Wednesday morning saw a rather unusual scene unfold at City Hall. The London Assembly Plenary had barely started when, en masse, the Conservative Assembly Members present walked out, leaving the meeting inquorate and thus having …
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Aldwych: Book ASAP to avoid disappointment
As this author can personally verify, the London Transport Museum’s phone lines are currently under siege by those wishing to get tickets to Under London: Blitz experience tours of Aldwych Underground station. If any readers …
Continue readingThe Crossrail Works At Paddington
During the recent blockade on the Hammersmith and City and Circle, work took place at Paddington on both Crossrail and the station upgrade works. The works largely focused on the demolition of the old disused …
Continue readingThe Northern Line Runaway: Links and Facts
Friday saw that rarest of events on the Underground – a truly “runaway” train on the Northern Line. Now that a short period has elapsed, it seems a good time to summarise events based on …
Continue readingIn Video: A Return to the Crossrail Centre Point Camera
We’ve covered the Crossrail demolition work at Tottenham Court Road as viewed from the TfL webcam in the TfL offices at Centre Point before. With work progressing on the project, it seems fitting to return …
Continue reading£300M Bond Street Upgrade Contract Awarded
Bond Street station, at the heart of London’s West End, is due to have a costly upgrade, with main work starting from 2011, and is due to be finished before the arrival of Crossrail in …
Continue readingIn Pictures: the 1927 London Underground Map
London Underground map, by F H Stingemore, 1927 London Underground (or rather “Underground Railways of London”) issued small card folder maps in the 1920s prior to the diagrammatic map designed by Beck in the 1930s. …
Continue readingThe Victoria Line: Bathtubs and Breakdowns
Those travelling on the Victoria Line over recent weeks will have noticed that the line has experienced more than its regular share of disruption. Both the Evening Standard and the BBC have covered the issues …
Continue readingWest Ashfield: Models Great and Small
Deep in West Kensington lies Lillie Bridge Depot, first used to stable Metropolitan and District Trains in 1905 and then by Piccadilly Line trains until its closure in 1932. Today the depot serves as an …
Continue readingIn Pictures: Sinking Shafts at Kings Cross
With the scale of works such as Crossrail and the high-technology and machinery involved, it’s easy to forget that working on the Undergound sometimes requires a different approach. Both maintenance and new-build work on the …
Continue readingMayor Drops "Later Trains at Weekends" Commitment
The Evening Standard reports that Mayor Johnson has now officially dropped his commitment to running the Tube later on Fridays and weekends, citing the ongoing upgrade works and union difficulties: “We are going through a …
Continue readingTfL Board Commissioner’s Report: Improving the Underground
[Below are the noteworthy extractions from the Commissioner’s Report – MWM] Visit by H.M. the Queen On 24 February, Richard Parry, Managing Director of London Underground (LU) hosted a visit by Her Majesty the Queen …
Continue readingThe Number 1 Railway Detective Agency
The curious case of the trains that did not bump at tea time. Taken from the A406 Bridge this picture shows a District Line train on the line from Ealing Broadway to Hanger Lane Junction …
Continue readingNew TfL Fare Tables Online
TfL have reworked the Fares and Ticketing section of their website. The general layout and structuring has been reworked and a new single fare finder. Most importantly, at least for those mourning the loss of …
Continue readingLUL Ticket Offices Closures Document
Yesterday’s Mayor’s Question Time was a rather political one, perhaps unsurprising given that it will be the last one before local and general elections. It was clear that the general theme from non-Conservate Assembly members …
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