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New pocket Tube map artwork explores London’s maritime history

Transport for London’s (TfL’s) Art on the Underground programme has launched its 42nd pocket Tube map cover, by internationally renowned artist Ellen Gallagher. Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish draws on London’s maritime past and the hidden histories beneath the city, inviting...

TfL marks 40 years of Poems on the Underground with new summer series across the network

Transport for London (TfL) today announces a new summer series of Poems on the Underground, launching across the network from 1 June, as part of its wider programme bringing arts and culture into everyday journeys. The new series coincides...

Indra Group wins TfL contract to operate Oyster and Contactless systems

Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed that Indra Group has been awarded a seven-year contract to operate TfL’s revenue collection systems, including the contactless and Oyster ticketing system. The contract will see Indra handle the operation, maintenance, development, enhancement, and...

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...

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WJ Project Services: delivering confidence where it matters most

The drive towards electrification is creating new opportunities but also increases the complexity of infrastructure projects. New traction power...