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‘Quietways’ For Less Confident Cyclists To Open In 2015

Transport for London (TfL) has announced that the first cycle Quietways — networks of bike routes for less confident cyclists using low-traffic back streets — will open early in 2015. The first two...

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Wanted: Sponsor For Mayor’s New Year Fireworks And Free Travel

The prospect of paying to watch the Mayor’s New Year’s Eve fireworks display may have frightened off sponsors for both the event and Transport for London’s free travel. MayorWatch has pointed out that...

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VIDEO: New Victoria Station — An Exclusive Look Behind The Hoardings

You’d be forgiven for thinking that all construction work you see at stations at the moment is purely Crossrail-related. But not at Victoria, where the plan is to increase capacity to the Underground...

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London News Review 2014: Infrastructure

Photo by Matt Brock in the Londonist Flickr pool In the third part of our round-up of London’s news in 2014, we’re taking a look at the capital’s infrastructure, from garden bridges to the Olympic...

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Some London Bus Routes Affected By Unite Strikes

Photo by @Doug88888 in the Londonist Flickr pool Going back to work tomorrow? If you’re a regular bus user in east London, you might find your journey disrupted due to strike action by drivers working...

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Cross Bones Graveyard To Get A Public Garden

Wandering around the streets of Southwark, you might have chanced across this curious medley of ribbons, posies and words of remembrance: This is the Cross Bones graveyard on Redcross Way: a medieval...

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London’s Commuters: Travel Chaos ‘A Disgrace’

Photo by Andy Thornley in the Londonist Flickr pool Commuters using Brixton station are facing months of delays and overcrowding as escalator work resumes today. One of Brixton station’s three...

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Bus Strike Underway – How Is It Affecting Londoners?

Photo by Hoosier Sands in the Londonist Flickr pool London’s latest bus strike is underway, with around 27,000 drivers said to have walked out at 12.01am in a dispute over parity of pay across the...

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TfL Urges Londoners To Give Walking A Go

Explore just some of these options. Photo: sarahluv Ditch the tube, buses and trams, suggests TfL — a sentence we never thought we’d write. No, the apocalypse is not nigh (though some caught in the bus...

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London Overground Will ‘Unlock Potential’ Of Barking Riverside

Barking Riverside is one step closer to getting its own London Overground extension, thanks to an overwhelmingly positive 90% response to TfL’s consultation last autumn. Despite being the largest...

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World’s Longest Trampoline Is Cancelled

NOOOOO. There we were, all excited about playing on this urban trampoline — sorry, we mean using the Bounceway as an integrated part of our daily commute — and it’s gone and been dropped. The concept...

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London’s Cyclists Danger Unto Themselves, Says TfL Board Member

Photo by Patrizia Ilaria Sechi, in the Londonist Flickr pool. Cycling/Transport for London-related stories were unfolding in quick succession yesterday. Just as TfL was giving the green light to the...

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Explore The History of London Transport’s Iconic Typeface

The focus of this weekend’s tours around London Transport Museum’s Acton Depot is not on buses or trains, but letters. The special tours will celebrate 100 years of the Johnston typeface, designed by...

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Write A Travel Etiquette Poem For TfL Travel Better Competition

Ever had the pique about feet on the seat? Felt bitter over dropping of litter? Transport for London is urging passengers to get creative and write a travel etiquette poem as part of its latest Travel...

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London Transport Museum Reveals The Secrets Of The Underground

Ever wondered how the signalling system on the underground works (no snide “rarely” comments, thanks), or how Emergency Response Teams deal with incidents on the capital’s transport system? London...

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Night Tube Will Run On Most Lines, DLR And Overground

Photo by Rob Schofield in the Londonist Flickr pool. All-night tube services will be extended to most underground lines, the DLR and the London Overground, London Mayor Boris Johnson announced today....

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TfL U-Turn On Outer London Pay As You Go Caps

Photo by Ged Dackys from the Londonist Flickr pool If you’re an Oyster Pay As You Go user in outer London you might be getting a refund from Transport for London (TfL). Following complaints about fare...

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TfL Safer Travel At Night Campaign Targets Touts

Photo by Linda Wisdom in the Londonist Flickr pool. Transport for London (TfL) has illegal minicab touts in its sights as it steps up the Safer Travel at Night campaign. We’ve all been there — a few...

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Where Are London’s Most Dangerous Junctions For Cyclists?

Photo by EZTD in the Londonist Flickr pool. Figures from the Department of Transport (DfT) have revealed the capital’s most dangerous junctions for cyclists. Insurance company Aviva analysed the...

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Santander Replaces Barclays As Cycle Hire Sponsor

Photo by Getty Images for Santander Transport for London (TfL) has signed a new seven year sponsorship deal with Santander, worth £7.25m per year. Current sponsor Barclays announced in December 2013...

