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Nearly £30m: the cost to TfL of Jubilee Line closures
Lib Dem London Assembly member Caroline Pidgeon has been digging out figures from Transport for London (TfL) again, this time about the huge costs run up by the regular weekend closures of the Jubilee Line which has been beset by over-running engineering works. Each closure costs TfL money in lost fares and in costs for [...]
The new London tube map
[UPDATE: Another update of the London tube map came out in April 2011, with Tottenham Court Road migrating westwards, and a further update in August 2011.] Yesterday was my first sighting of the latest edition of the London Underground’s Tube map, March 2011 edition. The main change is the addition of the new stretch of [...]
My letter in The Guardian
The latest strike on the underground has disrupted my journeys far less than the regularly over-running engineering work has done in recent days. Surely the future for trade union action is not threatening to strike, but threatening to do more engineering work?
Why do you walk on the wrong side of the corridor in Tube stations?
A typographer would say it’s because the “Please walk on the right” signs don’t use a clear enough font. An ad man would say it’s because there aren’t enough adverts in the station reminding you. A sociologist would say it’s because you just follow the person in front. An architect would say it’s because the [...]
Northern Line closures axed
Hooray: Planned closures on the Northern Line, which would have seen Tube trains stopping early on weekday evenings through the summer, have been cancelled by Transport for London (TfL). The Bank and High Barnet branches were due to shut at about 2130 BST on Mondays to Thursdays from next week. More at the BBC.
An unexpected consequence of opening up data
I blogged recently about the welcome moves being made to open up London’s transport data to wider use. A great example of what opening up data can produce is the map showing the locations of tube trains on the network in real time – available for free and produced thanks to the enthusiasm and civic-mindedness [...]
New tube map, featuring new Overground line
Here it is:
Glenda Jackson: Labour’s worst ever transport minister?
Current Secretary of Sate for Transport, Lord Adonis rightly gets praise from across the political spectrum. Although there’s by no means cross-party agreement on some transport issues (think Heathrow for a start), Adonis is generally respected even when he is disagreed with. Whilst he has an extremely strong claim to have been the best Labour [...]
How things used to be: the London tube map, 1987
With the new, restored-Thames, version of the London tube map due out soon, I thought it would be fun to dig out my 1987 copy of the tube map. Back then there was a Thames, an East London Line and Aldwych – but no Terminal 5, North London Line or DLR expansion: (Click on image [...]
Not so much a teacup, more of a monocle
I admit it. I’ve changed my mind. Having been quite taken with the description of “the teacup line” to explain London Underground’s plans for the Circle Line, I must now admit that – having seen the publicity – it’s actually becoming more of a monocle line.
