Tag Archives: Transport for London

I don’t think there’s a better way to truly see London. I mean the real London – outer London. That’s my verdict from spending the past seven hours 40 minutes and 30 seconds completing the planned route of Transport for London’s (TfL) upcoming Superloop express bus service. Superloop is a …

Soon your journey on the Tube could be a lot quieter as London Underground is testing new technology to reduce noise in the tunnels. Up until recently, TfL has attempted to decrease track noise by grinding the tracks to restore the track profile. But if anything noise has got worse …

If there’s one good thing about taking the Tube it’s that occasionally you get to spot a dog on the Tube. TfL’s new Elizabeth line might not actually, technically, be a Tube – it’s a railway line – but you can still get that same joy of dog-spotting. As of …

Taking an underground train is hardly a new experience for Londoners. Most of us hop on the Tube every day to get between home and work, work and play, or back to bed, and these journeys are often cramped, normally sweat-inducing and nearly always made alongside at least one person …

The Post Office Railway or the ‘Mail Rail’, was an automatic electric railway designed to streamline Royal Mail deliveries in London by bypassing the city’s congested streets. Early in the 20th Century, Royal Mail officials explored ways to make deliveries faster, and they found inspiration in Chicago’s underground freight train …

From next year many more car owners across London could face massive charges just for driving down to the shops. This is down to the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) expanding to cover a whole new swathe of the capital. It costs £12.50 for most vehicle types, including cars, motorcycles and …

Did you know that London once had an underground, driverless railway for its post? Known as Mail Rail, or formerly the Post Office Railway, it operated from 1927 until 2003 to move mail around between postal sorting offices. Like the London Underground but for envelopes rather than people. And now …

A red double-decker bus is one of the ultimate symbols of London. Although they’re not just any shade of red. London’s buses are Pantone 485 C red, the same colour used by the Royal Mail, London Underground, KitKat, McDonald’s and, of course, MyLondon. You might think it’s all part of …