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‘Chaos’ In Store For Brixton Commuters

Passengers using Brixton Underground have warned of ‘chaos’ if Transport for London goes ahead with the planned ticket office closure at the station while escalators are refurbished. On-going escalator...

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Southwark Tube Station To Get 300 New Homes in TfL Property Deal

Photo by Simon in the Londonist Flickr pool Transport for London (TfL) and Development Securities have announced they will redevelop a site around Southwark tube station to create homes and retail...

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TfL Consultation Identifies East London Bridge Sites

A Transport for London (TfL) consultation on east London river crossings has identified Gallions Reach and Belvedere as potential sites for a new east London river crossing. We feel like we’ve been...

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Tube Strike Set For Saturday Night

Photo by oatsy40 in the Londonist Flickr pool Planning on going out tomorrow? The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union is set to strike on Saturday night, so you might want to look at alternative...

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Be Safe On Your Motorcycle: TfL Launches New Campaign

Photo by Dave Pearce in the Londonist Flickr pool Transport for London (TfL) has launched a Motorcycle Safety Action Plan to reduce the numbers of bikers killed and injured on the capital’s roads. The...

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ITV Teams Up With TfL For Bus Driver Documentary

Photo by HoosierSands in the Londonist Flickr pool In recent years there’s been a spate of London transport documentaries, going behind the scenes of the Underground, Crossrail, and the capital’s...

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Animated: A Day On The London Underground

  Will Gallia has created this fascinating animation of over 500,000 tube journeys from TfL Oyster data. Each point represents a person and their movement over the course of a day, viewed on the map...

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Video: New App Helps Blind People Navigate The Tube

The hustle and bustle of the tube is enough for anyone, but imagine trying to navigate the labyrinth of tunnels, escalators and ticket barriers without your sight. This is the reality faced by blind...

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Down Street Ghost Station Could Open To Public

“Looking forward to your day at work?” “Yeah, actually, I’m going down a ghost station.” “Huh?” “You know, one of those abandoned tube stations. It’s Down Street.” “Downing Street?” “No, Down Street....

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Seven Reasons To Love The Cable Car

What’s not to like? Photo by Luke Agbaimoni Since its first public flight in 2012, the Emirates Air Line has fulfilled many functions. It took pride of place as Mayor Boris Johnson’s inaugural vanity...

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Taxi Protest To Jam Victoria On Tuesday

Photo by Tom Eversley from the Londonist Flickr pool Taxi drivers are planning to block the streets around Victoria from 2pm on Tuesday 26 May. Why, and why Victoria? That’s where Transport for...

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Soon, Your Night Bus Might Not Be Where You Left It

Photo by Dora Papanikita from the Londonist Flickr pool Aha, told you so: from September when the tube starts running all night at weekends, Transport for London is looking to change how some night bus...

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Friday Photos: London Buses

When there was a beast of a rail strike planned for Monday and Tuesday next week (don’t worry, it’s been called off now), we thought might we introduce you to the wonder of the London bus. Yes, they...

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Pioneering Cyclist Traffic Signal Tech Being Trialled

Photo by Kristian Brodie from the Londonist Flickr pool. A pioneering scheme which aims to give cyclists more time at green traffic lights is being piloted in London. Trials are taking place along...

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New Night Tube Map Is Out

Click for a bigger version There’s a new tube map in town — The Night Tube map. We already got a first idea of what it was going to look like back in September of last year when it was announced, and...

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What Are The Blue And White Numbered Signs At Tube Stations?

This one’s at Old Street Recognise these blue signs? If you’ve ever got the tube, anywhere, ever, you should do. They exist by the bucketload in tube stations, but what do their seemingly random...

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WWII Shelter In Clapham Opens For Public Consultation

What the rotunda could look like after renovation. Picture courtesy of TfL Part of a WWII shelter in Clapham Common will open for three days this week (25-27 June), for a public consultation on its...

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Meet Monte The Poster Pooch For London’s Cycle Hire

You’ll probably have seen his image emblazoned on ads for TfL’s cycle hire scheme across the capital, but Monte the poster-dog is not just a pretty face. When he’s away from the lens, the white...

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You Can Now Use Apple Pay On The Tube

The system can also be used in selected shops. You can now pay for Tube and bus journeys in London using an iPhone 6 (or Apple Watch, if you have one), as Apple Pay launches across the UK. The new...

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Roundel To Routemaster — What’s Your Favourite Transport Design Icon?

When thinking about public transport in London, what comes to mind — apart from the obvious — is the design icons. Whether it’s the Johnston typeface, the Harry Beck tube map, the roundel, the...

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