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Up to half-price off old London Underground collectables

The London Transport Museum is having a sale on some of its old railway ephemera, with discounts from old tube door buttons to entire train driver seats.

Bank tube station upgrade reaches half-way mark

The closure of the Northern line bank branch has reached the halfway point as the Bank station upgrade is on target to open in the middle of May.

Thames Clippers river bus expanding to Barking Riverside this May

London's river bus service is expanding and will be reaching Barking Riverside in May.

Behind the scenes at HS2’s gigantic Colne Valley viaduct factory

Just inside the M25 motorway in northwest London is a huge worksite for the HS2 railway, building two tunnels heading north, but also the viaduct bridge that will span the Colne Valley as the railway heads towards London.

HS2’s tunnelling machines reach Chalfont St Peter ventilation shaft

The two giant tunnel boring machines that set off just inside the M25 last summer heading north out of London have completed the first stage of their tunnelling, having reached the ventilation shaft close to Amersham.

Crossrail update on the Elizabeth line’s opening plans

The Elizabeth line is entering the final phases of testing and software upgrades ahead of opening the line to the public, TfL's Commissioner, Andy Byford has confirmed.

Whitechapel tube station gets Bengali language signs

When the enlarged Whitechapel station opened last year, the Mayor of Tower Hamlets asked for signs to be added in the Bengali language. And now they have been.

Beautiful videos from the driver’s eye view of Britain’s railway journeys

National Rail has set up an incredibly relaxing "tv channel" on YouTube that constantly shows train drivers' view of some delightful train trips across the UK.

London’s weekly railway news

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Tube stations recovering to pre-pandemic traffic levels

Ridership on the London Underground continues to recover, with some busy central tube stations now seeing the same sort of passenger numbers as they had before the pandemic.

Harrow-on-the Hill station gets step-free access with new lifts

Harrow-on-the Hill has become London’s 91st step-free tube station, meaning that a third of Underground stations are now step-free.

Former Southeastern franchise fined for hiding HS1 funding

The government has fined the owner of the former Southeastern franchise a total of £23.5 million after it found that the company had hidden £25 million of income from its HS1 rail service.

Progress on unlocking Beam Park station in East London

The stalled plans to build a new railway station at Beam Park in East London looks to be making some progress after the surprising decision last year to refuse permission for it to open.

Cockfosters tube station flats development blocked

Plans to turn a car park next to Cockfosters tube station has been overturned by the Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps after they had been approved by the local council.

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No trains out of London Euston station over Easter 2022

Network Rail is warning people that Euston station will be closed over the Easter weekend and early May bank holiday as major works will be taking place on the West Coast mainline.

HS2 shows off London Euston station designs

Revised designs for HS2's station at London Euston have been shown off, replacing the curved arch roof with an angular design and adding more information about how the station will integrate with the local area.

Advance warning of Brixton to Beckenham Junction rail closure in July

In late July, the railway between Brixton and Beckenham Junction will be closed for 9-days as Network Rail carry out a major upgrade of the tracks in the Penge railway tunnel.

Hither Green station set for a step-free upgrade with new lifts and footbridge

Hither Green station in southeast London is to get a new entrance, footbridge and lifts to add step-free access to the station for the first time.

A sneak preview of London’s new Elizabeth line railway

This weekend will see the last of Crossrail's mass tests on the Elizabeth line as it nears its opening date, and ahead of that, a group of us were given a sneak preview of what it's like to ride at speed through the new tunnels.

Photos from Crossrail’s trial train evacuations

Crossrail has released some photos of what it's like to participate in a trial evacuation of an Elizabeth line train, should it ever be needed.

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Crossrail requires final £150 million to complete the Elizabeth line

The Crossrail project is still going to require a final injection of around £150 million to complete the railway, the latest TfL figures have confirmed.