London Reconnections

Narrowing the Options and Raising the Cash: The Battersea Northern Line Extension Moves Forward

On 9 May 2011 By John Bull In Battersea Extension, Crossrail, Northern line, TfL

Writing about public consultations on the proposed Northern Line extension to Battersea seems to be developing into somewhat of a May tradition. In May last year, TfL and Battersea Site owners Treasury Holdings undertook a …

The Borough Bridge Move

On 8 May 2011 By John Bull In London Bridge, Network Rail

Last weekend saw a major act of engineering undertaken south of the river – the moving into place of the bridge over Borough High Street which forms part of the track improvements taking place outside …

Extending the DLR

On 2 May 2011 By Pedantic of Purley In Construction projects, DLR, DLR Horizon 2020

The last time we addressed this subject was in reference to the speculative DLR Horizon 2020 report. Now, however, TfL have – without any accompanying publicity – put up a new map of potential DLR …

Where Things Stand With the London Cable Car

On 28 April 2011 By John Bull In Cable Car, TfL

Recent weeks have seen TfL’s plans for a cable car across the Thames return to the news. The London Cable Car has so far had an interesting gestation and one that has attracted its fair …

Bombardier Selected as Prefered Bidder for Sub-Surface Signalling

On 12 April 2011 By John Bull In Circle line, District line, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan line

TfL have confirmed that the contract to provide new signalling for the Sub-Surface Lines (District, Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith and City) will be awarded to Bombardier after the completion of the statutory standstill period following …

Heathrow Shelves Airtrack Plan

On 12 April 2011 By John Bull In Airtrack

The request for a Transport and General Works Order relating to the Heathrow Airtrack Scheme has been withdrawn. BAA have indicated that the inability to solve the problem of increased delays at Level Crossings along …

What If: Crossrail 1980

On 5 April 2011 By John Bull In Crossrail, History

The link across London would provide through trains, cut-out inconvenient interchanges between train and underground or taxi, and thus save valuable time. It would help commuters from the outer suburbs of London and Inter-City travellers …

A Look at What’s Happening at Tottenham Court Road

On 2 April 2011 By John Bull In Construction projects, London Underground, Tottenham Court Road

At first glance, it would be easy to assume that the photo above had come from one of Britain’s remaining mines. Indeed were it not for the presence of the ubiquitous orange jacket, it would …

Countdown Locations

On 30 March 2011 By John Bull In Buses, TfL

For Bus users that haven’t spotted it yet, you can find details of all the proposed Countdown locations on the TfL website. Accurate as of February, there’s both a map and a list available, giving …

District Line Services To Kensington Olympia Reduced From December

On 29 March 2011 By John Bull In District line, London Underground

TfL have announced that they intend to drop general weekday District services to Olympia from the December timetable change onwards. Although full details are not yet available, it appears that the intention is to limit …

Flashing the Cash: Kensington & Chelsea’s Crossrail Gamble

On 26 March 2011 By John Bull In Crossrail

Kensington & Chelsea have announced that they would be prepared to underwrite the cost of constructing a Crossrail station in the Kensal area. The Borough have confirmed that they would be prepared to underwrite any …

Tramlink Shortlist Announced: A Possible Tale of Two Cities

On 24 March 2011 By John Bull In Croydon Tramlink

Back in January, TfL began the process of tendering for additional Trams for the Tramlink. These are intended to be used for a Monday – Saturday service between Elmers End and Therapia Lane, a service …

The RUS: The Windsor Lines and A Question of Crossings

On 24 March 2011 By Pedantic of Purley In Airtrack, National Rail, RUS

And now for something completely different. Well, almost. The recent RUS defines the Windsor lines as ‘routes via Putney’. To put it another way these are South West Trains routes that originate at Waterloo and …

Obituary: Dave Maloney – "District Dave"

On 22 March 2011 By John Bull In Obituaries

[Sadly Dave passed away late last week. His family have been kind enough to allow us to reproduce his obituary here. He will be much missed. JB] Dave Maloney, a London Underground Instructor Operator on …

A Post for the Cartophiles

On 17 March 2011 By John Bull In Construction projects, Crossrail

The Station Mockup was not the only thing that caught the eye during yesterday’s session with Crossrail. During the site briefing, the map below popped up. The map shows the locations of virtually all of …