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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.

Southeastern buying a fleet of new trains

Southeastern has issued a notice to train manufacturers that it's looking to buy a new fleet of trains, with between 350 and 570 carriages to go into service by late 2027.

London’s weekly railway news

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

Harringay station footbridge upgrades to get started

Works to repair the rather shabby footbridge that runs across Harringay station in North London are about to get started.

60 million trips on the Elizabeth line since it opened

Since the Elizabeth line opened in May 2022, more than 60 million journeys have been made altogether, including 30 million journeys in the central section.

The heritage railway restoring a GWR Diesel Railcar

A heritage railway is looking to restore one of just three surviving GWR railcars, a type of train that was first introduced in 1933 and were in service right through to the 1960s.

Part of the Bakerloo line and London Overground to close for a week before Christmas

People who use the Bakerloo line or the London Overground in northwest London will need to find alternative routes in late December as both lines will be closed for a week's worth of engineering works.

London Underground testing new step-free device at Jubilee line stations

A miniature boarding ramp that can close the gap between tube trains and platforms is to be tested at a number of Jubilee line stations to see if it should be rolled out across the network.

Arsenal releases new range of London Underground themed clothing

Arsenal football club has expanded its range of London Underground clothing, with a new series based on Arsenal tube station.

Strike action to affect trains in/out of Paddington this weekend

Train services from London Paddington station will be affected by strike action this weekend and into early next week.

Last chance to ride Chiltern’s parliamentary train

Once a week a train leaves a London station it shouldn't, and you have just a few weeks left to catch a ride before it stops, possibly forever.

TfL planning a new London Overground station in Barking

Plans to build an additional station at Castle Green on the newly opened Barking Riverside extension of the London Overground are being worked on by Transport for London (TfL) and Barking and Dagenham Council.

Euston station testing new departure display boards

Some new passenger information screens are being installed at London Euston station over the coming weeks to test how passengers react to them.

London’s weekly railway news

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

National Rail strike announced for Sat 26th Nov

Train drivers working for twelve rail companies across the UK will go on strike on Saturday 26th November, the Aslef union has announced.

Tube Strike – avoid the London Underground on Thursday

Transport for London (TfL) is warning that there will be a very limited or no service on the entire London Underground this coming Thursday (10th Nov) due to strike action.

Flash sale on Eurostar tickets this week

For just a couple of days, there's a flash sale on discounted Eurostar train tickets.

A new tube map and cover art to mark the Elizabeth line changes

The big shake-up of the Elizabeth line linking up the core tunnels to the mainline services means a new tube map is required, and with a new map comes a new cover art design.

Elizabeth line links up the core tunnels to Heathrow and beyond

Just after 7am this morning, the first trains on the Elizabeth line were able to run from the edges of the line directly through the central core tunnels.