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

HS2 opens new road over Copthall Green tunnel in west London
HS2 opens new road over Copthall Green tunnel in west London

HS2 opens new road over Copthall Green tunnel in west London

A narrow country road in west London has been replaced with a wider road, as part of the HS2 railway project.

Feb
07
Government unable to explain how a cut-back HS2 will run a railway
Government unable to explain how a cut-back HS2 will run a railway

Government unable to explain how a cut-back HS2 will run a railway

Having been subjected to a plethora of cuts by the government, the HS2 railway is now so reduced in capability that its costs outweigh the benefits

Feb
07
TfL warning about a 5-day closure of the Piccadilly line to Heathrow Airport
TfL warning about a 5-day closure of the Piccadilly line to Heathrow Airport

TfL warning about a 5-day closure of the Piccadilly line to Heathrow Airport

Parts of the Piccadilly line in west London will be closed from this Saturday and won't reopen until next Thursday (15th Feb 2024).

Feb
06
Consultation starts on DLR’s Thamesmead extension
Consultation starts on DLR’s Thamesmead extension

Consultation starts on DLR’s Thamesmead extension

The formal consultation on plans to extend the DLR from Beckton to Thamesmead has opened, paving the way -- eventually -- to building the railway.

Feb
05
Improving step-free access at tube stations with miniature ramps
Improving step-free access at tube stations with miniature ramps

Improving step-free access at tube stations with miniature ramps

Trials of a miniature boarding ramp to improve accessibility on the London Underground have proven sufficiently successful that they will be deployed at more tube stations.

Feb
02
London’s weekly railway news
London’s weekly railway news

London’s weekly railway news

This is a weekly round-up of London's rail transport news...

Feb
02
Five tube stations now have new circular tube maps
Five tube stations now have new circular tube maps

Five tube stations now have new circular tube maps

Circular tube maps are appearing at some London Underground stations as part of an advertising campaign from a phone company promoting a circle feature on their new phones.

Feb
01
Week long closure of South London railways is cancelled
Week long closure of South London railways is cancelled

Week long closure of South London railways is cancelled

A planned week long closure of part of South London railways has been cancelled, and trains in the Tooting, Crystal Palace, Tulse Hill and Peckham Rye areas will now run as normal during the school half-term

Jan
31
Cycle hiring around Watford expands to neighbouring councils
Cycle hiring around Watford expands to neighbouring councils

Cycle hiring around Watford expands to neighbouring councils

Cycle hiring around Watford is expanding after three neighbouring councils in Hertfordshire signed up for the same cycle hire scheme.

Jan
31
London Overground trains will be calling at London Bridge on Easter Sunday
London Overground trains will be calling at London Bridge on Easter Sunday

London Overground trains will be calling at London Bridge on Easter Sunday

Something unusual will happen on the railways, as London Overground trains will be calling at London Bridge station at the end of March.

Jan
31
Heathrow Airport’s driverless shuttle pods get a colourful makeover
Heathrow Airport’s driverless shuttle pods get a colourful makeover

Heathrow Airport’s driverless shuttle pods get a colourful makeover

London's other purple trains, Heathrow Airport's shuttle pods, are getting a colourful makeover after a charity was invited to create new designs for them.

Jan
30
London Overground staff set for strikes in February and March
London Overground staff set for strikes in February and March

London Overground staff set for strikes in February and March

There will be strikes on the London Overground next month and in March after more than 300 staff voted in favour of strike action in a dispute over pay.

Jan
30
Visit the abandoned remains of Spencer Road Halt railway station
Visit the abandoned remains of Spencer Road Halt railway station

Visit the abandoned remains of Spencer Road Halt railway station

Inside Victoria station is a map of the railways of south London, showing a station that no longer exists.

Jan
30
Historic waiting room restored at Bruce Grove rail station
Historic waiting room restored at Bruce Grove rail station

Historic waiting room restored at Bruce Grove rail station

Bruce Grove rail station in Tottenham has been restored to its historic colours and design when maintenance work was expanded to include a heritage restoration.

Jan
29
Platform shelter improvements for Eltham station
Platform shelter improvements for Eltham station

Platform shelter improvements for Eltham station

People travelling from Eltham station in south London can now wait for their trains in greater comfort after completing a £120,000 scheme to fully enclose three platform waiting areas.

Jan
29
TfL to scrap peak fares on Fridays on tube and trains to boost ridership
TfL to scrap peak fares on Fridays on tube and trains to boost ridership

TfL to scrap peak fares on Fridays on tube and trains to boost ridership

In what will doubtless be attacked as a pre-election giveaway, the Mayor of London has announced that tube and rail fares are to be cut on Fridays to off-peak rates all day.

Jan
28
New “drivers console” stickers are appearing on the DLR
New “drivers console” stickers are appearing on the DLR

New “drivers console” stickers are appearing on the DLR

If it's not good enough to sit in the front of the DLR and pretend to be a driver, now you can press buttons as well.

Jan
26
King’s Cross rail tunnels get improved phone coverage
King’s Cross rail tunnels get improved phone coverage

King’s Cross rail tunnels get improved phone coverage

The tunnels just outside King's Cross station are a noted blackspot for mobile phone coverage for people arriving or leaving the station - but that should change soon.

Jan
26
London’s weekly railway news
London’s weekly railway news

London’s weekly railway news

This is a weekly round-up of London's rail transport news...

Jan
26
Major upgrade of Pontoon Dock DLR station being planned
Major upgrade of Pontoon Dock DLR station being planned

Major upgrade of Pontoon Dock DLR station being planned

Pontoon Dock DLR station, on the Woolwich to Canning Town branch, could get a major upgrade with six new escalators to cope with surging passenger numbers.

Jan
25
Former Crossrail TBM digs new HS2 tunnel at Old Oak Common
Former Crossrail TBM digs new HS2 tunnel at Old Oak Common

Former Crossrail TBM digs new HS2 tunnel at Old Oak Common

A tunnel boring machine used to dig part of the Elizabeth line has been used to build a tunnel for HS2 at the Old Oak Common station in west London.

Jan
24
Step-free access coming to Leatherhead station
Step-free access coming to Leatherhead station

Step-free access coming to Leatherhead station

Leatherhead station, on the outer edge of the southwest M25, is to get step-free access with a new footbridge and lifts being added to the station.

Jan
23
No Elizabeth line trains east of Stratford each weekend throughout February
No Elizabeth line trains east of Stratford each weekend throughout February

No Elizabeth line trains east of Stratford each weekend throughout February

Because Network Rail works along the Great Eastern Main Line, there won't be any Elizabeth line services east of Stratford each weekend in February.

Jan
23
Tackling the Tube’s Roar: TfL’s battle against tube tunnel noise
Tackling the Tube’s Roar: TfL’s battle against tube tunnel noise

Tackling the Tube’s Roar: TfL’s battle against tube tunnel noise

Transport for London (TfL) is exploring new ideas to reduce screeching noise from trains inside tube tunnels.

Jan
23