LONDON Underground (LU) launched 24 hour weekend operation on its Central and Victoria lines on August 19 when more than 50,000 passengers took advantage of the Night Tube service.
ROLLING stock used on the London Underground District Line will now receive maintenance using a lifting system created by Pfaff Rail Systems which has been coined the "transformer" by maintenance staff.
TRANSPORT for London has named Mr Mark Wild as the next managing director of London Underground and he will start his new role in June.
Effective rail lubrication strategies play an important role in optimising wheel and rail life, but developments in rail and rolling stock technology in recent decades have shifted the goalposts for friction management. Barnaby Temple, head of technology with LB Foster Rail Technologies, explains how research into the issue in Britain is redefining top-of-rail friction management.
BRITAIN's National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has urged the government to bolster support for development the Crossrail 2 link across London, describing the northeast - southwest line as a "priority" for the city.
LONDON Underground has invited Alstom, Bombardier, CAF, Hitachi and Siemens, which previously pre-qualified, to submit tenders to supply a fleet of 250 trains under its New Tube for London project.
LONDON Underground (LU) took delivery of two new points and crossings tampers supplied by Matisa, Switzerland, in early December.
TRANSPORT for London (TfL) announced on December 17 that it will begin "detailed technical work" next year to develop a case for the extension of the Bakerloo Line southeast from its current terminus at Elephant and Castle to Old Kent Road and Lewisham.
LONDON Underground (LU) has today confirmed that funding for the £284m Metropolitan Line Watford extension has been finalised, with construction scheduled to begin next year.
LONDON Underground (LU) has launched a five-week trial of a new inverter system at Cloudesley Road substation on the Victoria Line, which enables energy returned to the grid by regenerative braking systems on trains to be reused at stations.
