We were slightly surprised by a fairly recent article in the Evening Standard suggesting that …
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Further Oyster Expansion Beyond London Under Discussion
Tom Edwards over at BBC London is reporting that discussions are now actively underway between the DfT, TfL and FCC over the expansion of Oyster onto more services. TfL first mooted the idea of further …
Continue readingSite News: Who Do You Think You LR?
Thanks to all who continue to provide feedback on the new site design. I’ve now made another couple of tweaks, based on that feedback: The background (and text in the “inverted” site version) are now …
Continue readingIn Pictures: Farringdon and High Holborn
Mikey’s Flikr pool is one that we have raided (with his permission) before, as it is often home to some impressive images from London’s Transport history. This week is no exception, with two excellent images …
Continue readingSite Tweaks
Thanks to everyone who has commented so far on the design. Some changes (and clarifications) are below: Colour Scheme As a couple of commentors have pointed out, black on white is the easiest combination for …
Continue readingPutting the Junction into Silwood Junction
The scope of the first phase of the East London Line Extension was modified to include a flying junction at Silwood just north of New Cross Gate. The basic flying junction infrastructure, embankments, bridge and …
Continue readingWelcome to the New Website
Welcome to the London Reconnections site. Hopefully it’s relatively bug-free (we’ve done as much testing as we can), but if you have any problems, questions or suggestions we’d certainly like to hear them. Just post …
Continue readingAn Un-natural Selection: Why London’s Franchises Should Be Devolved
In the concluding part of our recent series on the London Overground, we talked about the future of TfL’s Concession system. We also touched briefly on the wider topic – the “elephant in the room” …
Continue readingHaykerloo?
Back in September 2010, JB raised the question of possible extensions to the Bakerloo line south from Elephant and Castle to Hayes, as in Hayes but not as in Hayes and Harlington. The former being …
Continue readingAn Olympic Transport Round Up
With just under a year to go to the Olympics, various transport projects in preparation for the Games are either already finished or are in advanced stages. There are three Olympic Zones in London: Olympic …
Continue readingNew Bus Countdown Online Tracker Live
TfL appear to have begun public testing of the new online service for tracking buses via Countdown. The full list of Countdown locations was recently made available on the TfL website recently, giving an overview …
Continue readingEnd of Bendy Buses on Route 73
Yes. This is a genuine TfL graphic. From the 3rd of September the 73 will no longer be served by bendy buses, with double deckers taking over the route. According to London Bus Routes, Arriva …
Continue readingNorthfleet: Opportunities for Opportunism
Our thanks and copyright acknowledgements to Ian Bancroft for this atmospeheric shot of a Javelin Travelin [Eek! So soon after Proof-Reading Gate- JB] through the arches near Gravesend. A new Crossrail logistics centre is to …
Continue readingDLR Stratford International Extension to Open 29th August
Sources indicate that the Stratford International Extension to the DLR now has a fixed opening date – the 29th August. The opening of the extension has been delayed for some time now – an uncharacteristic …
Continue readingFocusing On Kings Cross
Whilst the coming work at London Bridge may have been drawing our eye lately there is, of course, a major station project underway well north of the river as well – the redevelopment of Kings …
Continue readingIn Pictures: Brompton Road Station
This post arguably needs little introduction. IanVisits (an occasional and always welcome guest author here at LR Towers) and M@ from Londonist were able to visit parts of Brompton Road, one of the Piccadilly Line’s …
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