Your guide to London's culture and transport news and events taking place across the city.
Your guide to London's culture and transport news and events taking place across the city.
Tube station managers to strike on Friday and Saturday
There may be intemittent and short notice tube station closures on Friday and Saturday, as station managers who are members of the TSSA union walk out in a dispute over working conditions.
Southeastern completes refurbishing its Electrostar trains
Southeastern says that it has completed a refurbishment of all 112 of its Class 375 ‘Electrostar’ trains that operate on Southeastern’s routes serving Kent, East Sussex and mainline London stations.
Cheap train travel for 20-25 year olds when opening a Santander bank account
Santander Bank is offering free four-year railcards to people aged between 20 and 25 who open a new account with the bank.
Recycling boost for LNER’s train cleaners
Train company, LNER has revealed that it’s now sorting up to 100 kilograms of waste a day – as it maintains its position of sending zero waste to landfill.
Hamilton tickets at London’s Victoria Palace Theatre now on sale up to April 2025
Booking for tickets to see Hamilton in London has been extended until Saturday, 29th March 2025. The Christmas 2024 performance schedule is also announced.
Les Misérables releases tickets up to April 2025
Cameron Mackintosh has announced that Les Misérables at the Sondheim Theatre has extended its booking until Saturday 29th March 2025.
London Overground strike CANCELLED
There will be a strike on the London Overground next Monday and Tuesday that will reduce train services and close several stations entirely.
Tickets Alert: Tours of the Beckton gasworks
There's a chance to go through locked gates into the Beckton gas works next month, as there will be some tours of the former industrial site.
Name your very own train on the Marston Vale line
You could win the chance to name one of the new Class 150 trains that have started running on the restored Marston Vale Line.
Tickets Alert: Tours of the Banqueting House in Whitehall
Banqueting House, a grand hall in the centre of London that used to be open to the public most days, is now only open on occasional dates for guided tours.
Strike ballot by London Underground station staff
The TSSA rail union is set to ballot members working as Customer Service Managers (CSM) at the London Underground in a dispute about changes to working practices.
Museum of Brands partners with innocent drinks to inspire future brand builders
The Museum of Brands in west London is partnering with innocent drinks to deliver an educational programme guiding young adults in the fundamentals of product development.
Tate Modern’s next monumental Turbine Hall artwork will be by Mire Lee
The cavernous Turbine Hall in the heart of Tate Modern will be filled with site-specific artwork later this year by the Korean-born artist Mire Lee.
Young people set to shape the future of London’s transport network
Young Londoners will help shape the capital’s transport network as Transport for London (TfL) is to start including people under the age of 25 at senior meetings.
HS2 opens new road over Copthall Green tunnel in west London
A narrow country road in west London has been replaced with a wider road, as part of the HS2 railway project.
Week long closure of South London railways is cancelled
A planned week long closure of part of South London railways has been cancelled, and trains in the Tooting, Crystal Palace, Tulse Hill and Peckham Rye areas will now run as normal during the school half-term
Cycle hiring around Watford expands to neighbouring councils
Cycle hiring around Watford is expanding after three neighbouring councils in Hertfordshire signed up for the same cycle hire scheme.
Rediscovered lost masterpiece by Guercino going on display in Waddesdon Manor exhibition
A recently rediscovered early masterpiece by the renowned Bolognese painter Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591-1666), known as Guercino, will go on public display for the first time ever, as part of a historic exhibition at Waddesdon Manor this spring.
Platform shelter improvements for Eltham station
People travelling from Eltham station in south London can now wait for their trains in greater comfort after completing a £120,000 scheme to fully enclose three platform waiting areas.
Tickets Alert: Tours of Moor Park Mansion
A grand manor house on the outskirts of London built in its current style 300 years ago will have a handful of public open days this year to see its exceptional interior.
LNER train drivers call off threatened five-days of rail strikes
Train drivers at LNER who were due to walk out for a week of strikes in early February will no longer do so after the ASLEF union cancelled the strike action.
Frozen the Musical to close in September 2024
The West-End musical Frozen has confirmed that it will close this coming September after three years at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
Tickets Alert: Tours of Longford Castle, near Salisbury
Tickets have gone on sale to visit a castle near Salisbury that's still a privately owned family home.
Dinosaurs are coming to east London for Easter
A host of life-sized animatronic dinosaurs and ice age creatures will arrive in east London for a couple of weeks over the Easter break, and there's an early bird offer on tickets.
