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  • Investigation into runaway tube train

    By  LiseS at 18:21 on 15/08/10
    Friday's incident is being investigated urgently
    An investigation has been launched into the runaway engineering train that become uncoupled on the Northern Line on Friday morning and rolled for almost four miles before halting at Warren Street. London Underground and the Rail Accident Investigation Bureau will be looking into the incident, which began at Archway station at around 5.25am on Friday when an engineering train broke down and was attached an out-of-service Northern Line...
  • Report warns of danger to walkers on Parliament Hill

    By  LiseS at 15:40 on 23/07/10
    Will a vehicle-only road keep walkers and cyclists safer?
    A report presented to the Hampstead Heath Consultative Committee warns of a serious accident risk if cars and trucks continue to use the Highgate Road entrance. The Highgate Road entrance is a popular route onto the Heath for walkers and cyclists, and also a primary entrance point for vehicles to the Parliament Hill depot. "The link is currently very high risk as available width for the high volume of pedestrians to...
  • Could Tube Lines buy-out be the end to misery on the Northern Line?

    By  LiseS at 15:28 on 29/06/10
    Weeknight closures will not be taking place following TfL's purchase of Tube Lines
    Misery on the Northern Line may have been averted after Transport for London completed a buy-out of Public Private Partnership operator Tube Lines at the weekend. TfL and the Mayor's Office had clashed with Tube Lines over its proposals to close Northern Line stations over 82 weekends in the next two years. Local councillors set up a petition demanding a review of the closures. Further controversy surrounded Tube Lines' budget for the...
  • Corbyn and Jackson among MPs calling for TfL rethink on ticket office closures

    By  LiseS at 22:41 on 22/06/10
    No staff please, we're TfL? MPs have spoken out against proposed staffing cuts at tube stations.
    Local MPs Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) and Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn) are among a group of members calling for London Underground to rethink its plans to cut hundreds of ticket office staff from tube stations. Motions tabled in the House of Commons by the group - which also includes London representatives John McDonnell and Virendra Sharma, alopng with MPs from outside the capital Ian Davidson,...
  • Red route parking restrictions under review

    By  LiseS at 16:30 on 04/06/10
    Transport for London's review of the A1 red route may help local shops
    Archway's small businesses are pleased about Transport for London's decision to review a ban on parking after 4pm on Archway Road. Business leaders say a lift on the parking ban will increase trade at Archway's shops, restaurants and cafes. Hornsey and Wood Green MP Lynne Featherstone has been campaigning on the issue on behalf of local shopkeepers. "There is no need for there to be a cut off at 4pm on the side that bears the...

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