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Online virtual tour of Liverpool Street rail station will help people travel with confidence

Greater Anglia and Network Rail have teamed up to launch Liverpool Street Station’s first-ever online virtual tour.

Discounted tickets  for under-30s to see Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends

If you're aged 30 or under, then you can get to see Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends at the Gielgud Theatre for just £25 for the next few weeks.

Disused building at Bricket Wood station opens as a new tea room

Bricket Wood station -- on the Abbey Line railway between Watford and St Albans -- has formally opened a restored building in the station as a new cafe.

Southeastern confirms full introduction of City Beam trains by December

The train operating company, Southeastern has set out its plans for the refurbishment and upgrade of its train fleet and says that it will have completed the introduction of its Class 707 ‘City Beam’ trains in its Metro area by December

Paddington Station first Network Rail station to offer a ‘stoma-friendly’ toilet

London's Paddington station has become the first station managed by Network Rail to offer ‘stoma friendly’ toilet facilities, which contains additional features for those who have had stoma surgery.

First Class 720 train enters passenger service on C2C service

The Essex to London train company, c2c, recently celebrated its new Alstom Class 720 trains entering passenger service with a tribute to former Managing Director, Julian Drury.

Weekend engineering work to affect C2C railway services

Weekend engineering work will be taking place along the C2C railway line as part of renewals and maintenance work.

HS2 will reach a scaled-back Euston station – but Northern expansion cancelled

A significantly cut back HS2 railway will reach Euston station, but won't be extended past Birmingham, the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has announced.

Tube strikes this week are CANCELLED

Good news for commuters, as the tube strike on the London Underground this Wednesday and Friday has been called off.

LNER increases Sunday train services to cope with increased demand

LNER says that it is meeting an increase in demand from leisure travellers by adding more services and thousands more seats on trains between Yorkshire and London on Sundays

Giant spider puppeteer among local creatives moving into Bow’s new permanent home

The Bow Arts Trust has welcomed the first local artists to its 70 new, affordable creative studios at the Three Waters development in Bromley-by-Bow, East London.

Improving safety on the DLR: Railway workers equipped with geofencing warning kits

Staff working on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) are being supplied with warning kits that will beep when they move out of safe areas on the railway tracks.

Stansted Express resumes its off-peak 15-minute frequency train service

Stansted Express trains between London Liverpool Street and Stanstead Airport will be resuming their off-peak four trains per hour service later this year.

Network Rail completes New Cross railway upgrades

An upgrade project to improve the railway tracks at New Cross in southeast London was completed over the August Bank Holiday weekend.

You might be able to see a comet in the skies this weekend

A recently discovered comet should be visible early in the morning for the next few days if the British weather permits.

Greater Anglia providing virtual tours of its new train fleet to help people travel with confidence

A first for the rail industry, the virtual train tours have been designed for all of Greater Anglia's new train types to support journey planning

Flash sale on Northern Rail train tickets

It's not London (sorry!), but for those who are interested, there's a flash sale on Northern Railway train tickets for journeys across much of the north of England.

Luton DART carries its one millionth passenger

The Luton DART, a shuttle railway linking London Luton Airport to the nearby railway station has welcomed its one-millionth passenger on board, just 147 days after opening.

Get ready to ride the festive rails: LNER releases Christmas tickets for advance booking

London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has released hundreds of thousands of tickets for the Christmas and New Year train travel from today.

Eurostar launches new ski service for UK customers looking for a green way to travel to the Alps

Eurostar has announced sales for the brand-new Eurostar Snow service leaving from London to the Alps via Lille Europe.

Paddington station opens a new travel lounge for passengers with disabilities and reduced mobility

The new lounge, which is adjacent to the taxi rank on the upper deck at London Paddington has opened, providing passengers who use the assistance programme with accessible wheelchair spaces, reduced mobility seating and a customer information screen.

There’s a Batman pop-up exhibition coming to London

There will be a free Batman exhibition in central London next month to mark the 15th anniversary of the Dark Knight movie, and Warner Bros' own 100th anniversary.

Tickets Alert: Free tours of Thames Water’s grand pumping stations

Next month, six of London’s magnificent sewage and water pumping stations will be opened to the public for free tours, and tickets to go to several of them will be released tomorrow (21st August).

Network Rail engineering work continuing this weekend in south west London

From Saturday 19th August to Friday 1st September, buses will replace South Western Railway (SWR) trains during a three-part closure of the railway between Barnes and Virginia Water, Windsor & Eton Riverside and Hounslow,