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Slice of Sweden on the Ikea bus

Slice of Sweden on the Ikea bus

Croydon residents can now travel directly to IKEA, following TfL’s announcement to extend bus route 463 to serve Coulsdon South station via Brighton Road.…

Faster than a speeding javelin

Faster than a speeding javelin

A high-speed ‘Javelin’ train, which will be used to transport Olympic athletes between King’s Cross and Stratford, went into service on Sunday.…

Funeral for last direct train to Charing Cross

Funeral for last direct train to Charing Cross

Last Saturday commuters marched through Charing Cross station laden with an empty coffin to mark the end of Southern railway’s Charing Cross service.…

London roads spared roadwork wreckage

London roads spared roadwork wreckage

From the New Year, motorists, cyclists and pedestrians in Lewisham, Hackney and Croydon, should face fewer unnecessary roadworks and hazardous potholes.…

Limehouse station gets £1.9m footbridge

Limehouse station gets £1.9m footbridge

A new footbridge was installed at Limehouse DLR station this week. It is hoped that the 17m long footbridge, which cost £1.9m, will make it easier for passengers to transfer between DLR and national rail services operating out of the station.…

London braced for Christmas strike chaos

London braced for Christmas strike chaos

Trade unions are predicting a wave of strikes across the capital that could cause travel mayhem for East Londoners in the run up to Christmas.…

East End hit by second wave of bus strikes

East End hit by second wave of bus strikes

East London was hit by a fresh wave of bus strikes at the weekend. Drivers from the East London Bus Company called a 48-hour strike at 3am on 20 November – the second in two weeks. It affected bus routes in Barking, Bow, Leyton, Romford, Upton Park and West Ham.…

Pay as you go, wherever you go

Pay as you go, wherever you go

London Mayor Boris Johnson yesterday announced the rollout of Oyster capability across all National Rail services within the capital.…

£5000 fine for Olympic lane use condemned

£5000 fine for Olympic lane use condemned

London Assembly members expressed outrage this week over the proposal to fine drivers who use the Olympic car lane £5, 000.…

EXCLUSIVE: Threatened Surrey Canal Road station now back on track

EXCLUSIVE: Threatened Surrey Canal Road station now back on track

A key £10m “missing” station on the East London Line extension in south Bermondsey looks set to get the go-ahead after months of doubt over its future.…