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Why Driverless Tubes Are a Bad Idea (Or the Best Idea We’ve Ever Heard)
Sam and I are in two minds about the driverless tubes which may well hit London in just 10 years' time. I think we can all agree it'll be a challenge to TFL (not to mention the daily commuters), but...
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Explore London’s Abandoned Aldwych Tube Station
Normally I'd not suggest lining the pockets of TFL more than you already do, but in this case, I think it's perfectly acceptable to give them £20 in exchange for access to one of London's most famous...
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Meet the Machine That’s Going to Tunnel Under London
The £14.8bn Crossrail project is set to commence tunnelling in March next year in Royal Oak near Paddington, London. The plan is to bore a 13 mile underground tunnel connecting with overland sections...
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Wi-Fi Access In London’s Tube Stations Is Still “On Track” For a Pre-Olympic...
Looks like tube commuters will be blessed with Wi-Fi in 120 stations around London in the run up to the 2012 Olympic games. Who is going to be providing the access hasn’t been announced yet, nor...
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Transport for London Tells You Exactly Where To Go…
...thanks to its new live road traffic monitoring web site. TfL's Live Travel News portal gives us a live, voyeuristic view through 170 of the city's traffic cameras, cleverly overlaid on top of the...
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Drivers Out — London’s Set to Get More Driverless Tubes
A couple of lines on the London underground are already ‘driverless’ – the Victoria, Central and Jubilee lines are automated right now. Now the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, wants all drivers to...
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Virgin’s Pumping Wi-Fi Down the Tube
We heard that the Tube was going to get free Wi-Fi in stations before the Olympics, but now London’s Mayor, Boris Johnson, has announced that it’ll be Virgin who’s handling the initially-free service...
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London’s Iconic Tube Map Gets an Olympic Makeover
London’s in the midst of preparations for the onslaught of Olympic tourists – even TfL’s given the humble tube map an Olympian-infused makeover. Out with your Waterloos, Eustons and Baker Streets and...
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Soon You’ll Be Able to Fly Over the River Thames In a Fancy New Cable Car
After a myriad of delays, the final stages of the £60m cable car over the Thames that connects Greenwich and the O2 Arena with the Royal Docks just across the river are being put into place. All three...
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Did the Bakerloo Line Tunnel at Embankment Station Really Just Collapse?...
Like news of a Brangelina engagement or major world event, news of London’s Bakerloo line tunnel collapsing at Embankment station has reached the ears of Twitter first, with TFL confirming “an...
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Reading Penis Enlargement Paraphernalia On the Tube Is Still Better Than a...
Spotted on the Central line tube in London: A chap reading (and annotating!) some paperwork titled “The Basics: What is a penis extender?” True, he was probably an overworked copywriter working on a...
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Virgin’s London Tube Wi-Fi Network Looks Pretty Quick With No One On It
The first signs of life from Virgin’s new London tube station Wi-Fi plan are immerging. The network is currently being installed across stations deep underground, and the BBC’s been in to kick the...
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Free Wi-Fi Hits Another 32 London Tube Stations
Virgin and London underground are continuing their roll out of speedy free Wi-Fi, flicking the switch on 32 additional stations across the capital. Considering it’s faster than your average home...
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London Underground: NFC’s Just Too Slow
Well here’s a thing. Ever wondered why London and other major cities around the UK don’t use NFC-based payments for public transport yet? Apparently it’s just too damn slow to cut the mustard and be...
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NFC is Here for London’s Buses
Oyster-haters, rise up: your time is here. As of RIGHT NOW, you can pay for your bus travel (within London) using a NFC card or smartphone of your choosing. I can barely contain myself. The system goes...
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If TFL’s London Tube Fares Followed Inflation Rather Than Greed, This Is What...
It’s January 2nd, and for lucky rail commuters across the country, that means our annual dose of fare hikes. Yippee! Take a close look at the numbers, though, and it’s clear that we’re getting totally,...
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The Tube Turns 150 Today; Is It Something to Be Proud Of?
Much as I might gripe about the Tube (and boy, do I love to gripe), it’s still an awesome machine and an incredible achievement — 270 stations, 402 kilometres of track and an insane 1.2 billion...
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The Essential Snow Survival Guide
There’s nothing that simultaneously terrifies and excites us Brits like a wee bit of snow. For the whole night before a minor snowfall, the news will be filled with hacks eagerly reporting on grit...
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TfL Proves the Congestion Charge Has Absolutely Nothing to Do With the...
Right now, hybrids like the Prius, as well as super-efficient diesels, are exempt from London’s pricy Congestion Charge, but TfL’s latest proposals to rake in another £2 million a year aim to change...
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The Iconic “Mind the Gap” Is Back After Widow’s Request
It’s not often government shows a touch of class, but TfL’s gone and done just that. After a letter from the widow of Peter Lodge, the original “Mind the Gap” man, requesting that it be played on the...
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