48 hour strike disrupts main line services from Liverpool Street
The Victoria Underground station upgrade has received planning approval from the Secretary of State for Transport
East Thames Buses to be sold by TfL to London General Transport Services Limited
The First 2009 Stock train starts carrying passengers in service on the Victoria line
Visitors to Piccadilly Circus will be able to see Tube service updates on the Coca-Cola advertising board
Boris Johnson unveils the first of the new London Overground trains
June 2009
Wrexham & Shropshire has become the first train operating company to sell Oyster cards to passengers before they arrive in London.
Art on the on the Underground, London Underground's art programme, has won an international award for culture on public transport systems.
Transport for London have announced a five month improvement scheme for the A316 Richmond Circus road junction, with increased accessability for cyclists and pedestrians.
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson has tested London's first air-conditioned tube train.
New superhero artwork has been added to Charing Cross and Embankment tube stations.
Due to the ongoing tube strike, and the lack of Chiltern services, over 70,000 football supporters were without transport after the World Cup qualifier at Wembley Stadium.
Union RMT announced a 48 hour tube strike, which began at 18:59 on Tuesday 9 June.
The new Three Mills Lock has opened in Bromley-by-Bow.
Transport for London has announced that six bus manufacturers have qualified to bid for the contract to design and build the new bus for London.
To aid overseas travellers, London Underground has upgraded all touch screen ticket machines to 17 different languages.
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General
After the surge of new articles in June, July has been a quieter month with just one new featured article, Chelsea Bridge (well done again Iridescent), and one new good article, Charles Pearson. We therefore, currently have 10 Featured Articles, 1 Featured List and 10 Good Articles in the Project. Unfortunately, one former Good Article, Docklands Light Railway has been demoted to B-class. We have 110 B-class articles and it would nice to see some of those improved and taken through the Good Article review process - so come on guys, get those books out and get fact checking.
As usual all suggestions to improving the metropolitan are welcome so if you have one we would be happy to hear from you.
...that Chelsea Bridge was little used at night when it first opened, because of its owners' policy of only turning the lighting on if Queen Victoria was spending the night in London?
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