• Victoria line crowned hottest Tube line in 2023, surpassing Central line (IanVisits) • TfL board celebrates ‘remarkable turnaround’ in finances (On London) • Rome’s Historic, Wacky, and Modern Railways: Video (RMTransit) • Edmonton Valley …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 15 July 2024
• HS2’s Old Oak Common station box excavation complete: Video (HS2 Ltd) • The Second Victoria Line: Video (Jago Hazzard) • London’s Cold War tunnels get final approval to open to the public (IanVisits) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 28 October 2022
• Trains now more popular than planes between London & Edinburgh (IanVisits) • Illuminated River Thames walking tour map (MappingLondon) • Panel on present & ideal future of London’s bus service ft. Pedantic of Purley …
Continue readingNight Tube Part 2: A Hard Day’s Night
Night Tube This is the Night Tube crossing the border, From Zone One to suburban order, Emails for luvvy, texts for more, Facebook to all, including next door. Uphill from Camden, a steady climb, Lots …
Continue readingNo Longer World Class Capacity
For many years TfL have run an investment programme grandly entitled ‘World Class Capacity’. Its worthy aim was to introduce a frequency of trains on the Northern, Jubilee and Victoria that could be considered world …
Continue readingOperation Umbrella: Rebuilding Oxford Circus
As the Victoria line celebrates its 50th birthday, we look at a largely forgotten triumph of transport construction: Operation Umbrella.
Continue readingBeyond Thameslink and Crossrail: A London Transport Update
Accounts of what is happening in the world of transport in London in the past few months have largely been focused on Crossrail and Thameslink. Whilst these two major construction projects (together totalling over £22billion) …
Continue readingThe Ninety Second Railway: Making the Victoria line the Most Frequent Metro in the World
Back in the 1990s, John Self, the general manager of the Victoria line at the time, gave a talk about his vision for its future. From the outset he pulled no punches. It was time, …
Continue readingExploring The Night Tube Part 1: Making the Case
Ask the average commuter how many peaks exist in a week on London transport and, after a bit of thought, they’ll probably tell you ten – five morning inbound and five afternoon return. In truth …
Continue readingMind The (Train) Gap? A Look at the World Class Capacity Upgrades
Some TfL panels are always worth keeping an eye on for unexpected developments, and the most recently announced Rail and Underground Panel meeting set antennae twitching at LR Towers with notable indications that something significant …
Continue readingBlue Monday: Why the Victoria Line to Walthamstow is Closed
“Once again,” the BBC correspondent says wryly to camera, “They – with a capital T – are sorry that we have been troubled. But for once, can the inconvenience have been worthwhile?” “The Tube is …
Continue readingEast of Enfield, North of Stratford
At the end of the month London Overground will take over more of north-east London’s railways. It seems timely, therefore, to take a look at the history of the railways in the area. For though …
Continue readingLondon Underground: Off-Peak Practice
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 …
Continue readingSection of Victoria Line Closed Due to Concrete Ingress
As has been reported on Twitter and elsewhere, the Victoria Line is currently suffering delays due to concrete damage in a signal control room at Victoria. Whilst we cannot confirm these apparent photos of the …
Continue readingRIP the Tube Improvement Plan, Long Live New Tube for London
As the new year looms, it seems an appropriate time to look at where, in upgrade terms, the Tube goes next. We will shortly look at the upgrading of the Sub-surface Railway and how the …
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