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Friday Reads – 24 January 2020

On 24 January 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Accessibility, Friday Reads, Maps, Trams/Streetcars/LRT, Waterloo & City

• Part time step-free access on Waterloo & City line (StepFreeLondon) • 1947 Map of London trolleybus and tram-routes (MappingLondon) • Making public transit fairer to women requires data (Wired) • Parisian transport developments planned …

Upgrading the Piccadilly

On 9 May 2018 By John Bull In Bakerloo Line, Central line, Piccadilly line, Waterloo & City

We last looked in detail at the state of the Piccadilly line upgrades in January, when we revealed that TfL planned to leaseback the Crossrail fleet to pay for new rolling stock. This month sees …

SSR Signalling And The New Tube For London

On 21 March 2016 By Pedantic of Purley In Bakerloo Line, Central line, London Underground, Piccadilly line, Waterloo & City

We have looked at the New Tube for London (NTfL) before but, with very little officially announced, it has been hard to pin down the details. Thanks to the a presentation to the Rail and …

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 …

RIP the Tube Improvement Plan, Long Live New Tube for London

On 30 December 2013 By Pedantic of Purley In Bakerloo Line, Central line, Jubilee line, London Underground, Northern line, Rolling stock, Victoria line, Waterloo & City

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 …

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 …

The new Walbrook entrance at Bank

On 28 October 2013 By Pedantic of Purley In Construction projects, London Underground, Waterloo & City

Recently there was an exhibition about the updated proposals to greatly enhance Bank station capacity, a scheme that should be completed in 2021 if all goes according to plan. As a result of those proposals, …

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 Video: the Waterloo & City 1940 Stock

On 20 January 2012 By John Bull In History, Rolling stock, Waterloo & City

For those who have yet to encounter it, the SouthernRailwayFilms channel on Youtube has a veritable treasure-trove of videos related to the history of the old Southern Railway Company. The Waterloo & City line was, …