Crossrail reaches final commissioning phase at Tottenham Court Road station
Crossrail's side of Tottenham Court Road station has now reached a state of completion that it can start being handed over to TfL to manage.

London’s weekly railway news
A weekly round-up of London's rail transport news…

HS2 gets can do for route through to Crewe
The HS2 railway line has been given the formal approval to extend northwards from Birmingham to Crewe - the Phase 2a of the project.

Campaign to save Pollock’s Toy Museum.
Pollock's Toy Museum, a delightfully ramshackle old museum in central London is being threatened with closure due to the pandemic and is crowdfunding to keep the building open.

Race the Rails – a London Underground game
A brand-new game in collaboration with Transport for London, Race the Rails is where players must race to build Zone 1 of the London Underground by placing tiles on the board.

London’s Pocket Parks: All Hallows Church and Community Garden, SE1
This small garden on the site of a bombed-out church in the side streets of Southwark also has links to the origins of 1980s synthpop music.

Virtual tours of the disused Aldwych tube station
New virtual tours of Aldwych tube station have been announced, including areas not normally included in the physical tours that used to run in pre-lockdown times.

London street signs going for sale
There's a chance to buy a London street sign as a batch of old signs no longer needed are put up for auction.

Lose yourself in this 8-bit train driving simulator
If there had been a train driving simulator for the ZX Spectrum, this might have been it.

HS2 shows off barn-like ventilation shaft headhouse
HS2 has shown off the final design for its ‘barn design’ headhouses that will provide ventilation and emergency access to the Chiltern tunnel just outside the M25 motorway.

Five more bridges joining London’s “Illuminated River”
In a few months time, five more bridges will join the four already completed in being specially floodlit as part of a large public art installation.

City of London looks to post-pandemic cultural recovery
Although a lot of pandemic recovery talk about the City of London has focused on the empty offices and unsold sandwiches in corner shops, the city also has a large creative sector that's been badly hit as well.

50 years since London Underground switched to decimal currency
This Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of when London Underground changed over to a decimal currency -- a day earlier than the rest of the country.

The wonderful Imberbus returns for 2021
Once a year, a fleet of old London buses are allowed into military lands to take trips to an empty village where no one lives. It is of course, therefore hugely popular.

Multiple weekend closures of the Victoria-East Croydon line announced
Due to signalling and track upgrades, Network Rail has announced a large number of weekend closures on the railway between East Croydon and Victoria.

London’s Alleys: South Yard, EC2
This charming cobbled* and sloped passageway looks like it's been here for centuries, but in fact, may be barely 30 years old.