Social media has taken the world by storm in the past few years, but how can operators use the various platforms to their advantage? Kevin Smith reports from a UITP social media workshop held in Mechelen, Belgium, on the latest approaches.

TRANSPORT for London is inviting its own staff as well as suppliers and individuals from the industry and academia to contribute ideas and innovative thinking about how it might improve its service and operations in a new online interactive portal.

THE British public will fund 100%, or around £1bn, of the procurement costs of the rolling stock for Crossrail, London's new 118km east-west cross-city line which is currently under construction.

TRANSPORT for London (TfL) has announced plans for a £320m project to lengthen trains on the London Overground network from four to five cars with the aim of accommodating rapidly-increasing ridership.

SERCO is to continue operating London's Docklands Light Railway (DLR) until September 2014 after being granted an 18-month contract extension by Transport for London (TfL).

SIX CEOs from some of Europe's leading capital city public transport operators gathered in Rome today and signed a declaration calling for European governments to invest in public transport as a means of kick starting the European economy.