TfL does something ahead of schedule for once: Bond Street tube station re-opens for Jubilee line London Underground travellers November 24, 2014 Christmas shoppers can enjoy the relief of easy access to the heart of London’s shopping district, as Bond Street station partially re-opens for business today. However beleaguered secret santas weighed down with stocking-fillers will have to wait until mid-December to use the tube station as an escape route from the busy retail hub. [...]
It’s different for girls: Shut tube limits fans November 24, 2014 Wembley Stadium hosted a record 45,619 women’s football fans yesterday, but it could have been many more. An estimated 15,000 fans missed out on the landmark match between England and Germany after Wembley Park station was closed for planned engineering works. The Football Association decided to cap ticket sales to the game for safety reasons.
Wembley Park Tube station closed as England plays Germany: Did Boris and the FA drop the ball on the biggest day yet for women’s football? November 23, 2014 On 3 August this year, the England women’s football team stormed to victory against Sweden by four goals to nil in a friendly international match. The joyous celebrations didn’t take place on the hallowed turf of Wembley though, as would have been the case for their male peers, but up in the far-flung reaches of [...]
London Underground just had its busiest day ever, with 4.6m journeys November 20, 2014 Last Friday was the busiest day in the history of the tube, according to Transport for London. London Underground carried well over four and a half million passengers (4.6m) on Friday the 14 November. This beat its previous record, which was set during the London 2012 Olympic games, when a whopping 4.5m journeys were made [...]
Victoria Station evacuated after fire alarm: Commuters resume travel following alert November 19, 2014 Services have now been resumed at Victoria Station after a fire alert left rush-hour passengers stranded on trains for up to 30 minutes. Travellers coming into London from Kent and the surrounding areas were thrown into chaos when the station was evacuated. Fire crews attended as hundreds of passengers as services going into and out [...]
Tube, train or bus? What your daily commute says about how you spend your time travelling November 18, 2014 Londoners waste hours of their lives commuting. If ever Jane Austen was looking for another truth universally acknowledged that would be it. But what exactly do we do with that time? Turns out it really depends on what kind of commuter you are. According to a Kantar Worldpanel study of 15,000 people, our time-wasting [...]
Green light for Battersea Tube extension November 13, 2014 Ministers have given the green light to a new London Underground station at Battersea, following plans to extend the Northern Line from Kennington, via Nine Elms. Both areas will get new stations, which will be open by 2020, at a cost of almost £1bn. The station will connect the regeneration area around the power station [...]
Northern line: £1bn TfL Tube extension to Battersea and Nine Elms gets the green light November 13, 2014 The extension of the Northern line to Battersea through Nine Elms was given the green light by the Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin yesterday. Under the plans, the line will run from Kennington to Battersea through Nine Elms, meaning journeys to the West End and the City will take just under 15 minutes. Two new stations [...]
Is this the end of Tech City’s Silicon Roundabout at Old Street in Shoreditch? TfL plans pedestrian square November 13, 2014 A new radical plan for Old Street roundabout in Shoreditch, the home to many of Tech City’s startups, could transform the area into a pedestrian square. Made famous as “Silicon Roundabout”, Transport for London has unveiled plans to transform it into a pedestrian- and bike-friendly zone as part of £4bn road modernisation plans, effectively demolishing [...]
Mastercard “Fare Free Friday”: Free travel on London transport on 14 and 28 November using TFL’s contactless payment November 10, 2014 Londoners are being treated to travel around the city for free if they use a MasterCard on the transport network’s new contactless payment system this Friday. MasterCard holders will be able travel by tube, train, tram, bus and DLR for free by swiping their card on the new contactless system which has now been used [...]