Jubilee line Archives - London Reconnections

Monday’s Friday Reads – 27 November 2023

On 27 November 2023 By Heliomass In Buses, Eurostar, Friday Reads, Jubilee line, New York

• Eurostar Amsterdam to London Trains Will Run Empty (Evening Standard) • Superloop Begins to Take Shape (BusAndTrainUser) • Driving trains on the Jubilee Line for the Last Time: Video (It’s just an idea) • …

Lack of over station devt & Bermondsey Tube (IanVisits)

On 18 January 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Industry News, Infrastructure, Jubilee line

People have been using it for over 20 years, and although it opened in 1999, in a way, Bermondsey station on the Jubilee line can be said to be still unfinished. That’s because it’s a …

Night Tube Part 2: A Hard Day’s Night

On 1 September 2021 By Jonathan Roberts In Central line, Jubilee line, Long reads, Night, Northern line, Piccadilly line, Victoria line

Night Tube This is the Night Tube crossing the border, From Zone One to suburban order, Emails for luvvy, texts for more, Facebook to all, including next door. Uphill from Camden, a steady climb, Lots …

No Longer World Class Capacity

On 3 December 2019 By Pedantic of Purley In Board meetings, Jubilee line, Long reads, Northern line, Victoria line

For many years TfL have run an investment programme grandly entitled ‘World Class Capacity’. Its worthy aim was to introduce a frequency of trains on the Northern, Jubilee and Victoria that could be considered world …

Beyond Thameslink and Crossrail: A London Transport Update

On 17 July 2018 By Pedantic of Purley In Board meetings, Cycles, GOBLIN, Jubilee line, Mayor's Transport Strategy, NLL, Northern line, Pedestrians, TfL, Victoria line

Accounts of what is happening in the world of transport in London in the past few months have largely been focused on Crossrail and Thameslink. Whilst these two major construction projects (together totalling over £22billion) …

Third World Class Capacity: The Austerity Upgrades

On 6 November 2017 By Pedantic of Purley In Jubilee line, London Underground, Northern line

In our previous article on the cancellation of London Underground’s World Class Capacity programme we looked at the reasons for its cancellation. Now it is time to look at exactly what has been cancelled and what can be salvaged from the aborted programme.

Third World Class Capacity: Cancelling Tube Upgrades

On 31 October 2017 By Pedantic of Purley In Jubilee line, London Underground, Northern line, Rolling stock

On Friday, 13 October 2017 TfL officially announced a ‘pause’ to its Jubilee and Northern lines World Class Capacity programme. This harked back to a similar statement made by Patrick McLoughlin, then Transport Minister, about …

Diving into the Fleet Part 5: The Canary Wharf Years

On 5 June 2017 By Long Branch Mike In Bakerloo Line, History, Jubilee line, London Underground, Politics

Competition between the City and Canary Wharf, Conservative party politics and the rise and fall of one of the world’s largest property developers all helped define the Jubilee line as we know it today. Jonathan …

Diving into the Fleet (Part 4): The Eighties

On 17 March 2017 By Jonathan Roberts In Jubilee line, Politics

The eighties were a time of great change in the social and political fabric of Britain. Overshadowed by rail privatisation in the nineties, what’s often not appreciated is how much transport planning in London changed …

Exploring The Night Tube Part 1: Making the Case

On 1 November 2016 By Jonathan Roberts In Jubilee line, Night, Northern line, Piccadilly line, Victoria line

Ask the average commuter how many peaks exist in a week on London transport and, after a bit of thought, they’ll probably tell you ten – five morning inbound and five afternoon return. In truth …

Diving Into The Fleet: Getting Conservative, 1980 – 1985

On 14 October 2016 By Long Branch Mike In Jubilee line, London Underground, Politics

When we last left the story of the Fleet line it had become the Jubilee. The GLC’s Conservative administration had been unsuccessful in their attempts to persuade the Labour Government to push forward with Jubilee …

Diving Into The Fleet: Jubilee Line Derailed, 1974-1979

On 13 July 2016 By Jonathan Roberts In History, Jubilee line, London Underground, Politics

The waters of the Fleet (Line) became considerably murkier in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. To recap, Fleet Line Stage 1 costs to Charing Cross had risen from an estimate of £35m in 1971 …

Not Quite World Class Capacity

On 7 March 2016 By Pedantic of Purley In Jubilee line, London Underground, Northern line, Rolling stock

Very logically, and very conveniently for us, TfL’s Finance and Policy panel has now published details of the proposed infrastructure upgrade to the Jubilee and Northern lines. So as a nice follow up to our …

Mind The (Train) Gap? A Look at the World Class Capacity Upgrades

On 19 February 2016 By Pedantic of Purley In Battersea Extension, Jubilee line, London Underground, Northern line, Rolling stock, Victoria line

Some TfL panels are always worth keeping an eye on for unexpected developments, and the most recently announced Rail and Underground Panel meeting set antennae twitching at LR Towers with notable indications that something significant …

Diving Into The Fleet: A Look At London’s Lost Tube

On 4 September 2015 By Long Branch Mike In Bakerloo Line, History, Jubilee line, London Underground

A major river used by the Romans, the Fleet is the largest of London’s lost subterranean rivers. Flanked by great wharves, for centuries it was a gateway to the City. By the end of the …