Sadiq Khan has confirmed when Transport for London (TfL) fares will go up. The Mayor of London also responded to questions over whether the way customers pay could become 'dynamic'.more
Tube customers are due to see significant changes to services on the Northern line later this year as full closures are planned at multiple stations. These will last for more than a week in April.
Afterwards, more closures are scheduled for three weekends in June. Services will not be able to travel north of Golders Green station in North London.more
Strikes by London Underground workers which would have wiped out Tube services this week have been suspended, the RMT union has announced. Little or no service had been expected across the capital's entire network from Sunday evening to Friday morning.more
A new, faster train service between London and Sheffield could be launched in the second half of next year.
Transport company FirstGroup announced its plan to operate two daily return trips from London King’s Cross to the South Yorkshire city via Retford, Worksop and Woodhouse as part of its Hull Trains business.more
Passengers on the London Underground face major disruption when workers hold days of strikes in a dispute over pay.
Walkouts run between 5 and 12 January, but the full impact will not be felt until the evening of Sunday 7 January, when Tube services wind down. more
Commuters have been warned about a scam page “attempting to sell Leap cards” on social media. The page shared a link, telling users they can purchase “an annual subscription” Leap card for €2.35. Transport for Ireland (TFI) has told commuters to avoid interacting with the account and to report it to the social media platform.more
Disruptions to air and road traffic, fallen trees, damaged cars and flooded houses are the effects of Hurricane Henk, which passed through the northern Netherlands last night, Dutch media report.more
With the opening of Rail Baltica, it will be possible to travel by train from Warsaw to Riga in five hours," said Marius Narmontas, a representative of RB Rail, the company responsible for the project. The investment has a practical and symbolic dimension and will have a positive impact on the safety of the Baltic countries, he added.more
The international rail operator Eurostar announced the resumption of rail connections between London and the European continent. All trains were canceled on Saturday due to flooding in railway tunnels in southeast England.more
Graphic seat booking is available on all domestic PKP Intercity trains, PKP InterCity spokesman Cezary Nowak said. He stipulated that such a possibility is not available on international trains.more
Trains from London to Europe could be expanded under proposed plans which would see new direct rail routes to Germany and Switzerland. Swiss national railways (SBB) plans a new five-hour service between St Pancras and Basel using Eurostar trains while Spanish firm Evolyn wants to open a direct link to Frankfurt, Cologne, and Zurich, reported MailOnline.more
Transport for London is considering introducing fares that change according to demand, similar to the system used to set prices for some concert tickets on Ticketmaster.
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Mid-December is here and if you’re not in the festive spirit yet, a Christmassy event in the capital is likely to get you there.
If you’re not sure what’s on when it comes to Christmas events in your area, a handy new map has got you covered.
TfL has created a Christmas-themed Tube map, highlighting 27 festive attractions across the city, with numbers corresponding to the nearest station.more
At the beginning of the week, a night train departed from Berlin to Paris and Brussels for the first time in years. The train service was interrupted in 2014, but is now available again - three times a week. From October next year, the connection will be offered every day.more
Festive getaway traffic is expected to peak earlier than normal this year as Christmas Day falls on a Monday. The AA predicted that Friday, December 22, and Saturday, December 23, will be the busiest days on the UK’s roads in the festive period.
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New figures showing big increases in London’s transport ridership over the festive period have been hailed by mayor Sadiq Khan as further evidence of the capital “roaring back” after the pandemic. more
Transport for London (TfL) has said it will keep most of its services running throughout the festive period but is advising customers to plan journeys ahead.
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It’s coming. Slowly but surely – and many, many years after similar metro networks around the world – London’s tube is getting mobile phone coverage. A few months ago coverage came to several stations on the Central and Northern Lines (and tunnels between those stations) – and now even more stations have been blessed with data. more