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Belated transport news
Belated transport news
I missed reporting on several transport stories while I was away so here's a...
2 weeks ago
Belated transport news
I missed reporting on several transport stories while I was away so here's a brief catch-up.
🚦 This Saturday the gyratory at St Paul's is being tweaked. The southern end of King Edward Street is being pedestrianised (to create Greyfriars Square) so...
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Underblogged July
Slim Summer Saturday
31 underblogged things I did in July
Wed 1: Malted wheats for breakfast.
Thu...
1st Aug 2026
Slim Summer Saturday
31 underblogged things I did in July
Wed 1: Malted wheats for breakfast.
Thu 2: The buzzer wasn't working.
Fri 3: Surrounded by school trip.
Sat 4: Freezer so needed defrosting.
Sun 5: Victoria didn't have any.
Mon 6: Sara Cox pefectly adequate.
Tue 7:...
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TfL FoI requests in June 2026
30 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in June 2026
1) In the last 5 years no accidents have...
1st Jul 2026
30 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in June 2026
1) In the last 5 years no accidents have been recorded at Liverpool Street Station involving pushchairs being taken through ticket barriers.
2) During 2025 defibrillators were used on 50 occasions across the London...
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Unblogged May
31 unblogged things I did in May
Fri 1: To celebrate May Day, and to make the most of the glorious...
1st Jun 2026
31 unblogged things I did in May
Fri 1: To celebrate May Day, and to make the most of the glorious weather, I went for a 10 mile walk up the Chess Valley from Rickmansworth to Chesham. Along the way I passed 16 dogs, 19 horses, 2 cows, 68 butterflies, 8 birds of prey, 5 bluebell...
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Unblogged April
30 unblogged things I did in April
Wed 1: My blogpost about TfL producing a new set of bus maps may...
1st May 2026
30 unblogged things I did in April
Wed 1: My blogpost about TfL producing a new set of bus maps may have been an April Fool but Quickmap do a truly excellent Greater London bus map which is online here. I might have saved that jpg to my phone.
Thu 2: The West Ham chunk of the...
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New London bus maps
Unbelievably it's been 10 years since TfL last bothered to print a set of London bus maps. Ten whole...
1st Apr 2026
Unbelievably it's been 10 years since TfL last bothered to print a set of London bus maps. Ten whole years.
they just stopped. No good reason was ever given, although saving money probably had a lot to do with it.
the 2016 quadrant maps when travelling around London, they're...
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TfL FoI requests in February 2026
20 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in February 2026
1) The assignment of stations to zones...
1st Mar 2026
20 things we learnt from TfL FoI requests in February 2026
1) The assignment of stations to zones was implemented some 30 years ago, broadly fitting six concentric zones within the geography of London. Very few changes have since been made - generally only in very specific...
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The Class 230 battery trial
In a peculiar act of recycling, a tube train from the 1970s was relaunched in West London yesterday...
1st Feb 2026
In a peculiar act of recycling, a tube train from the 1970s was relaunched in West London yesterday but not on the tube, and everyone said how cutting edge it was. [10 photos]
This is a Class 230 train with pioneering battery-charge capability, finally entering passenger...
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A2026
As the new year begins, let's walk the A2026.
Ewell, Surrey.
Dartford, Kent.
The A2026 started...
1st Jan 2026
As the new year begins, let's walk the A2026.
Ewell, Surrey.
Dartford, Kent.
The A2026 started life as the Crayford bypass, a flat estuarine alternative to the Roman road up West Hill. It was opened on 22 June 1923 by the wife of Wilford Ashley, Parliamentary Secretary to...
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Unblogged November
30 unblogged things I did in November
Sat 1: Spotted a doomed pillarbox in Beckenham High Street...
1st Dec 2025
30 unblogged things I did in November
Sat 1: Spotted a doomed pillarbox in Beckenham High Street wrapped in plastic film, ready to be updated to one of those new solar-powered automated boxes. I wonder what they do with the boxes that get replaced.
Sun 2: The sheer irony of a...
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