How Frequently Will Crossrail Trains Run? With Crossrail’s launch fast approaching, we’ve been thinking about the practicalities of the service. How often will the trains run at each station, and when? What’s the difference between the peak and off-peak service? Pieced together from the information released so far. Source: How Frequently Will Crossrail Trains Run? […]
There’s A Handy Way To Get Money Back From Your Delayed Tube Journeys. Another day, another delay… Cheese and wine, bread and butter, tube journeys and delays – all things that are synonymous with each other. And whether it’s the overly optimistic voiceover telling you “the Northern line is experiencing severe delays” or the overground […]
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The psychological tricks TfL uses to make London’s tube feel faster. Commuters are difficult animals to herd – a fact learned the hard way by Transport for London (TfL), which runs the Underground network as well as buses, trams and boats in the British capital. In 2016, in an effort to battle station congestion, the […]
This London Tube map shows the busiest morning times for passengers using Zone 1 and Zone 2 stations. While many don’t have much choice on what time they have to get into work in the mornings, Transport for London (TfL) says if you can tweak your journey Source: This London Tube map shows the busiest […]
Apparently, These Are London’s Most Dangerous Tube Stations… We’re all familiar with those posters on the tube telling us to hold onto the handrails and Mind the Gap. But which tube station is most of need of such a caveat? Turns out West Ham is London’s most injury-prone tube station — with 11.27 injuries* for […]
Britain’s most popular train stations… and two London hubs top the list. REVEALED: Britain’s most popular train stations… and two London hubs top the list London boasts the UK’s two most popular railway stations, new figures reveal. King’s Cross and St Pancras were voted the best stations in the country, according to Transport Focus. Marylebone […]
Tube passengers air their biggest gripes including not taking your backpack off and annoyingly leaning against the pole. Londoners have aired their biggest gripes about the Tube, including people not taking their backpacks off, and leaning against the pole in the middle of carriages. A frustrated commuter called Katie took to Reddit to complain: “People travelling on the […]
A Tube map helping people to avoid stairs This map highlights all Tube and DLR stations where you can get to the platform, or change between lines, without using stairs. This might be by using a lift, escalator or via a ramp, or where stations are already at street level. It is aimed at helping […]
Here’s something really fun to do, go on… get your tickets now! London Transport Museum’s collection originated in the 1920s, when the London General Omnibus Company decided to preserve two Victorian horse buses and an early motorbus for future generations. Source: Hidden London – London Transport Museum