London

Colleagues visiting every London station to fundraise for boy with cancer

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Alex Bestwick

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1st August 2023

Colleagues are visiting every London Tube and railway station to raise money for a train-obsessed four-year-old boy to receive life-saving cancer treatment abroad.
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Elizabeth line’s Bond Street station to open next month

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Alex Bestwick

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28th September 2022

Bond Street station on London’s Elizabeth line will open on Monday October 24, Transport for London has announced.
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British Transport Police to boost officer numbers in run up to the Queen’s funeral

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Alex Bestwick

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12th September 2022

British Transport Police is boosting the number of officers at main railway stations in the run-up to the Queen’s funeral, the force has said.
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End of the line for direct Eurostar trains to Disneyland Paris

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Alex Bestwick

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30th August 2022

Eurostar is to axe its direct train service between London and Disneyland Paris from June next year.
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Waterloo is still busiest station – British Steel Redcar least used

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd January 2019

LONDON Waterloo station remains the country’s busiest station for the 15th consecutive year, even though the total number of passenger entries and exits fell by five million to 94.4 million. The figures for 2017/8 have been revealed by the Office of Rail and Road. Some of the reduction in use has been attributed to the…
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Last run for Parliamentary service

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd January 2019

A DAILY parliamentary service from London Paddington to South Ruislip ceased operation on December 7,a casualty of developing parts of West London for the HS2 line. More than 190 people travelled on the last train compared to the usual handful of passengers. Operation of the Chiltern Railways service was used to maintain route knowledge for drivers to…
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Vivarail 230s break cover for daytime tests!

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Sam Hewitt

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29th December 2018

UNIT testing/driver training of three Vivarail Class 230 DMU sets on the London Northwestern’s Marston Vale line has taken place under the cover of darkness – despite the planned introduction in December being deferred until the New Year. However, sporadic daylight runs began on November 13, and unit No. 230003 is seen passing Ridgmont with 5T52,…
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Siemens to build fleet of Underground trains

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Sam Hewitt

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11th December 2018

Siemens was awarded the contract in June, but it was put on hold following a legal challenge by Bombardier, Hitachi and Alstom.
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Crossrail to miss December opening date

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Chris Milner

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31st August 2018

LONDON’S £16bn Crossrail project to build a railway under central London will now not open until the Autumn of 2019. It could be even delayed further. The ambitious project that will connect Reading, Maidenhead and Heathrow Airport with Abbey Wood Shenfield was to see its central section between Liverpool Street and Paddington open this December…
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London Bridge Transformed

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Ben Jones

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2nd January 2018

London Bridge station reopened today after ten days of major engineering work, marking the countdown to completion of the £1bn redevelopment after more than five years of work. The final section of the huge, modern new concourse and the final five platforms opened for the first time, allowing Cannon Street trains to resume calling at…
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