London Underground

Beyond the Car - The Future of UK Urban Mobility

Adam Stones | Posted 15.05.2013 | UK
Adam Stones

The majority of car journeys are made by just one passenger; a hugely inefficient way to get around. It is expected that the future of (powered) urban transport will be in much smaller personal vehicles, and will encourage the use of more semi-autonomous transport systems.

Tube Travel Is Bad For Your Health

PA | Posted 24.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education

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...

WATCH: 'Racist' Tube Rant Woman Sought By Police

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.04.2013 | UK

Police are hunting for a woman filmed during a vile racist rant while on a District Line train. The foul-mouthed commuter kept repeating: "‘If yo...

Boris Calls For 'Thatcherite Zeal' To Crackdown On Trade Unions

PA/ The Huffington Post | Posted 21.04.2013 | UK

Tories, including Boris Johnson, have demanded a clampdown on trade unions in a show of "Thatcherite zeal" aimed at stopping a wave of industrial unre...

Unused Oyster Cards Have £53m On Them, Says TfL

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 15.04.2013 | UK

Around £53m of passengers' money is wasted on unused Oyster cards, rising by £3m in the last year, latest figures show. Transport for London (TfL...

Train Punctuality: Are We Measuring the Wrong Thing?

Karan Chadda | Posted 03.04.2013 | UK Politics
Karan Chadda

Here's a question that's not often asked: what if train punctuality is a false measure? Perhaps commuter punctuality is what we should really care about? Instead of the number of trains getting to stations on time, perhaps we would get more useful information if we tracked the number of people being delivered to stations on time.

Kate And Queen Go Underground

PA | Posted 20.03.2013 | UK

The Queen will carry out her first public engagement in more than a week on Wednesday when she joins the Duchess of Cambridge at an event celebrating ...

Stop Eating Lunch, and Go to the Summer Series Instead

Lucy Karsten | Posted 15.05.2013 | UK Entertainment
Lucy Karsten

Lunches, even just a sandwich, a drink and some sort of sweet thing to make the afternoon slightly more bearable rarely give much change from a tenner; rents are preposterous when compared to anyone at all living outside London; and it has never been easier to spend most of your salary on tube fares. But every once in a while, something comes along that's so fun, and unique- so unbelievably cool, in fact, that it reminds us why we are Londoners.

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

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

WATCH: 39 Tonne Runaway Train Shoots Through Busy Tube Stations

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 01.03.2013 | UK

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...

Beckham Vs Miliband: In the Battle of the Davids, It's No Contest for Me

The Guyliner | Posted 09.04.2013 | Home
The Guyliner

Oh, I know what you're thinking. Have I got the right person? The geeky, awkward-looking politician who spent an unfortunate number of years behind some very unforgiving, ardour-shrivelling spectacles? Really? Oh, yes, I'm deadly serious.

Running the Tube Later at the Weekend

Alexander Jan | Posted 07.04.2013 | UK
Alexander Jan

Last week Transport for London held out the prospect of the Underground running later at weekends. Commencing in 2015, this could deliver a boost to London's £8 billion a year dining, drinking and entertainment industry. It would provide a boon to the thousands of Londoners who flock to the West End for a night out.

A Three-Month Flirtation With a Stranger on a Train

The Guyliner | Posted 02.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
The Guyliner

Commuting is a dull, necessary evil only a few of us can avoid. Usually, I work from home, the full journey from bed to office via bathroom taking around 90 seconds. But, on landing myself a new contract in a suburb of London, I am to rejoin the rat race I'd so fondly missed.

The Subway vs. The Tube: Which Is Better?

Corinne Purtill | Posted 30.03.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Corinne Purtill

The London Underground system turns 150 years old this month. In honor of this occasion, I'm publishing the results of a five-year independent study of the Tube and its 108-year-old American cousin, the New York City Subway.

Which Song Did Florence Belt Out On The Tube?

WENN | Posted 24.03.2013 | UK Entertainment

British singer Florence Welch treated London Underground passengers to an impromptu performance while travelling home after attending a concert on Sun...

Michelle Collins' Tube Thug Hell

WENN | Posted 18.01.2013 | Home

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

No Pants On The Tube Day: It's The London Undie-Ground

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 14.01.2013 | UK

Monday morning saw the world's 12th annual "no pants subway ride" (that's trousers and the Tube to you and me), and bearing in mind most of London wok...

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

Mike W.T. Brown | Posted 13.01.2013 | UK Lifestyle
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.

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

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 10.01.2013 | UK

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 ...

150 Years Of The Tube Leaves Its Stamp

PA | Posted 11.03.2013 | Home

A set of special stamps is being issued to mark the 150th anniversary of London Underground, showing scenes of a steam locomotive, construction worker...

Google Doodle Pays Tribute To London Tube

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 10.03.2013 | UK Tech

Google has paid tribute to London's Tube by replacing its logo with an homage to the famous Underground map. The search giant made the switch to ce...

The REAL Threat To Society: The 50-Something Middle Classes

Jim Smallman | Posted 09.03.2013 | UK Comedy
Jim Smallman

Clad in tweed and carrying a wicker shopping basket, she looked like exactly the kind of person that the Daily Mail would use in an advertising campaign to drum up support for their publication: Despite a plethora of seats being available, she chose to sit next to me

Tube Cleaners Go On Strike

PA | Posted 02.03.2013 | UK

Workers who clean London Underground stations are striking over the new year in a dispute over pay. Rail Maritime and Transport union members worki...

Another Christmas Tradition - A Tube Strike

PA/ The Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.12.2012 | UK

Shops hoping Boxing Day bargain-hunters will boost their coffers after a gloomy Christmas could be thwarted again by tube strikes, which union bosses ...

WATCH: Tube Keyboard Player Becomes Viral Hit

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 10.12.2012 | UK Comedy

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...