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Gentlemen On Board

Louise Naughton | Posted 13.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Bus, Chivalry, Baby on Board, Tube, Public Transport, Feminism, Women, Women's Issues, UK Lifestyle News
Louise Naughton

It is what we non-pregnant ladies dread. Being offered a seat on public transport. To us, it simply means you are either too old or too fat. And the fact you have actually shamed someone into giving up their seat - commuters will understand the significance of this during rush hour.

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Tube Travel Is Bad For Your Health

PA | Posted 24.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: UK News, Tube Travel, UK Transport, London Underground, Tube, The Tube, Health, UK Universities & Education News

Travelling on the Tube could be bad for your health because of tiny metal dust particles in the atmosphere, new research from a UK university has clai...

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The Perils of the London Bus Commute

Danielle Warren | Posted 17.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Funny, Fail, Commute, Buses, UK Travel, London, Comedy, Stress, Tube, UK-Simplicity, UK Lifestyle News
Danielle Warren

Getting on a bus in Doncaster was always painful, but that was largely due to the fourteen year olds shouting from the back seat of the bus and scaring me to ever venture past the seats for the elderly or disabled. There are much bigger worries for the London bus traveller...

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Here's How To Get Free WiFi On The Tube (If You're On O2)

Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.04.2013 | UK Tech
Read More: O2, London Tube, UK News, Tube, Virgin Media, Tube Wifi, Vodafone, Ee, UK Tech News

O2 customers will be able to access free WiFi on London's Tube network from June. A deal with Virgin Media, who operate the internet service on t...

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Tube 'To Reinstate Original Mind The Gap Announcement So Widow Can Hear Her Late Husband’s Voice'

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 08.05.2013 | UK
Read More: Peter Lodge, Audioboo, London Tube, Northern Line, Mind the Gap, Transport for London, London Underground, Tube, Embankment-Tube, UK News

Hankies at the ready - the original recording which reminded London Underground passengers to “mind the gap” is reportedly being reinstated – so...

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WATCH: 39 Tonne Runaway Train Shoots Through Busy Tube Stations

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 01.03.2013 | UK
Read More: London Tube, Office of Rail Regulation, The Tube, Highgate Station, Warren Street, Runaway-Train, Video, Health and Safety, UK News, UK Crime, Archway Station, Northern Line, Old Bailey, Schweerbau GMBH, London Underground, Tube, Tube Lines Limited, UK News

London Underground and its contractors have been fined a total of £300,000 after an engineering train ran out of control for over four miles on the N...

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Michelle Collins' Tube Thug Hell

WENN | Posted 18.01.2013 | Home
Read More: UK Celebrity, Michelle Collins, Michelle Collins Coronation Street, Coronation Street, Tube, London Underground, Home News

Coronation Street star Michelle Collins was left terrified during a recent ride on the London Underground after a gang of drunk teens started hurling ...

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Why We Should Care About the Tube's 150th Birthday

Mike W.T. Brown | Posted 13.01.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Transport for London, Tube, Tube Upgrade, London Underground, London, Tube 150th Birthday, UK Transport, Trains, UK Lifestyle News
Mike W.T. Brown

This week marks 150 years since the very first Tube journeys took place between Paddington and Farringdon on the Metropolitan Railway. At a time when people had no electricity in their homes, inside toilets were a rarity and radio and television did not yet exist the Tube was a revolutionary blast of modernism.

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Tube Race Rant Horror As Teen Smacks Woman Who Called Him 'Smelly F***ing Nigerian

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 10.01.2013 | UK
Read More: Public Transport Racism, UK News, UK Crime, Race Rant, British Transport Police, Racism, London Underground, Tube, Video, UK News

A violent racist confrontation broke out between two passengers on a London Underground train when a young man took a swing at a woman who called him ...

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WATCH: Tube Keyboard Player Becomes Viral Hit

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 10.12.2012 | UK Comedy
Read More: Buskers, Keyboard Player Entertains Tube Travellers, Keyboard Player London Underground, Keyboard Player on Tube, Modern Day Jester, UK Viral Videos, Busker, Tube, London Underground, Video, UK Comedy News

It's now officially Late-Night Nuisances On Public Transport Month in cities around the UK - as people travel home from pre-Christmas drink-ups in sli...

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Watch: Shocking Footage Of Collapsed Man Ignored By Commuters

The Huffington Post UK | Christopher York | Posted 16.11.2012 | UK
Read More: Video, Collapsed Man, UK News, Tube, London Underground, Lodon Underground Staff, Commuters, UK News

This unbelievable footage shows commuters and London Underground staff ignoring a man as he collapses on a packed tube on Wednesday. As he falls, f...

