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A look at London’s recent railway upgrades

The latest Programmes and Investment Committee report from TfL has outlined some of the works that have been carried out on London’s rail network in recent months.

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Chiltern Railway’s last Parliamentary Train from West Ealing

Yesterday, Chiltern Railway's usually ghostly quiet West London Parliamentary train had an unexpectedly eventful day thanks to being packed full of visitors and a trespasser on the tracks.

Train companies warn people to avoid travel during rail strikes

The rail industry is warning that barely a fifth of services will run during two 48-hour strikes that will affect services for most of next week.

Shopping surge sends tube stations back to pre-pandemic levels

Passenger numbers at tube stations in key shopping areas returned back to pre-pandemic levels last weekend, according to the latest numbers from Transport for London (TfL).

RMT announces new rail strike for Christmas Eve

The rail union, the RMT has announced another train strike is to take place on Christmas Eve from 6pm on Christmas Eve and last until 6am on 27th December.

Ride in a 1950s vintage bus on Christmas Day

On the day when tubes, trains, buses and even cable cars go to sleep, there will be one bus company offering a very special Christmas Day service.

Rail industry offers deal to RMT to end train strikes

On the eve of the final chance to end a series of rail strikes, the rail industry trade association, the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) has publicly stated its latest offer to avert the strikes.

Threat of strike action on the Elizabeth line

London's newest railway could be about to get its first train strike, as the TSSA union has started balloting members on the Elizabeth line for strike action over pay.

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TfL to slash another £600 million from its annual budget by 2026

Transport for London (TfL) has outlined a new business plan for the years ahead and says that it needs to make additional cost cuts of around £600 million per year by 2025/26.

New London to Wales train service gets permission to start

A new train operator has been given permission to start offering services between Paddington station and South Wales.

Rail disruptions over the Christmas break

Network Rail and TfL have outlined the planned disruptions that will take place over Christmas, with quite a few changes in the London area.

Unusual use of London Overground track over Christmas

Due to engineering works on the London Overground over the Christmas period, there's a rare chance to travel over a bit of railway that the trains don't usually use.

HS2 showing off new plans for London Euston station

HS2 has shown off revised plans for Euston station, with a public consultation opening this week.

TfL seeking new provider for its contactless and oyster card payments

Transport for London (TfL) is looking for a company to maintain and upgrade its billing systems and is likely to migrate away from older Oyster cards which are increasingly unable to work with other billing platforms.

TfL offering discounted cycle hire for Black Friday weekend

If you make use of the Santander cycle hire bikes from TfL, there's a Black Friday style sale on their monthly and annual subscription services.

London’s weekly railway news

A weekly round-up of London's rail transport news…

Consultation opens into £1.5 billion rebuild of Liverpool Street station.

Controversial plans for a major redevelopment of Liverpool Street station have opened for public consultation.

Waterloo station retakes crown for UK’s busiest railway station

The pandemic induced wobble where Waterloo station lost the title of the UK's busiest station to Stratford station, has been reversed, although rail traffic is still down on pre-pandemic levels.

London bus cuts are themselves cut back

Planned cuts to bus services across London are being scaled back after the Mayor of London agreed to tap into some unspent funding to cover their running costs.

HS2 opens a giant conveyor belt in West London

What does a company do when it has three large construction sites in an urban area that need to move material around without clogging up the roads?

More rail strikes as RMT announces 4 weeks of industrial action

The RMT union has announced a fresh series of 48-hour strikes, and an overtime ban in the run up to Christmas.

National rail strike this coming Saturday (26th Nov)

A large number of train companies will have no trains at all due to a national rail strike this Saturday (26th Nov) as Aslef members go on strike.