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London Transport News
July
- New guide released showing passengers where to avoid stairs on London Underground
- Six moths until next Low Emission Zone limits launched
- Transport for London employee wins National Apprentice of the Year
June
- London Underground extends District line timetable consultation
- Bus travel in London highest in 50 years
- Work continues to keep London transport cool
- Transport for London has won a National award for employee communications at the Institute of Internal Communications annual awards
- Golders Green bus station reopens early
- TfL reveals first concept drawings of improved Tottenham Hale bus station and square
- TfL installs eco-lighting in Upper Thames Street tunnel
- Passengers and staff invited to submit stories of kindness seen on the Tube by artist Michael Landy
- Various change to be applied to travel around Moorgate and Liverpool Street to help deliver Crossrail
- Businesses urged to start planning now to keep running effective during Olympics
- Sponsorship offered on London Cable Car
- London Underground awards major signalling contract
- Northern Line upgrade begins later this year
- Delays on London Underground down one third in eight years
- Blackwall Tunnel refurbishment approaches completion
- Passenger numbers double for East London line one year on.
- More bins on London Underground
- Huge increase in lost property on TFL network
- Crime dropped by 7% on London Underground and Docklands Light Railway and 4% on London Buses
- Initial results of removal of Congestion Charge Western extension shows little impact on traffic and air quality
- Daniel Buren to create new permanent artwork at Tottenham Court Road Tube station
May
- Polish poetry introduced on London Underground
- Pedestrian Countdown brings benefits to London
- Electric vehicle scheme "Source London" switched on
- Bus route 488 extended to Dalston
- New bus design now given testing
- TfL urban realm designer scoops the Alan Cherry Award for Placemaking
- More trams in evening between Wimbledon and New Addington
- Over 1300 drivers arrested on unbooked minicabs over last year
- Increased train frequencies in many London Overground lines
- London Cycle Challenge back for 2011
- Contract awarded to Birse Metro to complete London Overground's orbital railway
- Cyclists concerns have been included in Blackfriars junction plan
- A consultation is launched on exemptions to taxi and private hire vehicle age limits
- Twenty five community grants have been offered to improve community cycling projects across London
- Figures show large improvements in road safety for past 10 years
- Transport for London (TfL), Cubic and the Association of Train Operating Companies partnership awarded Excellence in Technology and Innovation at the London Transport Awards for bringing Oyster onto the National Rail network in London.
- Docklands Light Railway 3-car upgrade complete
- Consultation on the Northern Line extension to Battersea begins
- More major car companies sign up to offer discounts to customers affected by the Low Eimission Zone next year
For more information see: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/3119.aspx (most times)
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- Discussions within the project included the good article nomination of Frank Pick, 2010 London Underground usage now available, renomination of the portal as a featured portal, Source London and the London Overground roundel
- Other project related discussions included railway gauge discussions, renaming disused station categories, RDTs in infoboxes, detail of RDTs, naming convention of trains, station diagrams, railway usage and the opening of Canary Wharf station.
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