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Tube Drivers Who Hit Suicide Victims 'Will Not Get Compensation'

PA | Posted 07.11.2012 | UK
Read More: London-Underground-Suicide, UK News, Trade Unions, Poll, Tube, London Underground, London, Tube-Drivers, UK News

A train driver who has been unable to return to work after the trauma of her train hitting a suicide victim would not have received any money under co...

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Third Child Risks Death On Tube Tracks

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 10.10.2012 | UK
Read More: UK News, Tube, UK Transport, London Underground, UK Travel, UK News

A 12-year-old boy became the third child to come close to death on the Tube this week after he jumped from a London Underground carriage on Monday. ...

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A Tube Trip Down Memory Lane (PICTURES)

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 26.09.2012 | Home
Read More: London-Transport-Museum, Man Ray, Vintage, Subway, Christie's, Posters, Tube, London Underground, Home News

A selection of vintage London Underground posters are going under the hammer at Christie’s. The 300 posters are from the archives of the London ...

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PICS: London Tube Circuit Board

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 07.11.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: UK News, Art, London Underground, Circuit Board, Tube, UK Tech News

London Transport nerds already know that the iconic Tube map looks like an electrical diagram - and is commonly (though mistakenly) thought to be base...

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80 London Tube Stations To Get Free WiFi By July

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 01.08.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: UK News, London Olympics, Tfl, Poll, Transport for London, Tube, Free Wifi, Wifi, London Underground, London, UK Tech News

The first 80 Tube stations to receive free WiFi access have been announced. Virgin Media will enable the free wireless access by the end of July. ...

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Boy Stabbed At Tube Station

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 10.07.2012 | UK
Read More: UK Crime, UK News, Walthamstow, Tube Stabbing, London Underground, Tube, UK News

A 15-year-old boy was stabbed in the stomach at Walthamstow Central Tube station on Thursday, police said. A fight between a group of young men sta...

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Woman Jailed For Killing 15-Year-Old Boy At Victoria Tube

PA | Posted 26.06.2012 | UK
Read More: UK Murder, UK Stabbing, Victoria Osoteku, UK Crime, Sofyen Belamouadden, London Crime, London Underground, Tube, London, UK News

A woman was jailed for 12 years today for killing a 15-year-old boy, who was stabbed at Victoria underground station. Victoria Osoteku, 20, was sai...

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Tube Tunnel Down After Reported 'Obstruction'

Huffington Post UK | Posted 25.06.2012 | UK
Read More: Tfl, Embankment, Embankment Tube, Tube, London Transport, Bakerloo Line, UK News

The Bakerloo Tube line in London has been suspended after a tunnel 'obstruction', initially reported as a collapse. The incident occurred between E...

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Occupy The Tube: Protesters To Target Capital's Transport On May Day

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 26.04.2012 | UK
Read More: Occupy Tube, Occupy London, Occupy, Occupy the Tube, London Underground, Tube, London, Occupylsx, UK News

The Occupy London movement has announced plans to "occupy" the underground transport network on 1 May. On its website Occupy said the event would b...

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London Underground Workers Vote To Strike

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 16.04.2012 | UK
Read More: Bob Crow, Transport, UK News, Tube Strikes, Rmt, Tube Workers, Tfl, Rail Maritime Transport Union, London Underground, Tube, News, UK News

London Underground workers who maintain and upgrade tube lines have voted to go on strike in a dispute over pensions and benefits, in a move which off...

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Tube Workers To Be Paid £850 A Day During Olympics

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 08.03.2012 | UK
Read More: UK News, Ballot, Olympics 2012, Rmt, London Olympics, Industrial Action, Tfl, Poll, 2012 Olympics, London Underground, Tube, Unions, News, Lu, UK News

Thousands of London Underground workers have been offered a payment of £850 each for working during the 2012 London Olympic Games, it has been reveal...

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Unions Condemns Driverless Trains After Five-Year-Old Falls Onto Tube Lines

Posted 01.03.2012 | UK
Read More: Tube Accident, Rmt, Tfl, RMT Union, Transport for London, Tube, London Underground, London Mayor, Aslef, Boris Johnson, UK News

Unions have stepped up their opposition to driverless Tube trains after a quick-witted driver spotted a young child had fallen between a carriage and ...

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Horrific Moment A Woman Is Shoved Onto Live Tube Track (PICTURES, VIDEO)

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 24.02.2012 | UK
Read More: Video, UK News, UK Crime, British Transport Police, Crimestoppers, Tube, London Underground, Btp, UK News

Police are hunting a man who was captured on CCTV pushing a young woman onto a live Tube track. The footage shows the man shoving the 23-year-old v...

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Tube Staff Targeted By Angry Passengers

PA | Posted 23.04.2012 | UK
Read More: London Underground, UK News, Tfl, Tube, UK Transport, Unions, Tube Staff, UK News

Tube staff are being attacked and threatened by angry passengers because of "misinformation" about delays to London Underground services, their union ...

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