of Purley In History, London Underground, Piccadilly line, Politics

In our look at the Piccadilly Line upgrade we explained that the line would be upgraded so as to be capable of unattended train operation (UTO) with the exception of the Rayners Lane – Uxbridge …

Upgrading the Piccadilly: Calling Time on Mind the Gap?

On 6 January 2014 By Pedantic of Purley In London Underground, Piccadilly line, Rolling stock

In recent months on London Reconnections we have looked at the future of most of the tube lines, with articles on the Metropolitan Line, the other Sub-Surface Railway (SSR) Lines and the deep tube lines. …

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 …

Roundtable: The TfL Draft Business Plan

On 10 December 2012 By Pedantic of Purley In Borismaster, Buses, Croydon Tramlink, GOBLIN, Jubilee line, Northern line, Piccadilly line, Roads, Rolling stock, TfL, Tramlink, Uncategorized, Waterloo & City

Transport news, like London buses, often seems to come in clumps. With the various recent announcements it would thus be easy to miss that TfL have published their draft Business Plan for the next decade. …

In Pictures: Brompton Road Station

On 5 August 2011 By John Bull In History, London Underground, Piccadilly line

This post arguably needs little introduction. IanVisits (an occasional and always welcome guest author here at LR Towers) and M@ from Londonist were able to visit parts of Brompton Road, one of the Piccadilly Line’s …

When PPP And The Economy Bite: Upgrades Delayed Across the Board

On 6 July 2010 By John Bull In Circle line, District line, Jubilee line, Metropolitan line, Northern line, Piccadilly line, TfL, Tube lines

Mike Brown, London Underground’s new MD gave his first full interview on Friday to the Financial Times. It was an interview that did not contain much in the way of good news for those interested …

PPP Final Report Published

On 11 March 2010 By John Bull In Jubilee line, Mayor's Office, Northern line, Piccadilly line, TfL, Tube lines

[Apologies for the lack of posts last week – business unfortunately intervened – JB] The PPP Arbiter has made his final direction on pricing for the second period of Tube Lines’ PPP contract – the …

The Man Who Painted London Red

On 1 January 2010 By John Bull In Bakerloo Line, History, Northern line, Our Favourites, Piccadilly line

When the architecture of the Underground is discussed, it is nearly always to the work of Charles Holden that comment turns. The reasoning for this, of course, is obvious. In the likes of Gants Hill, …