You need to know little about urban railways’ cartography to know the name Harry Beck, …
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TfL November Board Meeting: Overview and the Underground
Apologies to all our readers for any delay to our service and the inconvenience this may have caused. I have recently had to take a break from writing which meant that I was not able …
Continue readingSomething in the air tonight – Road-spraying trial aims to improve London air quality
Our thanks to Flickrist Steve White 2008 for this picture of a street cleaner/sprayer in Paris. An earlier variant of the plans announced below based on water. George Barrow
Continue readingSWT To Sell Oyster From May 2011
The DfT have announced that they have concluded a deal with SWT that will see the operator sell Oyster services from May 2011. The money to furnish the necessary changes will come from the funds …
Continue reading"New Bus For London" Mockup delivered to Acton Depot
Wrightbus’ “New Bus for London” mockup has been delivered to the Tranport Museum’s Acton depot. The model is intended to allow stakeholder feedback to be captured and the design tweaked, with the first working prototype …
Continue readingIn Pictures: East London Line Extension Work
Public attention and debate has largely shifted south these days with regards to construction on the ELL. There, all tenders have now been received for the ELLX2 work, with a decision on who the work …
Continue readingIn Pictures: The New Viaduct at Borough Market
With details of Thameslink’s fate allegedly due to manifest this week, it seems a good time to take a trip south of the river and take a look at how the work on the viaduct …
Continue readingThe 2011 Fare Tables
This week will bring the TfL Board Meeting, which often leads to a number of interesting documents (and their appendices) becoming available on the TfL website. This month, amongst those appendices, is the letter from …
Continue readingUpdated OSI List
We have updated our version of the current list of valid Out of Station Interchanges (OSI). It is now current, as of October 2010. This can be found here. Thanks to Mike for the spot. …
Continue readingTfL Submit Thames Cable Car Planning Permission Application
TfL have submitted an application for Planning Permission in relation to a cross-Thames Cable Car. The application, which can be found on the Newham Borough Council website, provides some provisional details of the scheme: Erection …
Continue readingIn Pictures: Crossrail At Tottenham Court Road West
With Crossrail having escaped the Spending Review intact, progress continues on the project. This is particularly noticable in the West End, and further details of the work there will now start to come to light, …
Continue readingEvents this Month
Below is a short summary of events that may be of interest to readers this month. Vintage Cars on display on Regents Street Sat 6th Nov 11am-3pm The day before the famous London to Brighton …
Continue readingCroxley Rail Link Resurfaces
All has been (unsurprisingly) quiet on the Croxley front since the then newly appointed Coalition Government first announced its Spending Review. The scheme, which would see the Metropolitan Line extended to Watford Junction via Croxley, …
Continue readingBrown-outs at TfL
Transport firm Go Ahead released a trading statement today in which they confirmed that current CEO Keith Ludeman will retire next July and be replaced by David Brown – TfL’s current Head of Surface Transport. …
Continue readingRolling Stock Comings and Goings
A lot of trains are either starting their “life” in London or ending it at the moment, so below is a quick summary of major comings and goings. Metropolitan line Incoming stock: S8 StockOutgoing stock: …
Continue readingPeter Hendy’s Statement on the Spending Review
Setting our future direction – Outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review I am writing to brief you on the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), which was announced by the Chancellor in Parliament this …
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