Final concrete ring cast for Crossrail tunnels
Crossrail has cast the last of the 250,000 concrete segments that are being used to line the tunnels under London.
Jul
26
2014
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.
Transport News - Archive Articles
Euston Station to be Refurbished
Euston Station, that unloved 1960s slab of a railway station is to be tarted up, a little bit.
Jul
20
2014
London Underground lays on trains for beer drinkers
A Freedom of Information request asking if the occasional District Line service from Earl's Court to Kensington Olympia will return to mid-week service has revealed that it will return between 12th to 15th August.
Jul
11
2014
See the largest ever collection of Routmaster buses this weekend
What is said to be the largest ever display of heritage Routemaster buses takes place this weekend at Finsbury Park.
Jul
11
2014
30 years ago today – smoking banned in London’s tube trains
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the banning of smoking in London's tube trains. Not a total ban on the entire underground, just inside the trains, a decision which was to have tragic consequences just a few years later.
Jul
09
2014
Footbridge for Crossrails’ Canary Wharf Station Completed
An area of Canary Wharf that has been sealed off for years has recently reopened as a long covered footbridge linking the future railway station to the famous steel clad skyscraper has been completed.
Jul
07
2014
Haynes publishes an Owners Manual for the London Underground
A book by a provider of car repair manuals about the London Underground illustrated with its famous cut-away diagrams should be cat-nip to any transport geek.
Jun
27
2014
TfL testing new display screens in buses
Double decker buses are starting to get intelligent. They know how many people are upstairs, and which seats they are sitting on. And soon they will start telling you.
Jun
22
2014
Regent Street filled with vintage buses
Today nearly 50 buses of various vintages from exceptionally old to so young the paint was barely dry filled Regent Street for a display that felt as static as a normal rush hour, except that frustrated faces were replaced with happy smiles.
Jun
22
2014
Tours inside West Ham Bus Garage
Just as this weekend offers a chance to see inside one of the post-war bus garage icons, there is a chance the following weekend to see inside a very different, yet kindred structure.
Jun
17
2014
London’s nearest steam railway needs a new bridge
The steam train service running along a length of old Central line tube train tracks up at Epping is seeking funds to install a new railway bridge.
Jun
16
2014
This coming weekend can be thought of as the weekend of the bus -- for there are two major events taking place.
Jun
16
2014
Tickets on sale today for steam train trips in the London Underground
A chance to ride in a steam train along parts of the London Underground network go on sale later this morning.
Jun
12
2014
Boris Bike revamp to shrink the Barclays Logo
A year ahead of Barclays ceasing to be the official sponsor of the cycle hire scheme, they are to rebrand the bikes and shrink the Barclays part of the branding.
Jun
11
2014
Crossrail gets a baby Tunnel Boring Machine
Crossrail rather famously has several very large tunnel boring machines, but has now just launched a tiny little baby one as well.
Jun
10
2014
Crossrail 2 could lose both its Chelsea and Hackney Stations
TfL has launched a second consultation about the planned route for Crossrail 2 which could see the two locations most closely associated with it losing their stations.
Jun
09
2014
Elizabeth line stations exhibition opens in City Hall
Crossrail has set up a display of the initial design proposals for public areas surrounding 31 of its stations. It's a bit of a display boards on stands sort of exhibition, and nothing about the tunnels here -- it's all about the stations themselves.
Jun
08
2014
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