With just under a year to go to the Olympics, various transport projects in preparation for the Games are either already finished or are in advanced stages. There are three Olympic Zones in London: Olympic …
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ELLX Phase Two – Clapham Junction’s Platforms 1 and 2
Further to JB’s report on the ELLX Phase Two extension from Surrey Quays to Clapham Junction, let’s go for a photographic guided tour of the end of the line at Clapham Junction where passengers will …
Continue readingTramlink Shortlist Announced: A Possible Tale of Two Cities
Back in January, TfL began the process of tendering for additional Trams for the Tramlink. These are intended to be used for a Monday – Saturday service between Elmers End and Therapia Lane, a service …
Continue readingELL Extension Opening: A Rare Honour
As expected, the ELL Extension to Highbury & Islington opened yesterday as planned. ELL services from New Cross Gate now run through to Highbury and Islington. As has become the norm in recent years, the …
Continue readingLondon Overground – News, Closures and Works
London Overground is pressing on with its £326 million upgrade under full power, with the promised better services due to be implemented on 22nd May 2011. As many will know, new timetables came into affect …
Continue readingTfL November Board Meeting: Roads and Buses
Traffic Signal Timing Reviews 333 signal timing reviews have been completed so far this financial year, delivering just over a seven per cent reduction in stop-start delays for traffic. This has been achieved alongside an …
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 readingNew Name for Smitham Station Confirmed
The DfT and Southern have confirmed that Smitham Station will be renamed to “Coulsdon Town.” The station opened as Smitham in 1904, when Smitham Bottom and Old Coulsdon were still relatively distinct entities. By the …
Continue readingBakerloo Extension: A Report to Lewisham Council
It is probably fair to say that Sustainable Development Select Committee Meetings to London Boroughs are not normally something that London Reconnections finds itself paying a great deal of attention to. This month’s meeting at …
Continue readingOrbital Links at the Transport Committee
One in five Londoners now lives within 15 minutes’ walk of a London Overground station.Orbital Links are examined by the London Assembly Transport Committee. On the 26th May 2010, the London Assembly Transport Committee chaired …
Continue readingMayor’s Question Time, May 2010 – Part Five: And The Rest
(Editor’s note: selected questions and answers only, and some have been edited for brevity. If any notable questions are missing let me know via the comments and I’ll update.) In this post: Mayoral achievements. TfL …
Continue readingTfL Board Commissioner’s Report: The Overground
[Below are the noteworthy extractions from the Commissioner’s Report – MWM] [There are some interesting Surrey Canal Road points in here. Lewisham’s final report/approval paper is due at their next council meeting on the 14th …
Continue readingMayor’s Question Time – 01/10: On The Buses
The new costs of the 18. Reducing bus services. Taking the 603 to the Royal Free. Differing seat heights. Bus emissions. Tendering articulated routes. Bus kilometres. Bus ramps. The end of the N159. Disability training. …
Continue readingMayor’s Question Time – 01/10: Tramlink
The Tramlink on the Underground map. Extending the Tramlink. Why is the Tramlink System not always shown on the London Underground Map? Will this change when the East London Line link to West Croydon opens …
Continue readingELL: Updates, Launch Dates and A Glimpse Behind the Scenes
This week saw the East London Line reach an important milestone – its official handover from the Balfour Beatty Carillion Joint Venture to TfL which was completed yesterday. This means that the Line is now …
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