Articles tagged ‘Underground’
Eating out and about in London
By Chris | October 4th, 2007 |
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Who says the London Underground is a dirty, smelly place full of grumpy people, its really what you make of it. The kids in the clip above thought a Tube train was the ideal place to have a dinner party and share a glass of wine with friends, and it looks like they were right.
Oyster Card updates
By Chris | October 1st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The are a couple of stories in the news today relating to the prepay Oyster card used by millions of people in London when travelling on buses or the London Underground.
The price of a single bus or tram journey when paying by Oyster card has dropped from £1 to 90p, a rare cut in pricing [...]
London News 09.27
By Chris | September 27th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
* Circle, Hammersmith & City and District Underground lines suspended over emergency braking system concerns. BBCNews
* Four asylum seekers sneak into the UK in the back of the lorry bringing in Tony Blair’s new bullet-proof BMW. DailyMail
* Millions of rail passengers paying up to 60% more than they should for tickets because call centres and [...]
Ups and downs of London this week
By Chris | September 6th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
If you’re on a trip to London in the next week or so there’s some good and bad things that might effect your stay. Good, the weather has picked up after a pretty crappy August, its been warm with bright sunshine for the last couple of days and the forecast for the coming week is [...]
London News 09.05
By Chris | September 5th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
* Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich trading in his Boeing 767 for a $300million Airbus A380 superjumbo which can seat 555 passengers or 800 ‘backpackers’ all sitting in economy.(Guardian)
* Underground strike called off but delays on the Tube continue.(BBCNews)
* Senior government minister and top judge call for every person in Britain and every visitor to the [...]
London Underground Strike
By Chris | September 4th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
If you’re coming to London this week be aware that there’s a three day strike by workers on the London Underground which started last night. As of this morning there is no service on the Bakerloo, Circle, Central, District, East London, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan, Victoria and Waterloo & City Lines.
There’s a partial service [...]
London News 09.03
By Chris | September 3rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
* Three day strike by London Underground workers to go ahead this week.(Metro)
* Ten British police forces get Taser stun guns to trial for a year.(ITVNews)
* Elderly drivers may face new test at 70.(Times)
Platform Art
By Chris | July 17th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
London Underground has an art programme called Platform for Art where new designs and artistic work are displayed around the city’s Tube stations.
Among the current run of exhibitions are Piccadilly’s Peccadilloes, a series of 12 new photographs commissioned specially for Heathrow Terminal 4 Tube station ticket hall, taken by German photographer Rut Blees Luxemburg [...]
Daily Dose 13.06
By Chris | June 13th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
* Giant naked pole dancer painted on fields under the incoming flight path to Gatwick Airport, fantastic.(TheTimes)
* 40 Tube station ticket offices to be closed in order to make people use Oyster cards.(EveningStandard)
* Enquiry set up into why looking at London Olympics logo triggered epileptic seizures in 30 people.(Telegraph)
New ways to keep the Tube cool
By Chris | June 5th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The Evening Standard has a story on a new method to keep Tube passengers cool that Transport for London(TfL) is trying out. London’s Underground trains and stations can get very hot and humid in the summer months and TfL is spending around £150million on research and development of ways to ease the conditions for passengers.
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