Toby Youell, Author at Eastlondonlines

Gypsies and Irish travellers fight bricks and mortar

Hidden between a set of railways lines in Bow is a small caravan site. Lisa, 25, stands in the door …

by Toby Youell/ March 3, 2013/ Features, General Features/

At least 25,000 protesters marched from Central Lewisham to Mountsfield Park to demonstrate against proposals to close Lewisham Hospital’s A&E …

by Toby Youell/ January 26, 2013/ Health, Save Lewisham A&E/

Up to 25,000 people marched through Lewisham to protest against the planned closure of Lewisham A&E. Nick Ferrari from LBC …

by Toby Youell/ January 26, 2013/ Health, Lewisham, Save Lewisham A&E/

For another year running public transport will be free on New Years Eve, but there will be plenty of disruption …

by Toby Youell/ December 23, 2012/ Christmas, Transport/

The East London Line extension to Clapham Junction is living up to its title of the “M25 of rail”, as …

by Toby Youell/ December 11, 2012/ Transport/

The East London line will see longer and more frequent trains under a new 10 year plan revealed on Tuesday …

by Toby Youell/ December 11, 2012/ Features, Transport/

More of Hackney’s roads will be slowed to 20mph from March 2013 in an extension of a joint traffic management …

by Toby Youell/ December 4, 2012/ Hackney/

Almost a fifth of commuters admit to missing their station after falling asleep, according to a new survey by train …

by Toby Youell/ December 4, 2012/ Croydon, Transport/

Clapham may seem a world away from Whitechapel but it is now a matter of half an hour as the …

by Toby Youell/ December 2, 2012/ Lead Stories, Transport/

The Labour Party’s Steve Reed has maintained his party’s hold on Croydon North with 64.3 per cent of the votes. …

by Toby Youell/ November 30, 2012/ Lead Stories/

by Toby Youell/ November 28, 2012/ Videos/

There were no kettles but plenty of water as thousands of students braved the November rain to protest against the …

by Toby Youell/ November 21, 2012/ Lead Stories/

A Croydon nursery is to be demolished by July in order to make way for a larger car park at …

by Toby Youell/ November 18, 2012/ Croydon/

Lewisham’s cyclists have expressed dismay after TfL abandoned plans to bring the Cycle Superhighway network to central Lewisham. Cycle Superhighway …

by Toby Youell/ November 15, 2012/ Lead Stories, News, Transport/

Boris Johnson announced yesterday that public transport fares across London are to go up by 4.2% in January. A ticket …

by Toby Youell/ November 8, 2012/ Uncategorized/

Despite 29 per cent of the available bikes being in Tower Hamlets, only 13.5 per cent of the bikes hired …

by Toby Youell/ November 7, 2012/ Tower Hamlets, Transport/