Metro Travel News Pages 2013

Main article on new London Cycle Guide from Transport for London. Also includes competitions with RideLondon.

Main article on a set of poems reflecting aspects of London life, past and present is on display across the Tube network. Also includes Hop on a bus for Red Nose Day.

Main article on Remembrance Sunday travel, road closures in central London and the City and weekend closures on the Stansted Express. Also includes details on a station closure at Edgware Road on the Bakerloo line and part closures on the District, Northern, Piccadilly and London Overground lines and on the Docklands Light Railway due to engineering and improvement works.

Main article on initiative to decorate the transport network in support of London Poppy Day. Also includes travel update, safer travel for schools, and tube improvement plan - post weekend update.

Main article on underground exhibition of work from 15 leading artists celebrating the Tube’s 150th anniversary at Gloucester Road Station. Also includes long shelf life for racks and taskforce takes to Twitter.

Main article on the final stage of this year’s Tour of Britain cycle race will end on Whitehall. Also includes London travel advice.

Main article on using the Metropolitan line as a sight-seeing train trip. Also includes article on tube improvement post weekend update.

Main article looking back on progress one year ago on final preparations for the Olympic Games. Also includes a reminder on beat the heat.

Main article on appointment of contractor for modernisation of Vauxhall station. Also includes article on record-breaking weeks for buses.

Main article on planned closures of Bakerloo, District, Hammersmith and City, Northern, and London Overground lines for engineering and improvement works. Also includes Highbury and Islington Station update, road users advised to avoid Victoria, traffic-free Sundays on Regent Street, and travel advice for the Wireless Festival.

Main article on advice to improve cyclist safety. Also includes world travel market - plan your journey and traffic information for the capital.

Main article on keeping up with the Tube improvement plan. Also includes article on accessibility for all.

Main article on part closures on the Bakerloo, Central, Northern and Overground lines. Also includes details of more gates at Moorgate, Battersea Park London Overground closure reminder, update on lifts at Hammersmith, and Tube improvements on track.

Main article on recent figures showing overall delays to Tube customers on the decline. Also includes plan your bus journey, cashless car parking and the voice of youth today.

Main article on advice for drivers and bus users to avoid the affected areas where the event will take place. Also includes the weekends timetable of events, the affected bus routes and an acknowledgement of the third anniversary of Barclays Cycle Hire bikes.

Main article on chosen contractor for project to lengthen some of London Overground's station platforms. Also includes articles on have your say on Turnham Green station, family fun at London Transport Museum, and Blackwall Tunnel slip road.

Main article on Route 11, the second in the capital to be served entirely by the new bus for London. Also includes half term fun at London Transport Museum.

Main article on festival organisers holding drop in sessions for businesses and residents to find out more about the event. Also includes articles on music and magic on the Emirates Airline and BBC documentary on London's roads.

Main article on free day activities in the capital accessible by bus and tube. Also includes tube improvement plan - post weekend update.

Main article on bus services in Stratford are being boosted to make Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park as accessible as possible. Also includes Tube improvement plan – post weekend update

Main article on the part played by the tube in transforming rural areas North West of the capital. Also includes poetry in motion of the tube and tube improvement plan - post weekend update.

Main article on weekly bike clinics held across the capital until 3 July 2013. Also includes new bus for London shows capital savings and London Overground puts music on the right track.

Main article on part closures on the Bakerloo, Central, Northern and Overground lines. Also includes details of more gates at Moorgate, Battersea Park London Overground closure reminder, update on lifts at Hammersmith, and Tube improvements on track.

Main article on Tube upgrade plan. Also includes Earl's Court station travel advice.

Main article on the capital’s private gardens open to the public this weekend. Also includes traffic information.

Main article on new intake of graduate trainees across TfL and CrossRail. Also includes articles on world travel market - plan your journey and reduced escalator service at Old Street.

Main article on TfL take over of commuter routes running between Liverpool Street, North East London and Hertfordshire. Other articles include competition to win training session with Laura Trott, double Olympic cycling champion, and traffic free Regent Street.

Main article on Londoners back Crossrail 2. Also includes on improvement work at Acton Town which has resulted in speedier journeys and information station closures on the Bakerloo and Central line and part closures on the Northern and London Overground lines due to engineering and improvement works.

Main article on Frank Pick's design vision featuring photograph of Sudbury Town Station and copy of shop 10 to 4 poster. Also includes traffic information.

Main article on encouraging Londoners to explore the city on foot with a series of led walks. Also includes articles on cabwise app, changes to c-charge, and Edgware Road lift works.

Main article on BIKESAFE LONDON on celebrating 10 years of improving the safety of motorcyclists across the capital. Also includes 'Love on the Air Line' and Tube improvement plan – post weekend update.

Main article on planned closures of Bakerloo, Central, District, Hammersmith and City, Piccadilly, Docklands Light Railway and London Overground lines for engineering and improvement works. Also includes details of works at Holborn Station.

Main article on products celebrating 150th anniversary of world's first underground transport now available at London Transport museum shop. Also includes traffic information for the capital.

Main article on the new bus for London inspired by the classic Routemaster celebrating its first birthday. Also includes tube upgrade plan - post weekend update.

Main article on inquiry into Transport for London's proposed extension of the Northern line south of the Thames. Also includes transport at a glance, 'stop and shop' in London, TfL Christmas concert and what's in a station name?

