Tickets Alert: Open Day at the Banqueting House
It's only been occasionally open since the pandemic, but Banqueting House in central London is having one final open day before it closes for long-term restoration work.

National Gallery acquires Poussin’s ‘Eucharist’ in time for Easter
One of the greatest paintings of the Last Supper, by Nicolas Poussin, has been acquired by the National Gallery and went on display today, just in time for Easter.

Tickets Alert: Free open evening at St Paul’s Cathedral
For one evening later this Spring, you will be able to visit St Paul's Cathedral in the evening and also for free.

A 1930s LNER wagon has been dug up in Belgium
It’s more than 400 miles from LNER’s current home in York, but an LNER train has been unearthed by archaeologists in Antwerp in Belgium.

Sale on tickets to the Tina Turner musical
Ticket prices start from £20, with offers on some of the better seats.

London’s weekly railway news
This is a weekly round-up of London's rail transport news...

Tickets Alert: The National Physical Laboratory’s annual open day
The government’s national measurement standards laboratory is based in southwest London, and one day a year, it's open to the public to visit.

From Fossil Fuels to Solar Power – TfL’s £16 million grant to cut carbon emissions
A number of Transport for London (TfL) buildings and depots are about to get energy upgrades to help reduce their carbon emissions and the cost of heating the buildings.

New operator for the London Cable Car
A new company will take over the management of the London Cable Car, aka, the Dangleway on its 12th anniversary in June.

Visit Radio Caroline during its 60th anniversary
Later this month marks the 60th anniversary of the first unauthorised radio broadcast from a pirate radio ship off the coast of Essex -- on 28th March 1964.

GWR starts west London trials of a battery-powered train to replace diesels
For the next few months, an old London Underground train can be seen running along a length of National Rail track in west London, as it tests a new battery technology that could replace diesel trains on branch lines.

Marylebone station’s 125th anniversary
Last Friday, Marylebone station celebrated its 125th anniversary with a special train naming ceremony.

Photographic exhibition celebrates the women of the RNLI
To mark the bicentenary of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), there's an exhibition of people who most certainly wouldn't have been invited to the founding rescue - women.

Another weekend of strikes on the National Rail network
Another series of rolling strikes on England's national railways has been announced, with strikes starting on Friday 5 April and running through to Monday 8th April 2024.

London Underground train drivers to strike in April and May
Tube train drivers who are members of the train drivers’ union, ASLEF, are to go on strike on Monday 8th April and Saturday 4th May, unless they can resolve a dispute over working conditions.

Inside the London office where swinging pendulums keep cyber threats at bay
There's an office in London that contains something critical to the security of the global internet — a bunch of swinging pendulums.

Tickets Alert: Late opening for Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Rooms
Tate Modern's long-running and very popular art installation of mirrors and lights created by Yayoi Kusama will be open late through April to give people a last chance to visit.

Uncertain Impact: Dust on London Underground raises questions about staff health
A study into the effects of airborne dust on the London Underground has suggested that it might be leading to more sickness amongst tube staff, but that more studies are needed before a firm conclusion could be reached.

Tilbury to Gravesend ferry service closing at the end of March
You have just a couple of weeks to be able to take a trip on the Tilbury to Gravesend ferry before it closes due to funding problems.

Southbank railway arches turned into public art gallery
Four arch-shaped lightboxes have been installed on the southern wall of Bankside Yards’ run of historic Victorian railway arches,

Booking dates announced for London Open House Festival
The annual chance to peer inside other people's buildings has confirmed when bookings will open for the general public.

More delays for Beam Park station – no decision until later this year
The long-running saga about whether a new railway station will be built at Beam Park in East London is unlikely to be resolved anytime soon, as a decision is not expected now until later this year.

Harrow transport worker’s art-inspired poetry at central London tube station
A poem by a creative transport worker from Harrow-on-the-Hill about a mural at Brixton station has gone on display at St James’s Park station as part of TfL’s Art on the Underground’s writer in residence scheme.

TfL seeking suppliers for Bakerloo line overhaul
The elderly Bakerloo line trains will eventually need to be replaced, and Transport for London (TfL) has started looking for suppliers to prepare the Bakerloo line for the new trains.

Tickets Alert: Tours of Dorneywood House and the gardens
Gifted to the nation for the use by a government minister, just outside London can be found a modest mansion that’s also open to the public, but only for a couple of weeks a year.

London’s Alleys: Padbury Court, E2
This mixed passageway in Bethnal Green echoes many post-war areas, lined with cobbled paving and remnants of old buildings, but also a long row of 1960s flats.

British Museum retakes crown for the UK’s most visited attraction
The British Museum has retaken its top spot as the UK's most visited visitor attraction, boosted by last summer's China history exhibition.