pci: Albert Steinberger

Commuters on the Overground in east London faced severe delays on the service this morning. (more…)

New trams in Croydon, Pic: Praveen Sundaram

Hopes for a new Croydon-Crystal Palace tram link were dashed today as Transport for London confirmed that there will be no extensions to the line in the foreseeable future. (more…)

Bow roundabout pic: Diamond Geezer (Flickr)

TfL has unveiled plans to improve cyclist safety on one of London’s most dangerous roundabouts, which saw the deaths of two cyclists in three weeks last year. (more…)

pic: Alain Bachellier (Flickr)

Motorists can now pay their parking fees with the help of a new mobile phone app. (more…)

Hoxton Station - Ben Sutherland (Flickr)

The East London Line extension has “grown faster than anticipated” with nearly three and a half times more journeys made per week in 2011 than in 2007, according to a TfL report on the train operator.

Nearly two million journeys were made on the line per week in September last year compared with 0.6 million in 2007.

But the increase has led to higher levels of crowding, and the local government body predicts there will be 100 million journeys made on the whole Overground network in 2011/12 as user demand proliferates this year due to predicted popular events including the Olympic Games and the Queen’s Jubilee. (more…)

Christmas Day

All tube services will be closed and there will be no daytime or Night buses operated by London Buses.

The Oxford Tube will operate a special service between Oxford and London Victoria until 1900, calling at Heathrow Airport Central bus station in both directions instead of Hillingdon station.

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pic: Route to Respect

Youngsters from Croydon have recently made a film promoting respect for the community and have released it to the public as a response to the viral video showing racism on a Croydon tram last month. (more…)

pic: Collin Grey

Tube drivers have voted overwhelmingly to strike on Boxing Day, threatening travel chaos across the capital. (more…)

pic: Donna Smillie

East London Line commuters will benefit from extra train services and seats over the Christmas period, Southern Railway and TFL have confirmed. (more…)

A still from the YouTube video

A woman faces Christmas in custody after pleading not guilty to a racially aggravated public offence order linked to ‘My Tram Experience’ viral video. (more…)