Ealing

Branch Line Society to run tour to Kings Lynn

The Branch Line Society[1] has announced that it is running The Hanson Hanse rail tour on Saturday, 25 May 2024 to Kings Lynn for its annual Hanse Festival.
The tour starts from Eastleigh[2] and will be top and tailed by Class 50[3] No. 50008 Thunderer…

The worst times to travel this Christmas, by road and rail

Drivers are being warned to expect delays on roads[1] from Monday as the Christmas getaway begins, with 60 per cent of trips crammed into the three days before 25 December.
Motorists are expected to make 21 million leisure trips between Monday and Chri…

Train thugs beat up victim for ?36 necklace

Over the course of six weeks in summer 2019 they carried out 14 robberies but they remained at large to carry out more robberies in 2020 and 2021. 
In one particularly violent robbery they punched and kicked a victim in the face, all to steal a silver …

The Tube, Overground and Elizabeth Line closures this weekend

Nuray Bulbul
20 November 2023 at 2:53 pm

A London Underground driver reportedly led a chant of ‘Free Palestine’ (Yui Mok/PA) (PA Archive)
Londoners hoping to travel around the city this weekend may need to make alternate plans, as certain stations w…

TfL this weekend November 17 to 19: Underground, Overground …

TfL has asked customers to check before they travel this weekendLondoners travelling into the capital this weekend could be faced with disruption due to closures on TfL services.Transport for London (TfL) has asked Londoners to check before they travel…

TfL this weekend November 10 to 13: Tube, Elizabeth line …

Transport for London (TfL) has asked Londoners to check before they travel this weekend.Londoners travelling into the capital this weekend could be faced with disruption due to closures on TfL services.Transport for London (TfL) has asked Londoners to …

HS2’s next Northolt Tunnel TBMs head underground

Major components of the first of the second pair of Herrenknecht EPBMs that will bore HS2’s 13.4km long Northolt High Speed Rail Tunnels under London have now been lifted into the 25m deep ancillary shaft at the HS2 site in Ealing in preparation for la…

HS2: Next Tunnelling Machines Named

HS2 has unveiled the names of the next pair of tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that will construct the high-speed rail line under the capital: Emily and Anne.
The machines are earth pressure balance TBMs, designed specifically for the soft ground conditi…