It may seem like a lifetime ago now that TfL revealed that the Picadilly Line was due to receive a fancy glow-up after acquiring a fleet of new trains in 2018. To take on such a mighty task is setting TfL back £1.5 bill...
In celebration of National Engineering Day today (November 1) Transport for London has partnered with the Royal Academy of Engineering to launch a new ‘Engineering Icons’ themed Tube map to honour leading engineers from...
Londoners. They are – if you’re reading this in London, at least – all around you, usually commuting, or drinking, or walking too fast, or reading Secret London (🤞). Maybe…...
You may remember that back in July, the Mayor of London began his plans to scrap London’s ever-so convenient one-day travelcards in a bid to raise an extra £40 million a year for the transport network. You may als...
As you frolic over to your London train platform, bashing commuters out of the way and getting ready for a sunny spring day out in Brighton, you may soon be doing so in a super swanky (well, swankier) setting. Yes, Lond...
There are train strikes coming up this week, folks! By now, most of us have found ways to navigate around them (or at least use it as an excuse to stay home), but the strikes can still catch even the most…...
Bad news for those who love collecting physical mementos, gig tickets, and travel memories, because one-day trips into London may soon no longer come with a cute orange ticket to remember them by. The handy travelcards,...
Despite the occasional gripe about missing a train and having to wait a dreaded three minutes for the next, or being packed in on a sweaty carriage during rush hour, London’s public transport system is pretty grea...
Okay, I’m going to need you to humour me for a moment. I want you to close your eyes and think of London. Now, what’s the first thing that pops into your head? Big Ben?…...
Okay okay, stop nagging me: I’ll give you another Secret London history lesson if you really want me to. Today’s topic of choice? The thing that has every single Londoner in a complete and utter chokehold: t...