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Transport for London (TfL) says customer satisfaction has risen since it started to close London Underground ticket offices, reaching its highest level since the...
Infrastructure
Spring breakthrough for Crossrail
Deep under the City of London as TBM Elizabeth broke into the eastern end of Liverpool Street Crossrail station, a tunneller waved to workers...
Rail News
Hertfordshire link for Crossrail
Crossrail construction staff at Farringdon station were among the first to hear transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin’s startling announcement that a spur connecting Crossrail to the...
Infrastructure
Craftwork for the Underground
London Underground wants to involve more craftsmen and small to medium businesses as it progresses ambitious upgrades at 70 stations.Already LU has selected more than...
Infrastructure
Crossrail – Success defined
Crossrail’s operations director, Howard Smith, talks to Marc Johnson about where the project is going in 2014.Crossrail is a project in transition. As 2014 moves...
Rail News
Hidden Crossrail makes comeback
The Crossrail project is rightly making headlines but a little known secret cross rail, deep below London, could be making a comeback.The London Post...
Rail News
Jubilee Joy
Once trailing in popularity, London Underground’s Jubilee line now tops the polls and has become London’s favourite tube service.One in four of those polled...
Rail News
Night rider
New plans for the London Underground will see services extended to run all night – first at weekends and then during the week.From 2015,...
Rail News
Public back Crossrail 2
Public feedback on Crossrail 2, the proposed north–south cross London rail link – shows 95 per cent of the 14,000 respondents ‘strongly supporting’ or...
Rail News
Mind the doors – again
The Tyne and Wear Metro is launching a campaign aimed at stopping passengers obstructing train doors.Says train driver, Chris Wray, ‘People obstruct the doors...
Infrastructure
Safety training essential for Canal Tunnels
Martin Barlow, Carillion’s Senior Construction Manager on the Canal Tunnels project at Thameslink has praised the work of young apprentices Ashley Edwards, 18, Jason...
Infrastructure
Turkish Delight
A new railway tunnel under the Bosporus connecting Asia and Europe is on track to open later this month.The Marmaray Tunnel in Istanbul will...
Rail News
Farringdon breakthrough for Phyllis
Crossrail’s tunnel boring machine, Phyllis, has completed the construction of the first of the new train tunnels under London.Phyllis reached Farringdon - the midway...
Subways and Underground
Transport for London to take over commuter services
The DfT has approved Transport for London plans to take over commuter services that run from Liverpool Street to Enfield Town, Cheshunt via Seven...
Infrastructure
Elizabethan Serenade by Crossrail
Just a few days ahead of the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s coronation her namesake, TBM Elizabeth arrived at Canary Wharf neatly underscoring the...
People
Nicholas Wrobel explains Subsurface Upgrade Programme
At Morson International Nicholas Wrobel (pictured) is the Programme Delivery Engineer for the current Transport for London (TfL) Subsurface Upgrade Programme (SUP) across a...
Events
Harry Beck honoured
The birthplace of Harry Beck, designer of the iconic London Underground linear map, has been honoured with a blue plaque.Harry Beck was born at...
Rail News
Pearl in the Oyster
Hard working staff and generous passengers in London have boosted the fortunes of the Railway Children charity with a cheque for almost £52,000.Staff at...
