The following is a public service announcement from London Reconnections: During the pandemic London Reconnections …
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The following is a public service announcement from London Reconnections: During the pandemic London Reconnections …
Continue readingOur thanks to Flickrist Steve White 2008 for this picture of a street cleaner/sprayer in Paris. An earlier variant of the plans announced below based on water. George Barrow
Continue readingThe DfT have announced that they have concluded a deal with SWT that will see the operator sell Oyster services from May 2011. The money to furnish the necessary changes will come from the funds …
Continue readingWrightbus’ “New Bus for London” mockup has been delivered to the Tranport Museum’s Acton depot. The model is intended to allow stakeholder feedback to be captured and the design tweaked, with the first working prototype …
Continue readingPublic attention and debate has largely shifted south these days with regards to construction on the ELL. There, all tenders have now been received for the ELLX2 work, with a decision on who the work …
Continue readingWith details of Thameslink’s fate allegedly due to manifest this week, it seems a good time to take a trip south of the river and take a look at how the work on the viaduct …
Continue readingThis week will bring the TfL Board Meeting, which often leads to a number of interesting documents (and their appendices) becoming available on the TfL website. This month, amongst those appendices, is the letter from …
Continue readingWe have updated our version of the current list of valid Out of Station Interchanges (OSI). It is now current, as of October 2010. This can be found here. Thanks to Mike for the spot. …
Continue readingTfL have submitted an application for Planning Permission in relation to a cross-Thames Cable Car. The application, which can be found on the Newham Borough Council website, provides some provisional details of the scheme: Erection …
Continue readingWith Crossrail having escaped the Spending Review intact, progress continues on the project. This is particularly noticable in the West End, and further details of the work there will now start to come to light, …
Continue readingBelow is a short summary of events that may be of interest to readers this month. Vintage Cars on display on Regents Street Sat 6th Nov 11am-3pm The day before the famous London to Brighton …
Continue readingAll has been (unsurprisingly) quiet on the Croxley front since the then newly appointed Coalition Government first announced its Spending Review. The scheme, which would see the Metropolitan Line extended to Watford Junction via Croxley, …
Continue readingTransport firm Go Ahead released a trading statement today in which they confirmed that current CEO Keith Ludeman will retire next July and be replaced by David Brown – TfL’s current Head of Surface Transport. …
Continue readingA lot of trains are either starting their “life” in London or ending it at the moment, so below is a quick summary of major comings and goings. Metropolitan line Incoming stock: S8 StockOutgoing stock: …
Continue readingSetting our future direction – Outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review I am writing to brief you on the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), which was announced by the Chancellor in Parliament this …
Continue readingToday has been a busy day at Whitehall, City Hall and the offices of TfL. It seems best to skip the formalities and head straight to the meat. The full report can be downloaded here …
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