How Crossrail coped with the Coronavirus closure
After a few weeks of lockdown silence, life is returning to Crossrail as test trains have started running through its tunnels once again.
May
19
2020
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
Nine day railway closure in south-east London announced
Network Rail is warning that it will be closing a section of railway in south-east London for 9 days in late July for upgrade works.
May
18
2020
HS2 project management criticized by Parliament committee
A report by Parliament's Public Accounts Committee has criticized the management of HS2 over how it is handling the huge project and warned that it is already "badly off course".
May
17
2020
Your chance to name a train, or a HS2 tunnel boring machine
You wait for ages to name something then two opportunities come along at once - a train and a TBM.
May
15
2020
A weekly round-up of London's rail transport news...
May
15
2020
Transport for London agrees £1.6 billion government bailout
Transport for London (TfL) has secured £1.6 billion in emergency funding from the government, but has to make a lot of changes to its operations in exchange for the bailout.
May
14
2020
As you might expect, travelling on the trains is subject to regulations, and they are listed on the TfL website here.
May
14
2020
South Western Railway’s new rail depot at Feltham
Not far from the south side of Heathrow, at Feltham, a new railway depot is being built, to increase capacity on the Waterloo to Reading and Windsor lines.
May
13
2020
TfL projecting loss of £4 billion due to virus lockdown
Transport for London has confirmed that it is expecting to see a loss of £4 billion in revenues this year due to the coronavirus lockdown around half its annual income.
May
12
2020
Rebuilding Shadwell DLR station
Shadwell has two railway stations right next to each other, for the Overground and the DLR, and yet separate, and unsurprisingly, TfL has looked at how it could merge the two into one.
May
12
2020
TfL outlines plans to cope with the post-lockdown commute
Following advice yesterday that people who can't work from home should go back to work, TfL has outlined how it will cope with the commute in the era of the virus.
May
11
2020
A weekly round-up of London's rail transport news...
May
08
2020
A new London Underground entrance for Euston Station
One of the many things that HS2 will deliver to Euston is a new London Underground entrance in a much needed location - south of the Euston Road.
May
05
2020
Tube fares could rise as London reopens from the lockdown
Changes to how much people pay for their peak-hours commute could be considered as a way of encouraging people to commute at different times, according to a report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).
May
04
2020
A weekly round-up of London's rail transport news...
May
01
2020
Captain Tom Moore gets a train named after him
Great Western Railway (GWR) has named a train in honour of the veteran who has raised more than £29 million for the NHS to mark his 100th birthday.
Apr
29
2020
Approval for Leyton tube station upgrade
Formal approval has been given by Waltham Forest council to proceed with an £18 million upgrade of Leyton tube station.
Apr
28
2020
London Transport Museum’s depot goes online
The London Transport Museum's overflow depot in Acton is only open a few weekends each year - but with the lockdown in place - they're going online instead.
Apr
24
2020
TfL staff to furlough quarter of its workforce from next week
Transport for London has announced that 7,000 of its staff are to be put on furlough, the government scheme to fund salaries while people can't do their jobs.
Apr
24
2020
A weekly round-up of London's rail transport news...
Apr
24
2020
TfL warns of Coronavirus cash crunch
Transport for London could run out of money by the end of next week if it doesn't receive support from the government, Sadiq Khan told BBC Radio London yesterday evening.
Apr
22
2020
See the Architecture the Railways Built
A new TV series starts next week all about the railways, and specifically the buildings, stations, tunnels, bridges, the infrastructure that enables trains to go from here to there.
Apr
22
2020
Additional trains for Southeastern
A fleet of trains ordered for South West Trains are to be transferred to Southeastern to increase capacity on the network.
Apr
21
2020
Transport for London to start furloughing staff
Transport for London has confirmed that it will be putting some of its staff on the government's furlough scheme following a substantial decline in passenger numbers, and revenue from ticket sales.
Apr
20
2020
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