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A Game Of Zones: Sir Peter Hendy to Leave TfL

On 25 June 2015 By John Bull In Focus, Long reads, TfL

To begin with, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin’s statement on Network Rail in front of Parliament this morning contained no surprises – at least not to those familiar with the works delays and escalating project costs …

Orange Invades: All Change for London’s New Overground Lines

On 1 June 2015 By Nicole Badstuber In Overground, TfL

This weekend saw the addition of 28 new stations to TfL’s hugely successful Overground network. Rail services running from Liverpool Street to Enfield Town, Cheshunt and Chingford in North East London, as well as the …

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 …

Mind the Branding Gap: First Crossrail Services to Launch as TfL Rail

On 16 November 2014 By John Bull In Crossrail, TfL

Back in July, MTR were awarded the contract to run all Crossrail services. It would be easy to assume that this translates to services starting in 2018, when the central tunnel section is due to …

Fares 2015 and the Continuing Social Evolution

On 13 November 2014 By Pedantic of Purley In Mayor's Transport Strategy, Oyster, Politics, TfL

Summarising the annual fares announcements has become something of an LR tradition. It is rare, however, that they carry the level of changes to TfL’s fare structure seen in the announcement of the latest fare …

Breaking Down the 2015 TfL Fares Increase

On 11 November 2014 By The Walthamstow Writer In London Overground, London Underground, National Rail, TfL, Tramlink

After a slightly longer wait than is typical, this morning the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, announced the fares levels that will apply to TfL services and National Rail services within the TfL zonal area …

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 …

Consultations Cubed: The Overground (And More) at Old Oak Common

On 22 September 2014 By Lemmo In London Overground, Network Rail, Old Oak Common, Overground, TfL

On 22nd September TfL launched a new consultation on the possibility of adding one or more stations to the London Overground in west London at Old Oak Common. With at least two other OOC rail …

London 2050: A Cartographical Interlude

On 9 September 2014 By John Bull In London Assembly, Mayor's Transport Strategy, TfL

As many readers will be aware, over recent weeks we have been taking an in-depth look at London 2050. Published in July by the Mayor and directed by Isabel Dedring and many GLA staff, TfL …

London 2050 (Part 1): The Trillion Pound Time Warp

On 3 August 2014 By Jonathan Roberts In Boris Johnson, Construction projects, London Assembly, Mayor's Office, TfL

In both science and science fiction, time warps are where there is a multi-dimensional fold in the space-time continuum which allow the traveller to pass from one space-time environment to another, as easily as stepping off an escalator at Kings Cross. The London Infrastructure Plan 2050 (‘London 2050’), published in July by the Mayor and directed by Isabel Dedring and many GLA staff, TfL and other colleagues, is an attempt to provide the London of today with a blueprint for such a transition to the London of tomorrow.

Purple Reign – How Crossrail Will Be Run

On 10 July 2014 By John Bull In Crossrail, DfT, TfL

There was a time when your humble Editor worked in the Civil Service. From this period of personal history two clear memories stick out. Firstly that there was once a genuine publication titled Guidance on …

Orange Blossoms: Romford – Upminster and New Trains for the Overground

On 10 April 2014 By John Bull In Overground, TfL

Back in September 2013, following on from the announcement that TfL would take over the West Anglia Franchise, we announced that TfL had also agreed to take on the Romford – Upminster Line as part …

Suburban Commandos: Transport and London 2050

On 6 April 2014 By Jonathan Roberts In Board meetings, Construction projects, DfT, London Assembly, London Overground, London Underground, Mayor's Office, Mayor's Transport Strategy, Rail devolution, TfL

Londoners with a particular interest in politics and planning may have noticed a new phrase appear in the lexicon of both in recent months – London 2050. In this article we take a closer look at precisely what that phrase means, and how thinking is shaping up so far. For when it comes to transport infrastructure 2050 is far closer than one might think.

A Window Into Crossrail From the National Audit Office

On 24 January 2014 By John Bull In Crossrail, DfT, TfL

As a public project with Department for Transport ownership (albeit in this case jointly with TfL), Crossrail is subject to a number of elements of public project governance. One of the most interesting of these …

The Need for Flexibility and the Dangers of Demand: The Future of London’s Buses (Part 2)

On 6 December 2013 By The Walthamstow Writer In Buses, London Assembly, TfL

In Part 1 of this series we looked at the recent history and circumstance that have left London with the bus network it has today. Now we can properly begin to look at how it …