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RMT has suspended all strike action planned for next week on London Underground after making progress in the pensions and jobs dispute.
(Permalink) ACAS London Underground RMT Strike |
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The London Underground celebrates its 160 year anniversary today, making it the oldest underground network in the world.
On January 10 1863, the Metropolitan Railway opened its new subterranean railway between Paddington and Farringdon, ushering in a new age of transport - the London Underground. (Permalink) Farringdon London Underground Metropolitan Railway Paddington  Baker Street: The Met had very large uniform buttons - so heavy that they had to be bolted onto staff uniforms.  Baker Street [Met]: LUL S8 stock with a Metropolitan Line service terminating in the west side bay platform at Baker Street station, on 28th November 2012. The original platforms on the world's first Underground, the Met ... |
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London Underground staff in the RMT and Unite unions have gone on a 24-hour strike, halting the tube and disrupting travel for millions of commuters in the capital on Thursday. Passengers have been urged to avoid the tube and check before they travel due to the latest strike in a long-running dispute over jobs and pensions. The Elizabeth Line and national rail services should run as normal but are expected to be much busier.
(Permalink) London Underground RMT Unite |
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The Tube has ground to a halt today. But if you still can't avoid going to London for something important, how are you going to get around? Walking could be an option, depending on your route.
(Permalink) London Underground Walking times |
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Expect severe delays as trains run much more slowly due to the hot weather.
(Permalink) Heatwave London Underground |
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Introducing driverless trains on London's tube is an expensive way to reduce strikes. Is it worth it?
(Permalink) Driverless trains London Underground |
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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has made driverless technology a condition of talks on a bailout for Transport for London (TfL). Pictured: An artist's rendering of a driverless tube train.
(Permalink) Driverless trains London Underground Transport for London |
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Commuters who use the Tube are being advised to work from home on Tuesday by transport bosses.
(Permalink) London Underground RMT Strike |
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A visually impaired man has set himself the task of visiting every mainline London tube station to give back to an Aberdeen charity.
(Permalink) Elgin Gary Ritchie London Underground North East Sensory Services |
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The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has issued a dire warning that an entire Tube line could close if the Government does not grant TfL the emergency and long-term funding it needs to maintain the capitals transport services. Before the pandemic hit, the Mayor had reduced the TfL deficit he inherited by 71 per cent ...
(Permalink) Funding London Underground Tfl |
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3 in 4 London Underground and TfL staff subjected to violence at work during Covid crisis, survey shows.
(Permalink) London Underground RMT TfL |
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Etymologist and author Mark Forsyth has produced a fascinating alternative London Underground map which relabels every station on the network with its original meaning.
(Permalink) London Underground London Underground Map Map Mark Forsyth  Inverness: Harry Beck designed the iconic London Underground map and GBRf 66721 has been named in his honour with this representation of the first map on its flanks. Very striking, but not what you would expect ...  Map: Section of London Underground map showing the North London Line route between Willesden Junction and Stratford running along the top. |
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E-scooters pose a significant threat to the public, a union says after a fire on London Underground.
(Permalink) E-scooter Fire London Underground Parsons Green |
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London Underground Night Tube services are to return from November 27 - but initially only on the Central and Victoria lines.
(Permalink) London Underground Night services Night tube |
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The station has been evacuated and trains are passing straight through without stopping.
(Permalink) Fire London Underground Westminster  Westminster: Now withdrawn LUL C stock on a clockwise Circle Line service calling at Westminster on 15th June 2013. This station opened as Westminster Bridge on Christmas Eve 1868 and was the temporary terminus of ... |
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The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for rain covering northern areas of England until 10 pm following the overnight flooding in London, causing significant closures on travel services.
(Permalink) London Underground Met Office Weather |
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Pictures release by an archive show some highlights from the story of the Tube, including the opening of a new Central Line extension in 1947.
(Permalink) Archive images London Underground |
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Passenger data yesterday showed a seven per cent increase in London Underground travel and a two per cent jump on bus trips in one week.
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RMT warns of action as Government places contract for driverless trains on London Underground
(Permalink) Driverless trains London Underground RMT |
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Drunken revellers celebrating the end of lockdown are also to blame for a spike in falls.
(Permalink) Accidents COVID-19 Handrails London Underground |
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The Tube's famous 'mind the gap' warning may become unnecessary - as bosses look to install 'gap fillers' at stations across the capital.
(Permalink) London Underground |
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A commuter fell through the gap between a train and the platform on the London Underground before being trapped and crushed to death, an investigation has found.
(Permalink) Fatality London Underground |
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Swathes of the London Underground remain disrupted after torrential rain overflowed into Tube stations and onto the tracks.
(Permalink) Flash flooding Flood London Underground |
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