Main article on a planned station closure on the Hammersmith and City line and part closures on the District, Jubilee, Metropolitan, Northern and Piccadilly lines and on the Docklands Light Railway, London Overground and London Tramlink for improvement works. Also includes details on industrial action this weekend, reduced escalator service at Brixton, advice to plan ahead for the Notting Hill Carnival and clarification of bike box fines.

Main article on the first sat nav-based cyclist alert system has been launched by Navevo in association with Transport for London (TfL). Also includes article new posters celebrate Tube anniversary.

Main article The Mayor has announced details of four transport projects set to receive a share of a £40million fund allocated for regeneration schemes

Main article on a mentoring service launched in Sutton to help disabled Londoners make the most of the capital's bus network. Also includes an article on Lego maps made to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Tube.

Main article on using legible london maps to find your way around the South Bank. Also includes new website reminder and London Underground facts.

Main article on the outdoor exhibition, Art Everywhere UK, showcasing some of Britain's greatest art put up on poster sites and billboards. Also includes details on Eid at Trafalgar Square and Beck collection donation.

Main article on getting around a city as vast as London can be challenging, especially for refugees and asylum seekers who struggle to access public transport. Also includes London travel advice.

Main article on Tube improvement plan. Also includes details of transport settlement assures economic growth for London and summer events in the capital.

Main article on a Hackney primary school selected to take part in a European pilot scheme to get more children walking and cycling to school. Also includes articles on six months celebration for Thames Clippers and reminder to have your say on Turnham Green.

Main article on toys handed in to Transport for London’s (TfL) Lost Property Office being donated to the Salvation Army’s Christmas present appeal. Also includes details of an event celebrating the roundel and the Tube improvement plan - post weekend update.

Main article on station and part closures on the Bakerloo, Central, District, Hammersmith and City, Jubilee, Northern, Docklands Light Railway and Overground Lines. Also includes articles on the future of the Tube.

Main article on the Crossrail project celebrating its biggest milestone as the titanic tunnelling machine Elizabeth broke through into the shell of the new Canary Wharf station. Also includes article on have your say on Crossrail 2.

Main article on planned closures of Bakerloo, Circle, District, Circle, Hammersmith and City, Northern, Docklands Light Railway, and London Overground lines for engineering and improvement works. Also includes details of works to lifts at Hammersmith Station and travel details for Mumford and Sons concert.

Main article on proposed High Speed rail link between London and Northern England set to make Old Oak Common Britain's best connected raiway station. Also includes article Oyster card brithday and tube improvement update.

Main article on travel advice for music lovers heading to the Proms throughout August and September. Also includes article on RideLondon Surrey 100 ballot opens.

Main article Transport for London has announced its search for an operator to run Crossrail services from May 2015. Also includes traffic information for the capital.

Main article on record breaking Olympic Games facts and figures illustrated with picture of stadium. Also includes article on Underground in Bloom.

Main article on TfL's fundraising efforts supported by use of Peter Hendy's, Commissioner, Routemaster bus. Also includes article on cutting crowding on the Northern Line.

Main article on plenty of activities in London over Easter, which are just minutes away from Tube and rail stations. Also includes Traffic information for the capital.

Main article Transportt for London (TfL) has begun a major cycle safety research project examining new junction layouts and traffic technology. Also includes articles on making the tube more accessible and traffic information for the capital.

Main article on advantages to travelling by river as a commuter or on a sightseeing trip. Also includes article on CrossRail tunnel under Stepney Green.

Main article on changes to transport services during the holiday period. Articles also include transformation of Tottenham Hale station and travel advice for attending Chelsea football matches.

Main article on the Tube improvment plan. Also includes new timetable for the Metropolitan Line and details of escalators out of service at Earls Court.

Main article providing advice on protecting your bike. Also includes traffic information for the capital.

Main article on Sunday viewings of rarely seen films that feature the underground hosted by the London Transport Museum as part of the Tube's 150th birthday celebrations and a Metro Travel DVD giveaway. Also includes an article on the TFL twitter page, @TflTrafficNews, receiving 100,000 twitter followers and traffic information for the capital.

Main article on children from Oaks Park High School creating a 'home for nature' with London Underground and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Also includes transport updates for Finsbury Park, Chancery Lane and District Line services and last chance to see exhibition 'Poster Art 150 - London Underground's Greatest Designs'.

Main article on the 24 bus for London which goes through the heart of the city. Also includes London travel advice.

Main article on competition launch to find an architect to transform iconic headquarters at 55 Broadway. Also includes traffic information for the capital.

Main article on anniversay celebrations including travel in historic train carriages along the Epping Ongar Railway line. Also includes news on applying for a child's oyster card and Bank station upgrade.

Main article on planned closures of District, Hammersmith and City, Metropolitan, Northern, Piccadilly, DLR, London Overground, Bakerloo and Circle lines for engineering and improvement works. Also includes progress update for Victoria Station.

Main article on completion of first CrossRail tunnel from Royal Oak to Farringdon. Also includes articles on a taste of Underground heritage, CrossRail 2 and traffic information for the capital.

Main article on part closures on the Bakerloo, Circle, District, Jubilee and London Overground lines. Also includes article on restricted access to Barclays Cycle Hire bikes over the weekend.