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06Nov/17

London’s Oxford Street to be pedestrianized?

November 6, 2017TransportCity: London, Crossrail, England, Local government in London, London, London Rail, mayor, Oxford Street, Pedestrian zone, Sadiq Khan, Saskia O'Donoghue, Street, Transport for London, United Kingdomsmbale

Significant amounts of London’s iconic Oxford Street could be pedestrianized by December 2018, if the city’s Mayor Sadiq Khan’s proposals are met favorably. He’s hoping about half a mile of the street will become a “traffic-free pedestrian boulevard”, coinciding with the arrival of the new Crossrail line in central London in December 2018. Saskia O’Donoghue reports. Continue reading →

08Jan/17

Londoners face Tube misery as workers set to strike from Sunday

January 8, 2017TransportBritish Airways, Company: British Airways, Company: Lndn Undergrund, Company: TfL, Local government in London, London, London Rail, London Underground, London Underground strikes, Manuel Cortes, Night Tube, Sadiq Khan, Southern, Steve Griffiths, Strike, Subterranean London, Transport for London, Transport in England, Transport in London, Transport in the United Kingdom, Tube, United Kingdom, Victoria, Walkoutsmbale

A walkout on the Tube is part of a wave of strikes hitting British rail and air passengers at the start of 2017.

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08Jun/15

Crossrail completes tunnelling in London in billion pound railway project

June 8, 2015Innovation, Viral VideoBrentwood, Crossrail, Crossrail 2, Crossrail Act, Great Western Main Line, Heathrow Airport transport proposals, Hospitality/Recreation, Local government in England, London, London Rail, Rail transport, Rail transport in the United Kingdom, Shenfield, Superlink, TfL Rail, Transport in London, Transport in the United Kingdom, United Kingdomsmbale

Crossrail releases a time-lapse video showing a drone’s journey through 26 miles of tunnels, as the tunnelling part of a new railway link across London is completed.

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