The parts of London that risk flooding by 2050 without improvements to the drainage system October 29, 2015 Vast swathes of London risk flooding by 2050 without radical improvements to the city's 150-year old drainage system. Over the last 40 years, London has lost around 40 per cent of its permeable ground. This has effectively "waterproofed" the city by pushing more water into the drainage system everytime it rains. Potential flooding hotspots include the London boroughs [...]
London Poppy Day 2015: Thousands of military personnel hitting London’s streets to raise money ahead of Remembrance Sunday October 29, 2015 Seen a few men in uniform on your way into work this morning? That's because thousands of military men and women are taking to London's streets to try and raise more than £1m in one day. Personnel from the Royal Navy, Army and RAF, as well as their supporters, are heading to 49 Tube and [...]
Transport for London just made a chart showing how Tube travel has changed since 1928 October 28, 2015 See any men in bowler hats around on your last Tube journey? What about flappers bustling to get to a jazz concert? Probably not. Sure, there are plenty of obvious ways in which the London Tube has changed since 1928. But what about how our travel habits have changed? London Underground had an advert for [...]
DLR strike 2015 dates confirmed by RMT: Staff will walk out for 48 hours from 3 November October 28, 2015 RMT has confirmed a 48-hour strike will take place next week on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), as the union fights a series of issues affecting staff. Staff will walk out from 4am 3 November until the same time on 5 November. The action comes after 92 per cent of RMT members voted to strike last week. Read [...]
Finchley Road fire: Local residents call for donations to be made to victims as chaos continues October 28, 2015 Local residents have started collecting donations to help the victims of the Finchley Road fire earlier this week, as the traffic chaos continues more than two days in. On Monday a fire broke out in a shop below a number of flats on the road in Hampstead, NW3. At its peak 70 firefighters tackled the blaze, [...]
Central Line and Metropolitan Line Tube delays: Travel chaos as signal failure at Leyton and Finchley Road affects commuters October 28, 2015 Central Line commuters faced a disrupted journey this morning after a signal failure caused severe delays throughout the line. The incident, which occurred at Leyton at around 7:30am, caused knock-on problems as far as Epping, Transport for London said, with minor delays on the entire line. https://twitter.com/centralline/status/659275247049420800 TfL said it was unable to give an estimate [...]
Crossrail 2 consultation launched by Transport for London to decide station locations on route October 27, 2015 Crossrail 2 is a step closer to becoming reality as Transport for London launched a public consultation on the exact route and where stations will be located along it. "This consultation gives people the chance to comment on where we are proposing to put station entrances, work sites and ventilation shafts needed to run Crossrail 2," [...]
Finchley Road still closed after huge fire, in which pregnant woman one of 25 rescued by London Fire Brigade October 27, 2015 Finchley Road was still closed in both directions this morning after a huge fire broke out in a shop with flats above it yesterday. Firefighters rescued 25 people from the fire in the Hampstead, NW3 area, as the fire engulfed the shop and filled the flats with smoke. Two of these people – including a [...]
Jubilee line reopens but Metropolitan line at Finchley Road Tube station remains closed as fire crews continue to attend blaze above chicken shop October 26, 2015 Commuters to Finchley Road faced delays this evening, after both the Tube station and Finchley Road itself were closed as a blaze at an apartment block continued to rage into its 11th hour. Both the Metropolitan and Jubilee lines were closed, while the road was blocked off in both directions. However the Jubilee line has since reopened, according to [...]
TSSA union boss Manuel Cortes throws down Night Tube gauntlet to Boris Johnson October 26, 2015 A boss of one of the four main transport unions has thrown down the gauntlet to London Mayor Boris Johnson over the Night Tube, urging him to agree a meeting to restart talks. Manuel Cortes, general secretary of TSSA, has written to Johnson calling for him to meet union members to resolve some of the [...]