London Underground’s mobile coverage adds more of the Northern and Central lines

The expansion of mobile coverage on the London Underground continues, and they've just added more parts of the Northern and Central lines.

Look out on the Central line — an upgraded train has started final tests

If you see a Central line train pass through a station without stopping, try to get a look inside, as it could be an upgraded train out on final tests before it carries passengers.

The surprising story of steam trains on the Central line

When it opened in 1900, the deep tunnels of the Central line had to use electric trains because of the lack of ventilation for steam engines, but it's not that widely known that they did have steam trains, used in the tunnels.

Mobile phone coverage expanding on the Northern and Central lines

The next phase of expanding mobile phone coverage on the London Underground has been revealed, with more of the Northern and Central lines coming on first.

London Underground gets 5G phone coverage in its tunnels

Two sections of the London Underground have been upgraded to offer 5G mobile phone coverage as part of the ongoing rollout of mobile coverage in the tube.

Harlow Council lobbying for a London Underground extension

An extension of the London Underground's Central line to reach the town of Harlow is being proposed by the local council, as part of a range of ideas to improve transport links to London as the town is planning to add some 19,000 new homes over the next decade.

Debden station on the Central line goes step-free

Debden tube station has become the latest to get step-free access with the opening of a new footbridge with lifts linking the two platforms.

The tube station that had a movable platform

Generally speaking, when standing on a tube station platform, the only thing that should move is the tube train as it arrives, but there was once a tube station with a platform that also moved.

Elizabeth line roundel spotting

The opening date of the Elizabeth line may have been pushed back to "whenever", but signs to the new tube line are popping up across the network.

London Underground plans major upgrade for Leyton tube station

Waltham Forest Council has agreed to fund half of an £18 million upgrade for Leyton tube station on the Central line, with the other half coming from TfL.

Tube strike announced for the Central line this Friday

There will be a tube strike all day this coming Friday (5th October), the tube union ASLEF has announced.

Some Central line trains wont stop at St Paul’s tube station until April 2019

From later this week, westbound Central line trains won't be stopping at St Paul's tube station during the morning and evening rush hours until next April.

Tickets Alert: Tours of the Piccadilly and Central line stations

The group, Modernism in Metroland will be running two tours later this year for small groups that will look at the modernist station buildings along the Piccadilly and Central lines.

When London’s tube tunnels were painted white

We're used to staring out of bright tube trains into dark tunnels, but once, the tunnels were whitewashed in brilliant white paint.

Unbuilt London: Central London’s underground railway loop

Had plans gone as planned, London Underground's Central line should look more like the Circle line running in a loop, not a long single line passing through the centre of London.

See some 3D maps of Central line tube stations

TfL has released a batch of 3D maps of Central line tube stations, following a Freedom of Information request.

Special train service on the Central Line

Had you been waiting for a train on parts of the Central Line on Saturday you might have had a slight delay due to a special service passing through.

70th anniversary of an aircraft factory hidden in a tube tunnel

After 16 months of preparation during the height of the blitz, a secret aircraft components factory was completed deep underground in North London in what were unfinished tunnels for the Central Line extension.

The last wooden escalator

I wandered up to Greenford in North West London this morning to have a look at one of London Underground’s little novelties. Greenford Station on the Central Line is notable for a couple of reasons – it has the only…

An old news article about the Central Line Underground Railway

I have a copy of an article published in The New York Times on March 7th 1898 which goes into detail about the construction of the first stage of what we today call the Central Line on the underground. As…