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Where Things Stand With the London Cable Car
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 …
Continue readingBombardier Selected as Prefered Bidder for Sub-Surface Signalling
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 …
Continue readingHeathrow Shelves Airtrack Plan
The request for a Transport and General Works Order relating to the Heathrow Airtrack Scheme has been withdrawn.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 …
Continue readingWhat If: Crossrail 1980
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 …
Continue readingA Look at What’s Happening at 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 …
Continue readingCountdown Locations
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 …
Continue readingDistrict Line Services To Kensington Olympia Reduced From December
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 …
Continue readingFlashing the Cash: Kensington & Chelsea’s Crossrail Gamble
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 …
Continue readingTramlink Shortlist Announced: A Possible Tale of Two Cities
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 …
Continue readingThe RUS: The Windsor Lines and A Question of Crossings
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 …
Continue readingObituary: Dave Maloney – "District Dave"
[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 …
Continue readingA Post for the Cartophiles
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 …
Continue readingInside Crossrail’s First Station
From Pick and Holden’s Piccadilly Line mockups at Earls Court to the relatively recent work on the Jubilee Line Extension, full size mockups have long been considered a crucial part of the station design process …
Continue readingThe East Croydon Problem – A Look At the Brighton Mainline
Given the impact it has on (and the commuters it carries to) London, it makes sense to take a brief look at some of the issues on the Brighton Main Line. It also makes sense …
Continue readingOEPs To Be Scrapped and a New Combined Tube/Rail Map
TfL have today confirmed that Oyster Extension Permits (OEPs) are to be scrapped, most likely from the end of May. Brought in when Oyster PAYG was rolled out onto National Rail, the scheme required Oyster …
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