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More stations and tunnels across the Tube network get high-speed mobile coverage

More stations and tunnelled sections of the Tube network across London now have high-speed mobile coverage, Transport for London (TfL) and Boldyn Networks have announced, including the first sections of the Circle and District line. Alongside the whole of the...

No-Trousers Tube Ride returns to London this Sunday

Londoners can expect an unusual sight on the Underground this weekend as the No-Trousers Tube Ride returns on Sunday 11 January. The annual event, part of a global phenomenon that began in New York, sees hundreds of participants board Tube...

High-speed mobile coverage on Tube improved as roll-out across network continues

Customers can now stay connected via high-speed 4G and 5G on new sections of the Tube network as Transport for London (TfL) and Boldyn Networks (Boldyn) complete further installation works to expand mobile coverage on the network. Mobile coverage has...

Hitachi Rail delivers major milestone in London Underground’s largest ever signalling upgrade

Hitachi Rail has completed the latest signalling deployment on London Underground’s Circle, District, Hammersmith & City, and Metropolitan lines. The deployment represents the most technically challenging milestone to date in Transport for London’s Four Lines Modernisation (4LM) project, London’s...

New solar facility will provide green power for the Tube

Transport for London (TfL) has appointed EDF Renewables UK, through its subsidiary Longfield Solar Energy Farm Limited, to generate and deliver green electricity via a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) over 15 years. The contract will see a new solar...

State-of-the-art Piccadilly line trains to begin operating in 2026

The new Piccadilly line trains, which will transform journeys for millions of customers on one of the Underground's busiest lines, will begin operating in the second half of 2026. These new trains offer 10% more capacity, walk-through air-conditioned carriages,...

Electric upgrade work by UK Power Networks Services supports roll out of new trains on Piccadilly line

UK Power Networks Services will support the rollout of new trains on London Underground’s Piccadilly line with the signing of a new £24million contract to upgrade the High Voltage power network. This contract is the second ‘batch’ awarded that, when...

Work to start this month on making Leyton Tube station step-free

Leyton Tube station will undergo a vital upgrade which will deliver step-free access to the station for the first time, via two lifts and an overbridge, as Transport for London (TfL) works with partners to progress towards the Mayor’s...

TfL announces new artworks as it celebrates 25 years of Art on the Underground

Transport for London (TfL) has revealed plans for four major artworks from contemporary artists to be introduced with its Art on the Underground programme this year, as the programme marks its 25th anniversary. Since Art on the Underground came into...

Colindale Tube station scheduled to re-open in temporary state on Friday 20 December, following first phase of major upgrade

Colindale Tube station on the Edgware branch of the Northern line will re-open in a temporary state on the afternoon of Friday 20 December, with customers advised to check before they travel to the station on this day. The...

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Entry to platforms at Nottingham station to be closed at weekends to boost safety

East Midlands Railway (EMR) is to close access to platforms from Nottingham station’s footbridge at weekends after data showed...